County of Contra Costa v. Social Welfare Board
Opinion
Opinion
Agee, J.
The Social Welfare Board of the State of California again appeals from a judgment ordering it to set aside its decision that the County of Contra Costa should reinstate the Aid to Needy Children (ANC) grant of Eula L. Henderson for the benefit of her child, Cassandra.
The previous judgment in favor of the county was reversed on appeal and the superior court was instructed that its function herein was limited to a determination of whether the findings of the board are supported by substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, as required by section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (County of Contra Costa v. Social Welfare Board, 199 Cal.App.2d 468 [ 18 Cal.Rptr. 573 ].)
The matter was resubmitted to the superior court upon the same record and it has now included in the present judgment a statement that the board’s findings “lack substantial evidentiary support. ’ ’
The determinative issue on this appeal is whether there is substantial evidence to support the board’s finding that the mother (Eula) “has cooperated to the best of her ability in identifying the father of Cassandra.”
The following background is excerpted from our prior opinion. “Eula applied to the…