A judge next Wednesday could decide the fate of the county's proposed five-eighths cent sales tax increase, known as Measure A, after local libertarians filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of placing it on the Nov. 4 special election ballot. The lawsuit argues federal spending cuts - which county leaders warn could devastate California's second largest public hospital system - don't constitute an emergency allowing for a sales tax vote on a non-general election year.
The motion for a preliminary injunction is denied," Judge Chhabria wrote. "As discussed at the hearing, the court is skeptical that Corpus will ever be able to prevail on her claims that the removal process violates her federal constitutional rights.
The First Amendment Coalition states that the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors must open Sheriff Christina Corpus's removal hearings to the public, as mandated by Measure A.