SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
WILL COME TO ORDER MORNING TO
ALL THE CITY CONTINUES TO
WELCOME THE PUBLIC AND HAS
PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOTH IN
PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AND TODAY'S HEARING FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT VIA THE
TELECONFERENCING SERVICE THE
PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE NUMBER IS
. 877-226-8163 THAT'S.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. FOUR THREE NINE EIGHT THREE
ONE EIGHT. SIX FOUR THREE NINE
EIGHT THREE ONE EIGHT WE ALSO
HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY FOR OUR
REMOTE PARTICIPANTS PLEASE MUTE
YOUR PHONES OR COMPUTERS POLICE
SELECTOR ON MUTE BEFORE ODDS
BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR SPEAKING-
IT WILL ALLOW OUR PERSONNEL TO
PUT YOU. ARE BLACK SORRY. OR IF
OUR I. T. PERSONNEL WILL PUT YOU
BACK ON MUTE WHEN YOU'RE DONE IT
ONCE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK PLEASE
MAKE SURE YOU CAN BE SEEN ON THE
SCREEN STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN
YOU'RE READY TO ADDRESS THE
COMMITTEE FOR TODAY'S HEARING
WILL BE HEARING FROM ALL OF OUR
PANEL OF WITNESSES ON THE AGENDA
PRIOR TO TAKING ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT. ONCE WE HAVE HEARD ALL
THE WITNESSES WILL HAVE PUBLIC
COMIC. FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO
COMMENT ON THE TOPICS OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. THE DAY'S AGENDA SOME
BROADBAND THAT WHILE BROADBAND
HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL
TOOL FOR WORK EDUCATION AND
ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION THE CALL
WOULD NINETEEN PANDEMIC SHOWED
HOW THE DIGITAL DIVIDE PREVENT
SOME CALIFORNIANS FROM ACCESSING
NECESSARY SERVICES. THE
INABILITY TO ACCESS BROADBAND
SERVICES PARTICULARLY IMPACTED
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND RURAL
CALIFORNIANS WHO HAVE
HISTORICALLY FACED MORE BARRIERS
TO ACCESSING BROADBAND SERVICES.
IN SOME COMMUNITIES FAMILIES WHO
LACK CONNECTIVITY AT HOME.
TOGETHER FOR HOURS IN PARKING
LOTS OF SCHOOLS AND RESTAURANTS
TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN
PARTICIPATE IN REMOTE LEARNING
IN COMPETE COMPLETE HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS. TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THE LEGISLATURE PAST HISTORIC
PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT
IMPROVING CALIFORNIANS BROADBAND
ACCESS THESE BILLS INCLUDED
BUDGET MEASURES PROVIDING SIX
BILLION. IN STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
MAKING IT THE LARGEST INVESTMENT
IN BROADBAND IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY. SB ONE FIVE SIX
PROVIDED OVER THREE BILLION OF
THAT MONEY TO THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TO
CREATE A STATE OWNED MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK TO HELP BETTER CONNECT
LAST MILE NETWORKS IN UNSERVED
PARTS OF THE STATE. THE
LEGISLATION ALLOCATED THE
REMAINING FUNDS TO THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION TO HELP FUND. THE
LAST MILE BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HELP
CONNECT TO UNSERVED CALIFORNIANS
HOMES AND BUSINESSES TODAY'S
HEARING IS AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THE
AGENCIES WITH RESPONSIBILITY OF
IMPLEMENTING THESE HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS INCLUDING HOW THESE
FUNDS WILL CONNECT ALL OF
CALIFORNIA. IT IS ALSO AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SENATORS TO ASK
ALL THESE INVESTMENTS IN FUTURE
BROADBAND FUNDING CAN BETTER
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE FOR TOO
LONG HAVE YET TO STRUGGLE TO GET
HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
WHETHER YOU'RE RURAL AREAS OR IN
URBAN AREAS AS WELL. NOW LET'S
HEAR FROM OUR FIRST PROJECT
