EXCERPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT

FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION  TEXT OF THE LAW  – CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT

 GOVERNMENT CODE  SECTION 6250-6270

6250.  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature, mindful of the
right of individuals to privacy, finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state.

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LEST THEY FORGET…

CLOSED SESSION…

No exemption allows a public body to conduct discussions out of public view just because they want to speak candidly.

In fact, the more frank the discussion — the more it deals with matters of safety, spending, deployment of public personnel and implementation of public programs — the more vital the need for the conversation to take place in the light of day. 

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