{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"54953.6","citation":"Gov. Code, § 54953.6","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Meetings [54950. - 54963.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1/chapter-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 32, Sec. 6.   Effective March 30, 1994.   Operative April 1, 1994, by Sec. 23 of Ch. 32.","effective":"1994-03-30","html":"<p>No legislative body of a local agency shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the broadcast of its open and public meetings in the absence of a reasonable finding that the broadcast cannot be accomplished without noise, illumination, or obstruction of view that would constitute a persistent disruption of the proceedings.</p>","text":"No legislative body of a local agency shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the broadcast of its open and public meetings in the absence of a reasonable finding that the broadcast cannot be accomplished without noise, illumination, or obstruction of view that would constitute a persistent disruption of the proceedings.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/meetings-54953-6","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}