California Government Code CHAPTER 9 - Meetings

• Section 54950.
  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist...
• Section 54950.5.
  This chapter shall be known as the Ralph M. Brown Act.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 115.)
• Section 54951.
  As used in this chapter, “local agency” means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district,...
• Section 54952.
  As used in this chapter, “legislative body” means:(a) The governing body of a local agency or any other local body created by state or federal statute.(b) A...
• Section 54952.1.
  Any person elected to serve as a member of a legislative body who has not yet assumed the duties of office shall conform his or...
• Section 54952.2.
  (a) As used in this chapter, “meeting” means any congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and location,...
• Section 54952.3.
  (a) A legislative body that has convened a meeting and whose membership constitutes a quorum of any other legislative body may convene a meeting of that...
• Section 54952.6.
  As used in this chapter, “action taken” means a collective decision made by a majority of the members of a legislative body, a collective commitment...
• Section 54952.7.
  A legislative body of a local agency may require that a copy of this chapter be given to each member of the legislative body and...
• Section 54953.
  (a) All meetings of the legislative body of a local agency shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting...
• Section 54953.1.
  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the members of the legislative body of a local agency from giving testimony in...
• Section 54953.2.
  All meetings of a legislative body of a local agency that are open and public shall meet the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202...
• Section 54953.3.
  A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a legislative body of a local agency,...
• Section 54953.5.
  (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of a legislative body of a local agency shall have the right to record the proceedings with...
• Section 54953.6.
  No legislative body of a local agency shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the broadcast of its open and public meetings in the absence of a...
• Section 54953.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, legislative bodies of local agencies may impose requirements upon themselves which allow greater access to their meetings than prescribed...
• Section 54954.
  (a) Each legislative body of a local agency, except for advisory committees or standing committees, shall provide, by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule...
• Section 54954.1.
  Any person may request that a copy of the agenda, or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet, of any meeting of...
• Section 54954.2.
  (a) (1) At least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of the local agency, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief...
• Section 54954.3.
  (a) Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest...
• Section 54954.4.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that Section 12 of Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 1986, authorizing reimbursement to local agencies and school districts...
• Section 54954.5.
  For purposes of describing closed session items pursuant to Section 54954.2, the agenda may describe closed sessions as provided below. No legislative body or elected...
• Section 54954.6.
  (a) (1) Before adopting any new or increased general tax or any new or increased assessment, the legislative body of a local agency shall conduct at least...
• Section 54955.
  The legislative body of a local agency may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in...
• Section 54955.1.
  Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to be held, by a legislative body of a local agency at any meeting may by order...
• Section 54956.
  (a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the legislative body of a local agency, or by a majority...
• Section 54956.5.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “emergency situation” means both of the following:(1) An emergency, which shall be defined as a work stoppage, crippling activity, or other...
• Section 54956.6.
  No fees may be charged by the legislative body of a local agency for carrying out any provision of this chapter, except as specifically authorized...
• Section 54956.7.
  Whenever a legislative body of a local agency determines that it is necessary to discuss and determine whether an applicant for a license or license...
• Section 54956.75.
  (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency that has received a confidential final draft audit...
• Section 54956.8.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a legislative body of a local agency may hold a closed session with its negotiator prior to the...
• Section 54956.81.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a legislative body of a local agency that invests pension funds may hold a closed session to consider...
• Section 54956.86.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a legislative body of a local agency which provides services pursuant to Section 14087.3 of the Welfare and...
• Section 54956.87.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the records of a health plan that is licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act...
• Section 54956.9.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a legislative body of a local agency, based on advice of its legal counsel, from holding...
• Section 54956.95.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a joint powers agency formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5...
• Section 54956.96.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a joint powers agency formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section...
• Section 54957.
  (a) This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions with the Governor, Attorney General, district...
• Section 54957.1.
  (a) The legislative body of any local agency shall publicly report any action taken in closed session and the vote or abstention on that action of...
• Section 54957.2.
  (a) The legislative body of a local agency may, by ordinance or resolution, designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the local agency who...
• Section 54957.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6255 or any other law, agendas of public meetings and any other writings, when distributed to all, or a majority of all, of...
• Section 54957.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body of a local agency may hold closed sessions with the local agency’s designated representatives regarding the...
• Section 54957.7.
  (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the legislative body of the local agency shall disclose, in an open meeting, the item or items to be...
• Section 54957.8.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “multijurisdictional law enforcement agency” means a joint powers entity formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter...
• Section 54957.9.
  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 54957.10.a.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body of a local agency may hold closed sessions to discuss a local agency employee’s application for...
• Section 54958.
  The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the legislative body of every local agency notwithstanding the conflicting provisions of any other state law.(Added by...
• Section 54959.
  Each member of a legislative body who attends a meeting of that legislative body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this...
• Section 54960.
  (a) The district attorney or any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations...
• Section 54960.1.
  (a) The district attorney or any interested person may commence an action by mandamus or injunction for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination that an...
• Section 54960.2.
  (a) The district attorney or any interested person may file an action to determine the applicability of this chapter to past actions of the legislative body...
• Section 54960.5.
  A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to Section 54960, 54960.1, or 54960.2 where...
• Section 54961.
  (a) No legislative body of a local agency shall conduct any meeting in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the...
• Section 54962.
  Except as expressly authorized by this chapter, or by Sections 1461, 1462, 32106, and 32155 of the Health and Safety Code, or by Sections 37606,...
• Section 54963.
  (a) A person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a closed session authorized by Section 54956.7, 54956.8, 54956.86, 54956.87,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018