Opinion No. (2002)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARJORIE E. COX Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE TONY STRICKLAND, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Do the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act apply to the meetings of the governing board of a private, nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of providing programming for a cable television channel set aside for educational use by a cable operator pursuant to its franchise agreement with a city and subsequently designated by the city to provide the programming services? 2. Do the records disclosure requirements of the Public Records Act apply to such a corporation? CONCLUSIONS 1. The open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act apply to the meetings of the governing board of a private, nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of providing programming for a cable television channel set aside for educational use by a cable operator pursuant to its franchise agreement with a city and subsequently designated by the city to provide the programming services. 2. The records disclosure requirements of the Public Records Act apply to a private, nonprofit corporation formed…