BILL NUMBER: SB 331	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act relating to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 331, as introduced, Mendoza. Local government: transparency.
   The California Public Records Act requires that the public records
of a local agency be open to inspection and provides that every
person has a right to inspect any public record, except as specified.
The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of a legislative
body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and all
persons permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would increase transparency in local government.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would increase transparency in local government.