Ferreira v. Swoap

*878Opinion

TAYLOR, P. J.

Ferreira appeals from a judgment denying a petition for writ of mandamus in which he sought an order commanding respondent Swoap, then Director of the State Department of Social Welfare (hereafter Director), to set aside an order and decision issued on August 7, 1973, in which the Director found Ferreira ineligible for aid to the needy disabled (ATD), as then provided by sections 13501 and 135501 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. He contends that the Director refused to follow the department’s own guidelines, based his denial on isolated statements in the record, and…