Pongputmong

Sunisa Pongputmong appeals from judgment entered following the denial of a petition for writ of mandate. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085.) She contends she sought proper relief under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 and that the court erred in denying it.

Statement of Facts and Procedural History

Pongputmong was the owner of an eight-unit apartment building at 2021 Cloverfield Boulevard in Santa Monica and sought to convert the building to condominiums. The property was subject to Santa Monica City Charter section 2000 et seq., the Tenant Ownership Rights Charter Amendment (TORCA) which provides the only mechanism in the city to convert residential rental property to condominiums.

On February 6, 1991, Pongputmong commenced the conversion process by filing a tenant-participating conversion application (TPC) with the Santa Monica Planning Department, which application was accepted for filing on the same date. Pongputmong stated in the application that tenants occupying 75 percent of the units in the building approved of the proposed conversion. On March 19, 1991, Pongputmong submitted her vesting tentative tract map (VTTM) to the planning department; it was accepted for…