Legal Opinion
City of Santa Cruz v. Local Agency Formation Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 3, 1978No. Civ. 38178PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
The principal issues of this appeal concern administrative procedure, and criteria for judicial review, in relation to determinations of “local agency formation commissions” organized and functioning under authority of the Knox-Nisbet Act (hereinafter sometimes the Act), which is codified as Government Code sections 54773-54799.5.
The Act provides that there shall be a local agency formation commission in each county of the state. (§ 54780.) Among other things, the commission has the power, subject of course to judicial review, to finally approve or disapprove applications…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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