California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Guinnane v. San Francisco City Planning Com., 209 Cal.App.3d 732, 257 Cal.Rptr. 742 (Cal. App. 1989):
7 We must decline plaintiff's invitation to exercise our independent judgment and make findings contrary to those of the commission. The proper standard governing our review is the substantial evidence test. (Paoli v. California Coastal Com. (1986) 178 Cal.App.3d 544, 550-551, 223 Cal.Rptr. 792.)
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