Operating public amenities is a traditional and exclusive governmental function.
A state or municipality cannot avoid constitutional obligations by transferring ownership of a public facility to a private entity.
The operation of amenities that are public in nature may be considered state actions, thereby subjecting it to the incorporated constitutional provision.
Private v. State requires "shifting facts and weighing circumstances.
From this case: Macon, GA, operated as trustee of a park that only only accommodated white people.
The city transferred ownership to a private owner.
Because the park remained intertwined with municipal care, the private ownership operation was considered state action that could be regulated under incorporated constitutional provisions.