Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Orange County Employees Retirement System Board of Directors

Opinion

PANELLI, J.

The Ralph M. Brown Act (Stats. 1953, ch. 1588, § 1, p. 3269, codified as Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq. [hereafter the Brown Act or the Act])1 provides that all meetings of “the legislative body of a local agency shall be open and public,” except as otherwise provided in the Act. (§ 54953.) At all times relevant to this case the Act contained four separate definitions of “legislative body.”2 We granted review to determine whether the Operations Committee of the Retirement Board of Orange County Employees Retirement System (hereafter Board) is a “legislative body” within the…