California Government Code

§ 54957

GOV § 54957 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 9

Statute text

(a)(1) This chapter does not prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions with the Governor, Attorney General, district attorney, agency counsel, sheriff, or chief of police, or other law enforcement or security personnel, or a security consultant or a security operations manager, on matters posing a threat to the security of public buildings, a threat to the security of essential public services, including water, drinking water, wastewater treatment, natural gas service, and electric service, a threat to the public’s right of access to public services or public facilities, or a threat to critical infrastructure controls or critical infrastructure information relating to cybersecurity.

(2)For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply:

(A)“Critical infrastructure controls” means networks and systems controlling assets so vital to the local agency that the incapacity or destruction of those networks, systems, or assets would have a debilitating impact on public health, safety, economic security, or any combination thereof.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 243, Sec. 1. (AB 2715) Effective January 1, 2025.