Museum of Handcar Technology LLC v. Transportation Agency for Monterey County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MUSEUM OF HANDCAR Case No. 24-cv-08598-EKL

TECHNOLOGY LLC,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN PART v. Re: Dkt. No.

TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR

MONTEREY COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 12 The First Amendment freedom of speech is vital to our nation’s democracy. It facilitates the free exchange of ideas and enhances our political and deliberative processes. And the First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances is the essential means by which the American people protect and vindicate their other constitutional rights. The Museum of Handcar Technology LLC (the “Museum”) claims that it exercised its First Amendment rights when it publicly opposed a planned busway that would remove portions of the historic Monterey Branch Line railway. The Museum contends that the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (the “TAMC”) and the City of Marina (the “City”)…