HEARING ON MOTION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE

FILED BY LEANNE THOMPSON, MARGARET MARY THOMPSON

* TENTATIVE RULING: *

Petitioner Leanne Thompson’s petition for writ of mandate is granted in part and denied in part. The Court finds that the City cannot require Petitioner to comply with the frontage / setback issue in order to get her permit approved, but otherwise the writ is denied. A case management conference is scheduled for January 14, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 21.

Petitioner requests that this Court compel the City of Walnut Creek to reinstate Permit B140273 and the October 9, 2014 revisions without any additional conditions, obligations or impediments. The Court’s ruling is only as to Petitioner’s claim for a writ of mandate. In October 2018, The Court granted a motion to bifurcate and ordered that the writ proceeding would be heard first, followed by the remaining legal and equitable claims in the Second Amended Petition.

April 2015 Hearing

Petitioner argues that the April 20