California Government Code ARTICLE 9 - Meetings

• Section 11120.
  It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of...
• Section 11121.
  As used in this article, “state body” means each of the following:(a) Every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is...
• Section 11121.1.
  As used in this article, “state body” does not include any of the following:(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 11121, state agencies provided...
• Section 11121.9.
  Each state body shall provide a copy of this article to each member of the state body upon his or her appointment to membership or...
• Section 11121.95.
  Any person appointed or elected to serve as a member of a state body who has not yet assumed the duties of office shall conform...
• Section 11122.
  As used in this article “action taken” means a collective decision made by the members of a state body, a collective commitment or promise by...
• Section 11122.5.
  (a) As used in this article, “meeting” includes any congregation of a majority of the members of a state body at the same time and place...
• Section 11123.
  (a) All meetings of a state body shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body...
• Section 11123.1.
  All meetings of a state body that are open and public shall meet the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the Americans with...
• Section 11124.
  No person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a state body, to register his or her name, to provide...
• Section 11124.1.
  (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of the state body shall have the right to record the proceedings with an audio or video...
• Section 11125.
  (a) The state body shall provide notice of its meeting to any person who requests that notice in writing. Notice shall be given and also made...
• Section 11125.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6255 or any other provisions of law, agendas of public meetings and other writings, when distributed to all, or a majority of all,...
• Section 11125.2.
  Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent public meeting any action taken, and any rollcall vote thereon, to appoint, employ, or dismiss a...
• Section 11125.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11125, a state body may take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under any of the conditions stated...
• Section 11125.4.
  (a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the state body or by a majority of the members of...
• Section 11125.5.
  (a) In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities,...
• Section 11125.6.
  (a) An emergency meeting may be called at any time by the president of the Fish and Game Commission or by a majority of the members...
• Section 11125.7.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state body shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the state body...
• Section 11125.8.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11131.5, in any hearing that the California Victim Compensation Board conducts pursuant to Section 13963.1 and that the applicant or applicant’s representative does...
• Section 11125.9.
  Regional water quality control boards shall comply with the notification guidelines in Section 11125 and, in addition, shall do both of the following:(a) Notify, in writing,...
• Section 11126.
  (a) (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a state body from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the...
• Section 11126.1.
  The state body shall designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the state body, who shall then attend each closed session of the...
• Section 11126.2.
  (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a state body that has received a confidential final draft audit report from the Bureau of...
• Section 11126.3.
  (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the state body shall disclose, in an open meeting, the general nature of the item or items to be...
• Section 11126.4.
  (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the California Gambling Control Commission from holding a closed session when discussing matters involving trade secrets,...
• Section 11126.5.
  In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such...
• Section 11126.7.
  No fees may be charged by a state body for providing a notice required by Section 11125 or for carrying out any provision of this...
• Section 11127.
  Each provision of this article shall apply to every state body unless the body is specifically excepted from that provision by law or is covered...
• Section 11128.
  Each closed session of a state body shall be held only during a regular or special meeting of the body.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 968,...
• Section 11128.5.
  The state body may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment....
• Section 11129.
  Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to be held by a state body at any meeting may by order or notice of continuance...
• Section 11130.
  (a) The Attorney General, the district attorney, or any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of stopping...
• Section 11130.3.
  (a) Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination that an action taken...
• Section 11130.5.
  A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to Section 11130 or 11130.3 where it...
• Section 11130.7.
  Each member of a state body who attends a meeting of that body in violation of any provision of this article, and where the member...
• Section 11131.
  No state agency shall conduct any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the...
• Section 11131.5.
  No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this article need identify any victim or alleged victim of crime, tortious sexual conduct, or child abuse...
• Section 11132.
  Except as expressly authorized by this article, no closed session may be held by any state body.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1320, Sec. 4.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018