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g. To hold a closed session at the office of legal counsel on pending
litigation, if the meeting reduces legal costs and if the meeting is noticed as a special meeting.

2. School Districts May Meet Outside of the Jurisdictional Boundaries to Interview
Employee Candidates.

Governing boards of school districts may also meet outside of their jurisdictional
boundaries to:

a. Attend a conference on non-adversarial collective bargaining techniques.

b. Interview members of the public residing in another district to consider
potential employment of an applicant for the position of the superintendent of the district.

c. Interview a potential employee from another district.

3. Joint Powers Authority Must Meet Within Territory of a Member Agency.

A joint powers authority ordinarily must meet within the territory of one member
agency, but if members are from throughout the state, it can meet anywhere in the state.

(104 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 34 (2021).)

4. Emergency Meetings May Occur Outside of Regular Meeting Place.

If an emergency makes it unsafe for a legislative body to meet at the regular
place, the presiding officer may designate a place and notify local media by the most rapid
means available.

(Government Code § 54954; Education Code § 72000; 94 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 15 (2011); 94
Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 33 (2011).)

B. NOTICE AND AGENDA REQUIREMENTS

1. A Schedule for Regular Meetings Must Be Set by Official Action and Each
Regular Meeting Requires 72 Hours’ Notice.

The Brown Act requires each legislative body of a local agency, except for
advisory committees or standing committees, to provide the TIME AND PLACE for regular
meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or other rule. In addition, 72 hours’ notice, with the
posting of an agenda, is required for a regular meeting. The posting must occur in a place that is
freely accessible to the public and on the agency’s Internet Website. A touch screen electronic
kiosk may take the place of the paper posting.

The internet posting must be on the agency’s primary Internet Website home page
and accessible through a prominent, direct link to the current agenda. Additionally, the agenda
must be posted in an open format that allows the agenda to be retrievable, downloadable,

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