After nearly 70 years of implementation and 14 months of a pandemic, meaningful improvements to the open meetings guarantees in the Ralph M. Brown Act will take longer than one seven-month legislative session. Since my November 2020, CalMatters op-ed (https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/11/reform-the-brown-act-to-enhance-transparency-and-public-access/), I’ve heard from local officials, professional staff and public transparency advocates up and down California, all of whom agree that reform must be a shared priority. Remote meetings and public comment have benefited people who previously had to travel long distances or who simply could not leave home or work. However, for too many people, especially Native Californians, in areas with inadequate broadband, remote-only access has meant no participation at all. In some jurisdictions, confusing new pre-registration requirements have kept even those with broadband from fully exercising their public comment rights.