Big Sur Properties v. Mott

Opinion

CALDECOTT, P. J.

On January 24, 1973, appellant Big Sur Properties, a limited partnership, filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel the State Department of Parks and Recreation (hereinafter Department), through State Resources Agency Director William Penn Mott, to exercise its discretion under Public Resources Code section 5003.5. The appeal is from the judgment denying the petition. Appellant contended in the trial court that it had filed an application with the Department for a permit for access across Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park (hereinafter the Park) to appellant’s private…