San Diegans for Open Government v. City of Oceanside

Opinion

BENKE, J.

The record here demonstrates that in publishing its agenda with respect to its consideration of an agreement under which a developer would be paid a subsidy in the form of remission of $11 million for transient occupancy tax (TOT) collected from a luxury hotel the developer agreed to build, as well as other concessions, the city council of defendant and respondent City of Oceanside (the city) 1 met the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, 2 § 54950.5 et seq.). Under the agreement, the city was initially obligated to pay the developer 100 percent of TOT receipts…