San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 v. Board of Supervisors

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

This appeal arises from a writ of mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085) issued against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and several city departments and department heads (hereafter referred to collectively as the City). The writ directs the City (1) to appoint respondent Thomas M. Stewart to the rank of captain in the San Francisco Fire Department, retroactive to November 13,1989, and (2) to make no change in the City’s long-standing policy of filling all vacancies which occur in the promotional ranks of the fire department from the civil service lists which are in…