Cooper v. Swoap

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

In this case, as in the companion case of Waits v. Swoap, post, page 887 [115 Cal.Rptr. 21, 524 P.2d 117], we must determine the validity, under state and federal law, of an administrative welfare *859regulation promulgated by the State Department of Social Welfare subsequent to the enactment of the Welfare Reform Act of 1971. The regulations at issue in both cases represent variations on a single administrative theme: that “noncash economic benefits” enjoyed by certain recipients of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) may be treated as “income” of such recipients so…