TORRES v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Docket No. 3496.

89 Cal.App.3d 545 (1979)

152 Cal. Rptr. 506

ANTONIO TORRES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF TULARE COUNTY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Neil J. Roberts, Robert K. Miller, Kathy Popoff, Nancy E. Sams and Stephen R. Elias for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lloyd L. Hicks for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HOPPER, J.

(1a) The principal issue in this case is which open meeting act, if any, applies to a housing authority created pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34200 et seq. Our conclusion is that such an entity is a "local agency" within the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq., hereinafter Brown Act) and is not a "state agency" within the State Agency Open Meeting Act (Gov. Code, §...

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