A&A: Closed sessions to “items discussed not falling within their jurisdiction”
firstamendment
June 13, 2009
Closed sessions to discuss “items not falling within their jurisdiction.” Q: I am a student at community college. After a board meeting of the Associated Students was adjourned, the president of the board asked all non-board members to leave the room so that the assembled quorum could talk about “items not falling within their jurisdiction.” Was this a violation of the Brown Act? A: According to an opinion of the California Attorney General, meetings of a