Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE BRUCE McPHERSON, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: Are the meetings of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau at which it develops a list of candidates for appointment to the board of directors of the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency required to be open to members of the general public? CONCLUSION The meetings of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau at which it develops a list of candidates for appointment to the board of directors of the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency are not required to be open to members of the general public. ANALYSIS The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency ("Agency") was created by the Legislature in 1984. (Stats. 1984, ch. 257, § 1; 2 Deering's Wat.-Uncod. Acts, Act 5695; West's Wat. Code App., § 124 .) Under the legislation, the Agency's board of directors consists of both elective and appointive members. With respect to appointive members, section 402 of the uncodified legislation provides: "The agency shall be governed by the board of directors. The board shall consist of seven members selected…