Opinion No. (2003)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General DANIEL G. STONE Deputy Attorney General THE COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Where a member of a city council or county board of supervisors is appointed to sit as that body's representative on the governing board of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, may the appointee disclose to his or her appointing authority or its counsel information received in a closed session of the governing board? 2. Where the director of a state department is a member of the governing board of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy by operation of law and designates an executive staff member to sit in his or her place, may the designee disclose to other department employees or department counsel information received in a closed session of the governing board? CONCLUSIONS 1. Where a member of a city council or county board of supervisors is appointed to sit as that body's representative on the governing board of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, the appointee may not disclose to his or her appointing authority or its counsel information received in a closed session of the governing board. 2.…