PRESENTER FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE WE WELCOME
BRIAN METZGER PRINCIPLE FISCAL
AND POLICY ANALYST FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
WHEN YOU'RE READY MISTER MISTER
YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE BRIAN METZGER FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
OUR OFFICE WAS ASKED TO PRESENT
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR FEDERAL
AND STATE BROADBAND PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS. AND SO IN PREPARATION
FOR THE HEARING WE PROVIDED A
HAND OUT TO YOU ALL THE WILL BE
USING TO GUIDE OUR REMARKS
TODAY. ON PAGE ONE OF THE
HEARING AS THE CHAIRMAN
MENTIONED- THERE WAS A SIX
BILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT IN JULY
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOR
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. OF
THAT FOUR POINT THREE BILLION
WAS- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
FEDERAL FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS AND
ONE POINT SEVEN BILLION CAME
FROM THE GENERAL FUND- WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE SOME TABLES IN THE
HANDOUT THAT WILL HELP- PROVIDES
MORE CONTEXT FOR HOW ALL THIS
FUNDING SPREADS OUT ACROSS THE
THREE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS- THE
FIRST- PROJECT WAS. A STATE WIDE
OPEN ACCESS MIDDLE MILE NETWORK
MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
TYPICALLY FIBER OPTIC CABLES
LAID OVER HUNDREDS OF MILES THAT
ALLOW INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
TO CONNECT AND PROVIDE INTERNET
SERVICE TO COMMUNITIES AND
HOUSEHOLDS. THAT WAS ABOUT THREE
POINT TWO FIVE BILLION OF THE
SIX BILLION- TOTAL. AND THAT WAS
ALL FEDERAL FUNDS. THE SECOND
COMPONENT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS
LAST MILE PROJECTS THAT WAS A
TWO BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT OF
WHICH ONE POINT ONE BILLION WAS
FEDERAL FUNDS AND NINE HUNDRED
MILLION WAS GENERAL FUND. AND
AGAIN LAST FALL PROJECTS ARE
THOSE COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW FOR
A CONNECTION TO A MIDDLE MILE.
INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK THAT CAN
DELIVER INTERNET SERVICE. THE
LAST COMPONENT WAS THE BROADBAND
LOAN LOSS RESERVE FUND THIS FUND
IS INTENDED TO HELP LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS- TO FINANCED
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS- BY DOING THINGS SUCH
AS PAYING THE COST OF DEBT
ISSUANCE THIS WAS SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS GENERAL
FUND- SPREAD OVER THREE FISCAL
YEARS. SINCE THE TWENTY TWENTY
ONE AGREEMENTS AND SPENDING PLAN
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MAJOR
CHANGES IN THE WAY THE FUNDING
HAS BEEN ALLOCATED ACROSS THESE
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS- WHILE
MAINTAINING. THE SIX BILLION IN
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS THE
FIRST CHANGE WAS A ONE POINT
FOUR BILLION DOLLARS SHIFT IN
THE FUNDING SOURCE FROM FEDERAL
A. R. P. FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS TO
THE GENERAL FUND- EIGHT HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION OF
WHICH WAS MIDDLE MILE NETWORK
FUNDING AND FIVE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY TWO MILLION OF WHICH WAS
LAST MILE PROJECT FUNDING. THE
REASON FOR THIS WAS THE-
REVISIONS IN THE CALCULATION OF
LOST STATE TAX REVENUES THAT
ALLOW THE STATE TO DEPOSIT A OR
P. FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS INTO THE
STATE'S GENERAL FUND AND THEN RE
ALLOCATE THEM BACK INTO THESE
PROJECTS A PROGRAM SO NO NET
SHIFT. IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
BUT A CHANGE IN THE FUNDING
SOURCES. SECOND THERE WAS AN
AGREEMENT- LEGISLATIVE GOAL- TO
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS GENERAL FUND FOUR MIDDLE
MILE NETWORK COSTS IN TWENTY
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR AND
