Mooney v. Garcia

Opinion

MIHARA, J.

Appellant Norina Mooney challenges the trial court’s denial of her writ petition seeking to compel respondents Richard Garcia, president of the San Jose Unified School District board (the Board), and Vincent Matthews, San Jose Unified School District superintendent (collectively SJUSD), to place on the Board’s agenda an item she proposed. She maintains that SJUSD had a ministerial duty under Education Code section 35145.5 to place her proposed item on the agenda. SJUSD contends that mandate relief is unavailable because the statute granted it a measure of discretion in making…