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- Title: Mooney V. Pickett
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 28, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Petitioner John Mooney, for himself and others similarly situated, seeks mandamus to compel the Department of Public Health and Welfare of the County of San Mateo, the director of the department,*fn1 and its superintendent of the social services division, to grant him General Assistance welfare payments. Respondents, in refusing petitioner General Assistance, rely on county regulation GA-08 [the so-called "employable single man" rule] which denies non-emergency General Assistance to employable single men. We hold that this rule does not conform to the mandate of Welfare and Institutions Code section 17000: the language of that section, its companion provisions, its legislative history, and its judicial construction all compel the conclusion that county General Assistance cannot be denied on grounds of employability. Because of factual questions concerning petitioner's eligibility for General Assistance, we