After a public hearing, the County of Santa Barbara (County) found that it issued a land use permit in error, but that it was estopped from revoking the permit. The superior court denied a petition for a writ of administrative mandate to require the County to revoke the permit.
We hold that a public entity may be estopped from enforcing the law only in extraordinary cases. This case is not one of them....
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