Beverly v. Anderson

Opinion

SIMS, Acting P. J.

In Government Code section 29853.5 (hereafter section 29853.5), the Legislature has provided in plain terms that counties responsible for issuing public assistance warrants must replace any warrant within five working days after receiving an affidavit from the legal owner or custodian of the warrant attesting that it has been lost, stolen, destroyed, or lost in the mail. Defendant California Department of Social Services (DSS) maintains, however, that under section 29853.5 it is required only to investigate a claimant’s affidavit within five working days and that it…