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE
AND AGAIN ALSO YOU THAT ON THE
TABLE AND JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES
. THE GOVERNOR'S TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR BUDGET
PROPOSES TO DELAY ABOUT ONE
POINT ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN
GENERAL FUND SPENDING ON
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE- ACROSS
SEVERAL FISCAL. YEARS OF THIS
ONE POINT ONE BILLION FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION IS
FROM THE BROADBAND ALMOST
RESERVE FUND AND FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLION IS FOR LAST MILE
PROJECTS. SOMEONE PAGE FOR
YOU'LL SEE A TABLE THAT OUTLINES
THE ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN-
AGAIN YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNTS
THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE- THREE
POINT TWO FIVE. BILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE MINIMUM
NETWORK ALL IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO- ABOUT AN EQUAL SPLIT FOR
LAST MILE PROJECTS ACROSS THE
THREE FISCAL YEARS ONE POINT ONE
BILLION IN FEDERAL NINE HUNDRED
AND GENERAL FUND. AND THEN ALL
GENERAL FUND FOR THE BROADBAND
LOAN LOSS RESERVE FUND ABOUT
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY. MILLION AND
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO JUST SET
CONTEXT FOR WHEN WE SEE THE
NEXT. PAGE WHICH WILL PROVIDE
BOTH. THE CHANGES IN FUND
SOURCES THAT I MENTIONED IN
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO AS WELL AS
THE PROPOSED DIFFERENT ROLES IN
A FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. SO GOING
TO THE NEXT PAGE THIS IS THE
UPDATED SPENDING PLAN AND A WALK
YOU THROUGH IT TO MAKE SURE- YOU
KNOW IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I
CAN ADDRESS THOSE- THE FIRST.
PROJECT IS THE MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK YOU'LL SEE IN FISCAL
YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO. OF
THE THREE POINT TWO FIVE BILLION
THAT WAS ALL FEDERAL FUNDS
ORIGINALLY IT IS NOW EIGHT
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION
OF GENERAL FUND. AND TWO POINT
FOUR BILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
YOU ALSO SEE IN TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY
FOUR TWENTY FIVE THAT FIVE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL
FUND. AND SO THE TOTAL NOW IS
THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION
BILLION GENERAL FUND AS OPPOSED
TO THREE POINT TWO FIVE. ONE
POINT FOUR BILLION OF WHICH IS
GENERAL FUND AND TWO POINT FOUR
BILLION OF WHICH IS FEDERAL
FUNDING. FOR THE LAST MONTH
PROJECTS THERE'S A SIMILAR FUND
SHIFT IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO
NOW YOU HAVE FIVE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY TWO MILLION GENERAL FUND.
IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO WERE AS
THERE WAS NONE BEFORE. AND FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION FEDERAL
FUNDS. THAT REMAIN. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET- PROPOSED TO
FOR ROLES- YOU'LL START TO SEE
IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY
FOUR WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL
PREPARATION WAS EIGHT HUNDRED
AND THREE MILLION NOW IT'S TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY THREE MILLION AND
THE BALANCE. IS ACROSS THE FIFTY
THREE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. THAT
TOTALS THE SAME AMOUNT BUT AGAIN
DOES NOT. ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS
ALL IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR. AND AGAIN THAT
FUNDING MIX CHANGES YOU HAVE NOW
ONE POINT FOUR FIVE BILLION IN
GENERAL FUND WHEREAS BEFORE IT
WAS ABOUT NINE HUNDRED. THE
BROADBAND MOMENTS RESERVE FUND
REMAINS ALL GENERAL FUND HOWEVER
