Los Angeles Times Communications LLC v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Opinion

RUBIN, J.

INTRODUCTION

“People in an open society do not demand infallibility from their institutions, but it is difficult for them to accept what they are prohibited from observing. . . .” (Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia (1980) 448 U.S. 555, 572 [65 L.Ed.2d 973, 100 S.Ct. 2814] (opn. of Burger, C. J.).)

With few exceptions, the Ralph M. Brown Act obligates government agencies to meet and act in public. (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq. (the Brown Act).) Richard P. McKee is president of the California First Amendment Coalition, a group dedicated to enforcing the Brown Act and the…