Center for Local Government Accountability v. City of San Diego

Opinion

McCONNEL, P. J.

INTRODUCTION

The Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act) (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.) 1 governs the conduct of local legislative bodies and imposes upon them various obligations, including giving prior notice of meetings and making the meetings open to the public. (Regents of University of California v. Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th 509, 520, fn. 5 [85 Cal.Rptr.2d 257, 976 P.2d 808].) To these ends, section 54954.3, subdivision (a), part of the Brown Act, requires the agenda of every regular meeting of a local legislative body to include an opportunity for members of the public…