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Describing a closed session Q: Is a school district obligated to describe the closed session subject in language understandable to the lay person? A: Government Code section 54954.2(a) provides that at least 72 hours prior to a regular meeting, the body must post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item to be discussed or transacted at the meeting, including items to be discussed in closed session. A “brief general description,” as the

Entities meeting in a closed “workshop” setting Q: Can a public entity meet in closed session and make decisions of public import in a “workshop” setting? A: The fact that the board of supervisors’ meeting was called a “workshop” does not mean that it was not a “meeting” subject to the Brown Act. A meeting is defined as “[a]ny congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and