AG Opinion No. 97-414 Brown Act: Closed Session for Advisory Committee on Personnel OPINION of DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General; ANTHONY DaVIGO, Deputy Attorney General In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California filed November 10, 1997, the Honorable Mike Thompson, member of the California State Senate, has requested an opinion on the following question: Where the board of trustees of a school district has formed a committee, known as the

OPINION of BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; Anthony M. Summers , Deputy Attorney General No. 99-301 In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California Filed August 6, 1999 THE HONORABLE H. PETER KLEIN, COUNTY COUNSEL OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Is a county auditor-controller prohibited from disclosing to the public information regarding the amount of money deducted from an elected county officer’ s salary to satisfy

OPINION of BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; ANTHONY M. SUMMERS, Deputy Attorney General No. 99-403 In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California Filed July 30, 1999 THE HONORABLE GARY LIEBERSTEIN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF NAPA COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a person initiate and tape record a telephone call in an attempt to gain evidence of child molestation alleged to have been committed by the person

OPINION of BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; ANTHONY S. DA VIGO, Deputy Attorney General No. 99-503 Office of the Attorney General of the State of California Filed December 22, 1999 THE HONORABLE MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF SANTA MONICA, has requested an opinion on the following question: Does the disclosure of peace officer personnel records in violation of Penal Code section 832.7 constitute a crime? CONCLUSION The disclosure of peace officer personnel records in

OPINION of BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; CLAYTON P. ROCHE, Deputy Attorney General No. 99-712 In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California Filed December 22, 1999 THE HONORABLE WILLIAM B. CONNERS, CITY PROSECUTOR, CITY OF MONTEREY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. In light of the United States Supreme Court’ s recent decision in Buckley v. American Law Foundation, Inc., is Elections Code section 9209 unconstitutional in requiring