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(e) No action for injury to a reputational, liberty, or other personal interest may be commenced
by or on behalf of any employee or former employee with respect to whom a disclosure is made
by a legislative body in an effort to comply with this section.

(f) This section is necessary to implement and reasonably within the scope of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution.

54957.2. Minute book record for closed sessions; inspection

(a) The legislative body of a local agency may, by ordinance or resolution, designate a clerk or
other officer or employee of the local agency who shall then attend each closed session of the
legislative body and keep and enter in a minute book a record of topics discussed and decisions
made at the meeting. The minute book made pursuant to this section is not a public record
subject to inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing
with Section 7920.000) of Title 1) and shall be kept confidential. The minute book shall be
available only to members of the legislative body or, if a violation of this chapter is alleged to
have occurred at a closed session, to a court of general jurisdiction wherein the local agency lies.
The minute book may, but need not, consist of a recording of the closed session.

(b) An elected legislative body of a local agency may require that each legislative body all or a
majority of whose members are appointed by or under the authority of the elected legislative
body keep a minute book as prescribed under subdivision (a).

54957.5. Agendas and other writings distributed for discussion or consideration at
public meetings; writings distributed less than 72 hours prior to meeting;
public records; inspection; closed sessions

(a) Agendas of public meetings are disclosable public records under the California Public
Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1) and shall be made
available upon request without delay and in compliance with Section 54954.2 or Section 54956,
as applicable. However, this section shall not apply to a writing, or portion thereof, that is
exempt from public disclosure.

(b) (1) If a writing is a public record related to an agenda item for an open session of a regular
meeting of the legislative body of a local agency and is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of
the members of a legislative body of a local agency by a person in connection with a matter
subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the body less than 72 hours before
that meeting, the writing shall be made available for public inspection pursuant to paragraph (2)
at the time the writing is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the body.

(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a local agency shall comply with both of the
following requirements:

(i) A local agency shall make any writing described in paragraph (1) available for public
inspection at a public office or location that the agency shall designate for this purpose.

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