Legal Opinion
Chaffee v. San Francisco Public Library Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 26, 2005No. A109633PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RIVERA, J.
Plaintiff James Chaffee brought an action for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging defendants had violated the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.) (the Brown Act) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance of 1999 (S.F. Admin. Code, ch. 67) (the Sunshine Ordinance) by not allowing a public comment period of three minutes per speaker for each agenda item at a meeting of the San Francisco Public Library Commission (the Commission). The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The Commission held a meeting on September 4, 2003.…
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