Darley v. Ward

Opinion

NEWMAN, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying mandate to prevent reductions of service at a county-run neighborhood health clinic. We conclude that the trial court improperly excluded a major portion of the administrative record from the mandate proceeding. The judgment must therefore be reversed.

Fair Oaks is a low-income neighborhood in Redwood City. For many years the county had provided indigent health care services through a central facility, Chope Hospital in the City of San Mateo. In September 1975, after study, the board authorized creation of Fair Oaks Clinic (Fair Oaks)…