California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from J. L. Thomas, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles, 232 Cal.App.3d 916, 283 Cal.Rptr. 815 (Cal. App. 1991):
The presumption that an agency's rulings rest upon the necessary findings and that such findings are supported by substantial evidence does not apply to agencies which must expressly state their findings and must set forth the relevant supportive facts. (See City and County of San Francisco v. Board of Permit Appeals (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 1099, 1107, 255 Cal.Rptr. 307.)
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