This article has a Huge start-off confusion. The Remote member (teleconference) 'let the public in' requirement has been in the Brown Act for least two decades! Perhaps 10,000 people have been trained on this - as they have taken school board and city council seats throughout California.

So, the current status, post Pandemic exemption, was the condition for decades.

Reference: League of California Cities, Brown Act manual, "Open & Public" editions V (2016 page 23-24) and earlier.

* Agendas must be posted at each teleconference location, even if a hotel room or a residence;
* Each teleconference location, including a hotel room or residence, must be accessible to the public and have technology, such as a speakerphone, to enable the public to participate;