Gillespie
Gillespie v. San Francisco Public Library Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Kline, J.
*1168 Opinion
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 city librarian; and (2) the commission violated the same statutes by failing to announce the nominations at the same meeting they were made. We shall affirm the judgment.
Factual and Procedural History
The San Francisco Public Library Commission (Commission) held a duly noticed closed session at a special meeting on July 15, 1997. One of the purposes of the closed meeting was to consider the appointment of an acting city librarian. After the meeting, the Commission reconvened in open session and announced that it had interviewed three candidates, and that their names would be submitted to the…