Opinion No.

KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE CAROL LIU, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Under the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, which generally require local governmental bodies to conduct open and public meetings, may a majority of the members of a city council meet outside the city's boundaries to attend a non-public tour of the facilities of a water district that provides services to the city for the purpose of acquiring information regarding those services? 2. If not, may a majority of the members of a city council attend the extraterritorial facilities tour if it were instead held as a noticed, public meeting of the council? *Page 2 CONCLUSIONS 1. Under the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, a majority of the members of a city council may not meet, either outside or inside the city's boundaries, to attend a private tour of the facilities of a water district that provides services to the city for the purpose of acquiring information regarding those services. 2. A majority of the members of a city council may attend a tour of the extraterritorial water-district facilities if…