Vernon & Vernons, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles

Petitioners appeal from a judgment denying their petition for a writ of mandate to overturn an action by the Regional Planning Commission denying approval of a proposed subdivision map. We affirm.

On October 12, 1977, petitioners filed an application for approval of a subdivision map. On November 18, 1977, after receipt of a staff report, the director of planning denied approval. Notice of that action was *945 given to petitioners on November 22, 1977. Petitioners then wrote both to the Regional Planning Commission and to the board of supervisors, claiming that that denial was illegal because they had not been given the three-day notice of a hearing before the director as allegedly required by section 66452.3 of the Government Code. The supervisors took no action on the letter to them, but the Regional Planning Commission treated the letter to it as a notice of appeal to that body, and set the matter for hearing on January 4, 1978. Petitioners appeared at that hearing and argued for approval on the merits. The matter was continued until April 12, 1978. On that date, petitioners not appearing, the commission denied the application on its merits. Notice of that action was…