THE AMOUNTS IN TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO AND TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE
ARE NO LONGER I'M THERE AND ARE
IT. PLACED IN TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR. AND THE BALANCE IS
THEN PLACED- ACROSS TO FUTURE
FISCAL YEARS WHERE IS ALL OF THE
FUNDING PREVIOUSLY. HAD BEEN IN
THOSE FIRST THREE YEARS. SO JUST
FOR CONTEXT AGAIN FOR ALL
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS NOW
INSTEAD OF HAVING. ONE POINT
SEVEN BILLION IN GENERAL FUND
YOU KNOW HAVE THREE POINT SIX
BILLION IN GENERAL FUND. INSTEAD
OF HAVING FOUR POINT THREE
BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING NOW
YOU HAVE TWO POINT NINE BILLION
IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND AGAIN
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE
ARE CERTAIN DEADLINES BY WHICH
THE STATE MUST SPEND. FEDERAL
AIR P. FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS THEY
ON MUST BE ENCUMBERED YOU KNOW
OBLIGATED IN CONTRACTS BY
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR. AND EXPANDED BY
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY SIX. GOING TO PAGE SIX-
TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON
THE MIDDLE MILE NETWORK AND YOU
KNOW. THE IN THE ADMINISTRATION
WILL PROVIDE EVEN MORE
INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING
PANELS- THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE
MIDDLE MILE NETWORK IS ESTIMATED
TO BE TEN THOUSAND MILES AT A
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF MORE
THAN FOUR POINT FIVE BILLION
DOLLARS TO. THAT TOTAL
CONSTRUCTION COST IF YOU NOTICE
IS HIGHER THAN THE APPROPRIATE
AMOUNTS FOR THE MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK AT THREE POINT EIGHT
BILLION DOLLARS. IT'S OUR
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT DECISIONS TO
FINALIZE THE FINAL MAKE UP OF
THE NETWORK WILL BRING THE TOTAL
COST OF THE NETWORK WITHIN THE
APPROPRIATE AMOUNTS- AND SO TO
DO THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL
LEASES. JOINT BUILD
OPPORTUNITIES OTHER WAYS TO
REDUCE COSTS WITHIN THE THREE
POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION- DECISIONS AROUND
HOW TO KIND OF FINALIZE THE
ARCHITECTURE OF THE NETWORK ARE
EXPECTED BY THE END OF MARCH
ALTHOUGH. THE TIME WHEN THEY
PROVIDED THE CDT PROVIDES AND
IT'S ONE PAGER. THE ANTICIPATES
MAYBE ADDITIONAL TIME THERE
AFTER. AND FINALLY SIGN
CONTRACTS TO BUILD OUT LEASE THE
NETWORK ARE EXPECTED BY THE END
OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND
AGAIN. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT NOW THAT THERE BEEN THESE
FUNDING CHANGES D. A. R. P.
FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS MORE THAN
80% OF THEM ARE IN THE MIDDLE
MILE NETWORK. MOVING TO PAGE
SEVEN THE LAST MILE PROJECTS- TO
SEE IF YOU SEE RULE MAKING
PROCEDURE FOR THE FEDERAL
FUNDING ACCOUNT WHICH IS THE
RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS- IS
COMPLETE THE- RURAL AND URBAN
COUNTY ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN
CALCULATED- AND ACCORDING TO SEE
IF YOU SEE THE FIRST ROUND OF
GRANT. APPLICATIONS IS EXPECTED
TO OPEN IN JUNE- APPLICATIONS
WILL BE REVIEWED THROUGH AUGUST-
PART WILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH
AUGUST EXCUSE ME. A REVIEW FROM
AUGUST TO DECEMBER AND FIRST
AWARDS WILL GO OUT IN JANUARY OF
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. A SECOND
ROUND IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER AND
WILL WORDS WILL HAPPEN IN
DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY FOUR-
THERE AT LEAST TWO ROUNDS
EXPECTED- THE FIRST ROUND IS
EXPECTED TO BE A BILLION DOLLARS
AND THE FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION. OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT
REMAIN WILL BE A PART OF THAT
FIRST ROUND TO GET THEM OUT THE
DOOR. ON THE SECOND ROUND ISN'T
AS WAS. STATED TO BE ONE BILLION
