Sunshine on the Sunshine
A Controversy Obscures What’s Really Wrong With California’s Landmark Open Meeting Law
Reporters and gadflies worship the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, except for their complaints that it isn’t stringent enough. Ironically, the mother of all state sunshine laws was drafted not by open government crusaders but by lawyers for the California League of Cities, which now routinely tries to fend off efforts to make the law even more onerous for the 5,000 counties, cities and public agencies that must abide by it or face civil and/or criminal penalties.
The Brown Act is in the news this month, via reports that …
