Sacramento Newspaper Guild Local 92 v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

Appellants, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and its members, seek a writ of supersedeas pending their appeal from a preliminary injunction issued by the Sacramento Superior Court. The injunction was sought to enforce the Brown Act (Gov. Code, §§ 54950- 54960), the objective of which is to prevent closed meetings of local legislative bodies. The preliminary injunction restrains the board of supervisors and its committees from hold ing any closed meeting except under the statutory exceptions for personnel and national security matters. (See Gov. Code, § 54957.)

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