City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court

The city and county of San Francisco and Donald S. Kavanagh, a property owner therein, seek prohibition to restrain the San Francisco Superior Court and the Honorable Orla St. Clair, judge thereof, from further proceedings in an action entitled Hinman v. Board of Permit Appeals, No. 489702. In that action the superior court has entered its minute order that a writ of mandate issue and proposes to file a formal written order that its clerk “shall issue the peremptory writ of mandate commanding defendants individually and as members of the Board of Permit Appeals to set aside their order of…