Modeled after the Brown Act, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act directs that State body meetings are open and public and all persons are permitted to attend any State body meeting except as otherwise provided. Its purpose is to allow the public to attend and participate as fully as possible in a State body’s decision-making. (103 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 42 (2020).) The public’s right to open meetings is not only guaranteed by the Act but is enshrined in the California Constitution. (Cal. Const., art. I, § 3(b).)
The updated Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act Guide (2024) summarizes California law governing State boards and commissions. The one-hour training video describes the various requirements in the Bagley-Keene Act.