What is the test for judicial review of a final decision or order rendered by an administrative agency?

Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 governs judicial review by administrative mandate of any final decision or order rendered by an administrative agency. If the administrative decision substantially affects a fundamental vested right, the trial court must exercise its independent judgment on the evidence. (Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. (1974) 11 Cal.3d 28, 32; Bixby v. Pierno (1971) 4 Cal.3d 130, 143.) The trial court must not only examine the administrative record for errors of law, but must also conduct an independent review of the entire record to determine

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