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2016 Op. Cal. Att'y Gen. 1 (2016)

handle is hein.sag/sagca0163 and id is 1 raw text is: TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL State of California KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General OPINION No. 14-1203 of January 19, 2016 KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General ANYA M. BINSACCA Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE KEVIN MULLIN, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Where applicable, the Ralph M. Brown Act's regular meeting online agenda- posting provision requires a local agency's legislative body to post the meeting agenda on the local agency's website at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting. Is this provision violated whenever the local agency's website experiences technical difficulties (for example, due to a power failure, cyber attack, or other third-party interference) that cause the agenda to become inaccessible to the public for a portion of the 72 hours that precede the scheduled meeting? 2. If technical difficulties prevent a local agency's legislative body from posting the regular meeting agenda on the local agency's website for a continuous 72-hour period before the scheduled regular meeting, but the legislative body has otherwise substantially complied with the Brown Act's agenda-posting requirements, may the legislative body lawfully hold its regular meeting as scheduled? 14-1203