Gundogdu
Gundogdu v. City of San Mateo CA1/4
Opinion
Opinion
Streeter, J.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Permit Application and the Mandamus Action1 In 2015, the Gundogdus submitted an application to build a four-story, 10-unit multifamily residential building in San Mateo. Staff to the City’s planning commission, after securing minor changes to the proposal, recommended that the application be approved, but the planning commission denied the application without prejudice on October 10, 2017. The San Mateo City Council (the City Council) considered the appeal, and on February 5, 2018, upheld the planning commission’s decision, also denying the application without prejudice. On April 26, 2018, San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation (an association of renters), California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CARLA) (a nonprofit corporation), Victoria Fierce, and John Moon filed a petition for a writ of administrative mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5), alleging the permit denial violated the Housing Accountability Act (HAA)
1 In summarizing the permit application process and the mandamus
proceeding, we rely in part on the description of those events found in the Gundogdus’ operative first amended complaint (FAC) in the present action. We also grant…