Cochrun v. County of San Bernardino

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the petition of firemen employed by the Fontana Fire District for a writ of mandate to compel compliance, by the legislative body of that district, with the provisions of section 53250 of the Government Code which require that body to grant each regular member of its fire department “an annual leave of absence from active duty of not less than fifteen consecutive days,” and also “a leave of absence from active duty of not less than four working shifts in each month of service.” Petitioners alleged that the district had not provided the leaves of…