As used in this chapter, “action taken” means a collective decision made by a majority of the members of a legislative body, a collective commitment or promise by a majority of the members of a legislative body to make a positive or a negative decision, or an actual vote by a majority of the members of a legislative body when sitting as a body or entity, upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order or ordinance.
Cal. Gov. Code § 54952.6
Meetings
Known as the Ralph M. Brown Act
The act spans §§ 54950–54963 (68 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Loehr v. Ventura County Community College District (1984)
Most recently applied in County of Sonoma v. Superior Court (April 2009)
Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1671.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.