ARTICLE 9. Meetings

Article 9 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1656.

§§ 11120–11132 · 42 sections

§ 11120 It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be…
§ 11121 As used in this article, “state body” means each of the following: (a) Every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is…
§ 11121.1 As used in this article, “state body” does not include any of the following: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 11121, state agencies…
§ 11121.9 Each state body shall provide a copy of this article to each member of the state body upon his or her appointment to membership or assumption of office.
§ 11121.95 Any person appointed or elected to serve as a member of a state body who has not yet assumed the duties of office shall conform his or her conduct to the…
§ 11122 As used in this article “action taken” means a collective decision made by the members of a state body, a collective commitment or promise by the members of…
§ 11122.5 (a) As used in this article, “meeting” includes any congregation of a majority of the members of a state body at the same time and place to hear, discuss, or…
§ 11123 (a) All meetings of a state body shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body except as otherwise provided…
§ 11123.1 All meetings of a state body that are open and public shall meet the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities…
§ 11123.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Teleconference” means a meeting of a state body, the members of which are at different…
§ 11123.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Participate remotely” means participation in a meeting at a location other than the…
§ 11124 (a) No person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a state body, to register their name, to provide other information, to complete a…
§ 11124.1 (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of the state body shall have the right to record the proceedings with an audio or video recorder or a still…
§ 11125 (a) The state body shall provide notice of its meeting to any person who requests that notice in writing. Notice shall be given and also made available on the…
§ 11125.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7922.000 or any other provisions of law, agendas of public meetings and other writings, when distributed to all, or a majority of…
§ 11125.2 Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent public meeting any action taken, and any rollcall vote thereon, to appoint, employ, or dismiss a public…
§ 11125.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11125, a state body may take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under any of the conditions stated…
§ 11125.4 (a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the state body or by a majority of the members of the state body. A special meeting…
§ 11125.5 (a) In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public…
§ 11125.6 (a) An emergency meeting may be called at any time by the president of the Fish and Game Commission or by a majority of the members of the commission to…
§ 11125.7 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state body shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the state body on…
§ 11125.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11131.5, in any hearing that the California Victim Compensation Board conducts pursuant to Section 13963.1 and that the applicant…
§ 11125.9 Regional water quality control boards shall comply with the notification guidelines in Section 11125 and, in addition, shall do both of the following: (a)…
§ 11126 (a) (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a state body from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the…
§ 11126.1 The state body shall designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the state body, who shall then attend each closed session of the state body and keep and…
§ 11126.2 (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a state body that has received a confidential final draft audit report from the Bureau of State…
§ 11126.3 (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the state body shall disclose, in an open meeting, the general nature of the item or items to be discussed in the…
§ 11126.4 (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the California Gambling Control Commission from holding a closed session when discussing matters…
§ 11126.4.5 (a) This article does not prohibit the Tribal Nation Grant Panel from holding a closed session when discussing matters involving information relating to the…
§ 11126.5 In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order…
§ 11126.7 No fees may be charged by a state body for providing a notice required by Section 11125 or for carrying out any provision of this article, except as…
§ 11127 Each provision of this article shall apply to every state body unless the body is specifically excepted from that provision by law or is covered by any other…
§ 11128 Each closed session of a state body shall be held only during a regular or special meeting of the body.
§ 11128.5 The state body may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment.…
§ 11129 Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to be held by a state body at any meeting may by order or notice of continuance be continued or recontinued to…
§ 11130 (a) The Attorney General, the district attorney, or any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose…
§ 11130.3 (a) Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination that an…
§ 11130.5 A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to Section 11130 or 11130.3 where it is found that…
§ 11130.7 Each member of a state body who attends a meeting of that body in violation of any provision of this article, and where the member intends to deprive the…
§ 11131 No state agency shall conduct any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis…
§ 11131.5 No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this article need identify any victim or alleged victim of crime, tortious sexual conduct, or child…
§ 11132 Except as expressly authorized by this article, no closed session may be held by any state body.