California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from City of Watsonville v. Bosler, C076296 (Cal. App. 2020):
"While we accord at least ' "weak deference" ' to an agency's interpretation of its governing statutes where its expertise gives it superior qualifications to do so [citation], the issue nonetheless is one subject to our de novo review." (County of Sonoma v. Cohen (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 42, 47 (Sonoma).)
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