Opinion No. (2000)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE J. MICHAEL MULLINS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF SONOMA, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the mayor of a charter city, who is designated as the executive head of the city by the city charter, attend a closed session of the city's redevelopment agency, the members of which are appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council, when the purpose of the closed session is to conduct a conference with the agency's real property negotiators who are negotiating the disposition and development of property, a portion of which is owned by the city, for construction of a publicly financed and publicly owned city conference center and privately financed and developed hotel complex? CONCLUSION The mayor of a charter city, who is designated as the executive head of the city by the city charter, may not attend a closed session of the city's redevelopment agency, the members of which are appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council, when the purpose of the closed session is to conduct a conference with the agency's real property negotiators who are negotiating the…