SB 570, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Local government: open meetings.
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for its regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public, and that all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 54950 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and
4declares that the public commissions, boardsbegin delete andend deletebegin insert,end insert councilsbegin insert,end insert and
5the other public agencies in thisbegin delete Stateend deletebegin insert
stateend insert exist to aid in the
6conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of the law that
7their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be
8conducted openly.
9The
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P2 1begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThe end insertpeople of thisbegin delete Stateend deletebegin insert
stateend insert do not yield their sovereignty
2to the agenciesbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert serve them. The people, in delegating
3authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what
4is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to
5know. The people insist on remaining informedbegin insert,end insert so that they may
6retain control over the instruments they have created.
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