Knoff v. City & County of San Francisco

Opinion

RATTIGAN, Acting P. J.

In 1965, an extensive investigation by the grand jury for the City and County of San Francisco resulted in the indictment of Russell L. Wolden, the assessor thereof, on multiple counts charging his criminal misconduct in office. Four San Francisco taxpayers thereafter commenced this action in the form of a taxpayers’ suit against the City and County, its board of supervisors (as such and as the board of equalization), and against Wolden as the assessor, seeking a writ of mandate to require official action addressed to the situation brought about by Wolden’s…