Service Employees International Union, Local 99 v. Options—A Child Care & Human Services Agency

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

A government contractor agreed under the terms of its contracts to comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act) (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.) in meetings of its board of directors to the extent that the *873meetings involved publicly funded programs. We hold that members of the public are the intended' beneficiaries of such a contractual provision and can enforce the provision as third party beneficiaries of the contract. The government contractor cannot be sued directly under the Brown Act, however, because it is not a “legislative body” as defined in the act.

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