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section 17980

Citation
section 17980
Parent Document
City of Santa Monica v. Gonzalez, 182 P.3d 1027 (2008)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2008-05-19
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2567465/city-of-santa-monica-v-gonzalez/ ↗

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“Traditionally, the question of whether a public official’s failure to comply with a statutory procedure should have the effect of invalidating a subsequent governmental action has been characterized as a question of whether the statute should be accorded ‘mandatory’ or ‘directory’ effect. If the failure is determined to have an invalidating effect, the statute is said to be mandatory; if the failure is determined not to invalidate subsequent action, the statute is said to be directory.” (People v. McGee (1977) 19 Cal.3d 948, 958 [140 Cal.Rptr. 657, 568 P.2d 382] (McGee).)