A&A: Budget committee meets behind closed doors
Q: Our county budget committee meets behind closed doors and keeps no written records of meetings. County staff says it’s OK because the budget committee is an ad hoc committee. They say they can designate ANY committee as an ad hoc committee and meet behind closed doors. A: Government Code section 54952(b) contains the definition of agencies that are covered by the Brown Act: “A commission, committee, board or other body of a local agency,