US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

      It is the policy of this county that:

      (a)      Public officials shall conduct the entire process of public business in an open and public manner so that the electors are advised of the performance of public officials and of the decisions that are reached in public activity and in making public policy;

      (b)      Public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business;

      (c)      Public agencies shall deliberate matters, and take action on them, openly;

      (d)      The people of this county do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them;

      (e)      The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know; and

      (f)      The people's right to remain informed is protected so that they may retain control over the instruments they create.