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Governing Boards with Public Funds Q: I would like to know if governing Boards for co-ops that use public funds fall into the jurisdiction of the Brown Act or the Bagley-Keen open meeting act?  If so how the Brown Act applies to these governing bodies? A: The California Brown Act generally requires “legislative bodies” of “local agencies” (for example, cities, counties, and school districts) to hold their meetings open to the public unless a specific

Little League, Pop Warner, and open meeting laws Q: Are non-profit youth sports organizations (like Pop Warner, Little League, etc.)  subject to the “open meetings” laws? If not, do you know what? A: As a general rule, open meeting laws, like the Brown Act, only apply to government agencies.  If Pop Warner and Little League are run by private entities, not governmental agencies, then the general rule would be that the open meetings laws would