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Former Millbrae mayor says she filed temporary restraining order, urges council to restore nomination papers
Summary
Anne Schneider told the council she filed an ex parte application for a temporary restraining order tied to the council's July 7 actions and urged the council to issue standard nomination papers so voters can decide; she said staff served the clerk that evening and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
Former Millbrae mayor Anne Schneider told the council during public comment that she had filed an ex parte application for a temporary restraining order related to the council's July 7 actions. Schneider said staff served the city clerk that evening and that a court hearing was "set for Thursday at 01:30 or approximate," and she urged the council to take an administrative step to protect voter choice by instructing staff to issue standard nomination papers. "You choose transparency over litigation," Schneider said, asking the council to "protect voter choice and keep the process in the hands of the voters."
Schneider told the council the nomination window closes August 7 and framed rescission or administrative restoration of nomination papers as a practical remedy that would allow voters to decide the term-limit interpretation at the ballot rather than through litigation. The council then concluded public comment and adjourned into closed session to consider the listed litigation matters.
