Tafti v. County of Tulare

*893Opinion

KANE, J.

Farshad A. Tafti (appellant), an individual doing business as Kaweah General Store, appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of mandate in which he challenged the validity of $1,148,200 in civil penalties imposed against him by the County of Tulare and Tulare County division of environmental health services (collectively referred to as respondent). The civil penalties were imposed following an administrative hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ), whose findings were adopted by respondent, and were based on alleged violations by appellant of laws…