Patterson v. Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles

The appellant herein sought an alternate writ of mandate for the purpose of reviewing a decision of the respondent Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County which granted an application of Rose Hills Memorial Park for the establishment of a cemetery just outside the city limits of Long Beach, and which decision also granted the landowners’ petition for an appropriate zone exception permitting cemetery use. The original applications were filed with the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission which thereafter held a combined hearing in respect to the cemetery permit and the requested…