CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION v. CARLESON

Docket Nos. Sac. 7884, 7887.

4 Cal.3d 445 (1971)

482 P.2d 670

93 Cal. Rptr. 758

CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION et al., Petitioners, v. ROBERT B. CARLESON, as Director, etc., et al., Respondents. CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ROBERT B. CARLESON, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant. (Consolidated Cases.)

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, N. Eugene Hill and Jay S. Linderman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents and Defendant and Appellant.

Peter Sitkin, Ralph Santiago Abascal, Sidney M. Wolinsky, Valerie Vanaman and Daniel S. Brunner for Petitioners and for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Karlton & Blease and Coleman A. Blease as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners and Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

These two consolidated cases involve the amounts of and standards for computing welfare grants made under the Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) program, and the authority and obligations with respect thereto of the Director of the California Department of Social Welfare.1

In Sac. No. 7887, in an action brought by certain recipients of AFDC

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