Can a motion of mandamus be used to compel an official to exercise his discretion?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Cal. Pub. Records Research, Inc. v. Cnty. of Sacramento, C079239 (Cal. App. 2016):

"Mandamus will not lie to control an exercise of discretion, i.e., to compel an official to exercise discretion in a particular manner. Mandamus may issue, however, to compel an official both to exercise his discretion (if he is required by law to do so) and to exercise it under a proper interpretation of the applicable law. [Citations.]" (Common Cause v. Board of Supervisors (1989) 49 Cal.3d 432, 442.) "When reviewing the exercise of discretion, '[t]he scope of review is limited, out of deference to the agency's

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