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.