Many officials who sit on local government bodies like city councils yearn for the days when they didn’t have to physically appear at public meetings. So did members of the public, once local governments finally caught up with 21st century technology and made fully public remote meetings possible. Lawmakers have introduced a slew of bills to pick away at post-pandemic public meeting requirements and at least in part bring back remote meetings. Opinion Editorial: California lawmakers must let the public participate by phone The pandemic has forced many government agencies to be more accessible to the public. Remote access to public meetings for members of the public, as an additional option, is one thing.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 24, 2023 18:02 UTC