California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Venice Coal. to Pres. Unique Cmty. Character v. City of L. A., 242 Cal.Rptr.3d 288, 31 Cal.App.5th 42 (Cal. App. 2019):
measurements have been met." ( Id. at p. 623, 51 Cal.Rptr.3d 797.) In other words, land use decisions that require a public official to exercise judgment are discretionary and require notice and a hearing. Actions which require a public officer to perform "in a prescribed manner in obedience to the mandate of legal authority" without regard to his or her own judgment are ministerial and do not trigger due process protections. ( Rodriguez v. Solis (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 495, 501, 2 Cal.Rptr.2d 50.)
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