Legal Opinion
Torres v. Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 1979No. Civ. 3496PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HOPPER, J.
The principal issue in this case is which open meeting act, if any, applies to a housing authority created pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34200 et seq. Our conclusion is that such an entity is a “local agency” within the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq., hereinafter Brown Act) and is not a “state agency” within the State Agency Open Meeting Act (Gov. Code, § 11120 et seq., hereinafter State Act).
Appellant Antonio Torres, other named individuals, and the Tulare County Tenants Union (hereinafter Tenants Union) filed a complaint for declaratory and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Morris v. County of MarinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. McGeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Housing Authority v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- Prager v. IsrealCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Adler v. City CouncilCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Regents of University of California v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
- Lynch v. San Francisco Housing AuthorityCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1997
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- California Apartment Ass'n v. City of StocktonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
- California Attorney General Opinion 24-102, California Attorney General Reports2025
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