Griffeth

MEMORANDUM DECISION

Plaintiffs have filed this class action for declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of all persons whose applications for General Relief in San Diego County have been denied since August 25, 1976, or will be denied in the future. The defendants are the Director of the San Diego County Department of Public Welfare, the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer of the San Diego County Human Resources Agency, and the individual members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The case has been submitted +o the court on cross motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs request a declaratory judgment that defendants’ current system of administrative review violates their rights to procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. In this motion, they seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and base the court’s jurisdiction on 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (3). Defendants argue that the existing system of review meets the minimal constitutional requirements of procedural due process. Neither side raises a genuine issue as to any material fact.

After reviewing the memoranda of points and authorities, all files, papers and records submitted in this action, the court finds that…