HomeMy WebLinkAbout6951 - Assembly Bill 23RESOLUTION NO. 695 71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY
BILL NO. 23 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THAT MEETINGS OF
THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ITS COMMITTEES SHALL
BE OPEN AND PUBLIC
WHEREAS, for many years the provisions of the Brown Act
have required that meetings of legislative bodies of local
government transact business only at public meetings; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature is free to conduct its
business in private; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman William Ketchum has introduced a
measure known as Assembly Bill No. 23, which would require the
Legislature and its committees to conduct their business in public
with limited exceptions for executive sessions on personnel
matters, national security matters and party caucuses;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that this City Council wishes to express
its support for AB 23, and to urge that it be enacted into law.
ADOPTED this 24th day of March , 1969.
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