Court Opinion

ID: 9583929
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:43:10.308456+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:05:51.807759
License: Public Domain

*686CLARK, J., Dissenting.
The majority err in allowing a welfare recipient interest on unpaid aid, contravening both legislative intent and welfare’s purpose.
The Legislature has provided the recipient judicial review, mentioning filing fees, attorney’s fees and court costs. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10962.) But the same code makes no mention of interest.
The purpose of welfare is to provide subsistence to the needy. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 10000, 10001; Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) 397 U.S. 254, 264 [25 L.Ed.2d 287, 296-297, 90 S.Ct. 1011].) But it has not been shown that the addition of interest will alleviate Mrs. Tripp’s needs.
The welfare fund is a limited resource, derived from the labor of others. By now adding interest to the aid of one, we reduce the aid available to another. Today’s decision is inequitable to all.
McComb, J., concurred.