California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v. L. A. Unified Sch. Dist., 256 Cal.Rptr.3d 412, 43 Cal.App.5th 175 (Cal. App. 2019):
However, a statute's statement of legislative intent does not create any affirmative duty that is enforceable via writ of mandate. ( Common Cause v. Board of Supervisors (1989) 49 Cal.3d 432, 444, 261 Cal.Rptr. 574, 777 P.2d 610 ( Common Cause ) [declaration of intent cannot be viewed as independently creating substantive duties]; Shamsian, supra , 136 Cal.App.4th at pp. 640-641, 39 Cal.Rptr.3d 62.) Thus, this statute does not provide a basis for this suit.
b. Section 49531
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