At a special meeting held on Mon, Dec 21, our City Council voted to direct the City Attorney’s office to file or join an amicus brief in support of OC Sheriff Don Barnes’ challenge to a court order regarding the release of inmates, Sheriff Barnes said, adding:
Yesterday at a special meeting the Irvine City Council unanimously voted to file an amicus brief in response to a Dec. 11 court order that requires an early release of up to 50 percent of the inmates currently held in Orange County jails.
The Court order that triggered the appeal was a result of the ACLU Lawsuit
Laguna Beach Local News
Signs outside Laguna Beach City Hall direct visitors to check-in at the Council Chambers amid a COVID-19 case surge. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
Laguna Beach will join a growing number of cities signing onto a legal brief supporting Orange County Sheriff Don Barnesâ appeal of a court order to release half the Orange County jail population to prevent a potentially deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
The Laguna Beach City Council on Monday voted 4-0-1, Councilmember George Weiss abstained, to join in an amicus curiae brief to the appellate court that will be authored by Newport Beach in support of Barnes’ position, Laguna Beach City Attorney Phil Kohn wrote in an email.