Why did LA supervisors violate the open meeting law?

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors sat down Monday with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss AB 109 realignment, under which counties, beginning Saturday, take responsibility for a large portion of inmates and parolees who until now have been supervised by the state. The law mandates that board meetings be public, but the supervisors wanted their meeting to be held behind closed doors. So county lawyers cited an exception — Government Code Section 54957(a) — that applies to meetings that local officials call to confer with security experts about threats to public buildings and utilities. LA Editorial

The meeting was secret so supervisors could try and get more state goodies for their pals. Another question is why does Jerry Brown go along with breaking the transparency law?

Los Angeles taxpayers are allowed to withhold tax payments until the secret conspiracy is uncovered.