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54961. Meetings prohibited in facilities; grounds; identity of victims of tortious
sexual conduct or child abuse

(a) No legislative body of a local agency shall conduct any meeting in any facility that prohibits
the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed or
defined in Section 11135, or which is inaccessible to disabled persons, or where members of the
public may not be present without making a payment or purchase. This section shall apply to
every local agency as defined in Section 54951.

(b) No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this chapter need identify any
victim or alleged victim of tortious sexual conduct or child abuse unless the identity of the
person has been publicly disclosed.

54962. Prohibition against closed sessions except as expressly authorized

Except as expressly authorized by this chapter, or by Sections 1461, 1462, 32106, and 32155 of
the Health and Safety Code, or by Sections 37606, 37606.1, and 37624.3 of the Government
Code as they apply to hospitals, or by any provision of the Education Code pertaining to school
districts and community college districts, no closed session may be held by any legislative body
of any local agency.

54963. Confidential information acquired during an authorized closed session

(a) A person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present
in a closed session authorized by Section 54956.7, 54956.8, 54956.86, 54956.87, 54956.9,
54957, 54957.6, 54957.8, or 54957.10 to a person not entitled to receive it, unless the legislative
body authorizes disclosure of that confidential information.

(b) For purposes of this section, “confidential information” means a communication made in a
closed session that is specifically related to the basis for the legislative body of a local agency to
meet lawfully in closed session under this chapter.

(c) Violation of this section may be addressed by the use of such remedies as are currently
available by law, including, but not limited to:

(1) Injunctive relief to prevent the disclosure of confidential information prohibited by this
section.

(2) Disciplinary action against an employee who has willfully disclosed confidential information
in violation of this section.

(3) Referral of a member of a legislative body who has willfully disclosed confidential
information in violation of this section to the grand jury.

(d) Disciplinary action pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) shall require that the
employee in question has either received training as to the requirements of this section or
otherwise has been given notice of the requirements of this section.

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