(a) An officer, official, employee or agent of the city is guilty of a misdemeanor if that person intentionally and without proper authorization discloses the contents of a confidential communication, as defined in Section 2.06.030, to anyone other than the person or persons to whom the communication was directed, a member of the city council, the city attorney, assistant city attorney, legal counsel performing special services for the city, city manager, or employees of the city whom the city manager has designated to implement any decision or direction made as a result of the confidential communication.
(b) The prohibition set forth above in subsection (a) of this section may not be construed as prohibiting disclosures of confidential communications that are required to be made in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, or any other applicable statute, or pursuant to court order.
(Ord. 767 § 1 (part), 1998)