City of Santa Barbara v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission

Opinion

POTTER, Acting P. J.

Petitioner, City of Santa Barbara, appeals from the judgment dismissing its petition for a writ of mandate. The judgment was entered upon the sustaining of a demurrer to the petition without leave to amend. By its petition, the city sought a peremptory writ of mandate requiring respondent California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission (hereinafter Commission) 1 to process petitioner’s appeal from the decision of the South Central Coast Regional Coastal Commission (hereinafter Regional Commission) denying petitioner’s application for an exemption from the…