Gillespie v. San Francisco Public Library Commission

*1168Opinion

KLINE, P. J.

Timothy Gillespie, doing business as Public Access Project, and James Chaffee appeal from the judgment of the San Francisco Superior Court denying their petition for a writ of mandate by which they sought to set aside the San Francisco Public Library Commission’s nomination of candidates for city librarian. On appeal, petitioners contend that (1) the Commission violated the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.)1 (Brown Act) and San Francisco’s “Sunshine Ordinance” (S. F. Admin. Code, § 67.1 et seq.) by meeting in closed session because it had no power to appoint a…