text: what is a petition for injunction and what are my risks if i sign one? a group of my neighbors and myself are filing a petition for injunction against several public agencies that, in our opinion, are mismanaging public monies.  i would like to know my risks. absent a specific state law that permits you to file for injunctive relief in the circumstances you describe, in order to enjoin a governmental agency from acting, you must demonstrate that you have standing to sue, by alleging that you have suffered, or will imminently suffer, a particularized and concrete, injury in fact, fairly traceable to the defendant, for which a court can provide relief.   courts generally hold that standing as a taxpayer is not a sufficiently direct injury to satisfy the standing requirement for injunctive relief, except where the government is spending taxpayer money in violation of the establishment clause of the constitution, by promoting a particular religious belief or sect, advances or inhibits religion generally, or creates unnecessary entanglements with religion (this is known in constitutional law as the "lemon" test).  so, absent a religious connection between the agency action and the expenditure of funds, or a showing that the agency's actions will harm you directly, for example by failing to keep a tree on public land in your neighborhood trimmed, that there is an imminent danger of the tree falling on your property or person, you have no case.  therefore your risk, is that you will be wasting a lot of money and time, and that the court will simply dismiss your action as failing to state a case for which relief may be granted.  your only recourse is to contact your legislative representatives and demand and investigation or removal of the persons who are mismanaging the public fisc.