Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Town of Los Gatos
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 1989No. H004004PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CAPACCIOLI, Acting P. J.
This appears to be a case of first impression. It arises from the denial of a peremptory writ of mandate. The issue before us is whether California Government Code section 87100 1 precludes a city council member from obtaining a tape recording of a closed session of the town council and its attorney, when that council member was voluntarily absent from the closed session because he had a financial conflict of interest in the subject discussed during the closed session.
We find that the superior court properly denied the writ. We hold that section 87100, under the…
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