DOLLARS HOWEVER THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSES DEFERRALS THAT
WOULD PUT AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF
THAT TIME LINE SO THERE'S STILL
SOME. UNCERTAINTY THERE. ON PAGE
EIGHT THE BROADBAND LO MAS
RESERVE FUND THE RULE MAKING
PROCEDURE MEANS ACTIVE- NOT A
LOT OF UPDATES HERE BUT THERE
IS. EXPECTED TO BE A PROPOSED
DECISION BY THE END OF JUNE- THE
GRANT APPLICATION BROWN TO
SUPPOSED TO OPEN IN TWENTY
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR THERE'S
ABOUT A HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE
MILLION GENERAL FUND FOR THIS
PURPOSE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE
EXACT AMOUNT IT'LL BE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THAT ROUND. MOVING ON TO
THE FEDERAL BROADBAND PROGRAMS-
IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE
D. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
JOBS ACT WAS PASSED. AND SIGNED
INTO LAW- INCLUDED SIXTY FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS TOTAL- THERE
WERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS EITHER
EXISTING OR NEW THAT RECEIVED
FUNDING WILL FOCUS OUR REMARKS
ON THE BROADBAND ACT EQUITY
ACCESS AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM OR
BE PROGRAMMED. AND THE DIGITAL
EQUITY ACT PROGRAMS AS THOSE ARE
THE PROGRAMS THAT. COULD PROVIDE
THE STATE WITH SUBSTANTIAL
RESOURCES FOR BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE. THE REMAINING
FUNDING IS FOR- THE AFFORDABLE
CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM OVERSEEN BY
THE FCC. THAT PROVIDES A MONTHLY
AND ONE TIME SUBSIDIES FOR
INTERNET SERVICE AND CONNECTED
DEVICES. ON PAGE TEN OF THE
HANDOUT WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE
ALLOCATION. FOR THE B. PROGRAM
IS CALCULATED THIS WILL BE THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF POTENTIAL
FUNDING FOR THE STATE. ITS FORTY
TWO POINT FOUR FIVE BILLION OF
THE SIXTY FIVE BILLION THAT WAS
APPROPRIATED- PRIMARILY FOR LAST
MILE BROAD OF BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT GRANTS.
AND THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE-
AMOUNTS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT. THE FIRST OF WHICH
IS AN INITIAL ALLOCATION OF THE
STATE OF A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS FIVE MILLION OF WHICH IS
AVAILABLE INITIALLY FOR PLANNING
PURPOSES. THEN THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION TO STATES
BASED ON ITS PROPORTION OF
UNSERVED LOCATIONS- IN HIGH COST
AREAS AND THAT DEFINITION IS TO
BE DETERMINED BUT IN HIGH COST
AREAS RELATIVE TO THE COUNTRY.
AND SO THAT'S ABOUT AGAIN 10% OF
TOTAL FUNDING AND THEN THE
REMAINING THIRTY TWO STAR SO
BILLION DOLLARS- WILL BE BASED
AGAIN ON THE UNSERVED HOUSEHOLDS
NOT NECESSARILY IN HIGH COST
AREAS OF THE STATE- BUT BUT IN
THE STATE AS A PERCENTAGE. OF
THE OVERALL- LOCATIONS
NATIONWIDE. ON PAGE ELEVEN WE
NOTE THAT THE INITIAL PLANNING
FUNDS THAT FIVE MILLION I
MENTIONED IT'S AVAILABLE IS HAS
BEEN AWARDED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST
YEAR. AND THAT WILL SUPPORT THE
STATE'S EFFORT TO PRODUCE A FIVE
YEAR ACTION PLAN WHICH IS THE
NEXT DELIVERABLE FROM THE STATE
FOR- FOR THIS PROGRAM. IT'S
EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED NO
LATER THAN AUGUST TWENTY EIGHT
LIMON CLUE THINGS LIKE GOALS
OUTCOMES NEEDS ASSESSMENT- TO
INFORM OUR BROADBAND PROGRAMS
GOING FORWARD- THE STATE WILL
KNOW IT'S A- PROGRAM FUNDING
ALLOCATION SO WHAT AMOUNT FROM
THE FORTY TWO POINT FOUR FIVE
BILLION WILL BE. RECESSED
FINANCIALLY RECEIVING BY THE END
OF JUNE- THERE AFTER THE STATE
WILL SUBMIT AN INITIAL PROPOSAL-
WITHIN A HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF
THAT RELEASE- TO THEN RECEIVE
THE INITIAL TWENTY PERCENT. OF
WHATEVER APPLICATION IS- WE CAN
THEN USE THOSE FUNDS TO PROVIDE
GRANTS AND THEN EVALUATE HOW
THAT GRANT PROCESS WORKED. AND
SUBMIT A FINAL PROPOSAL THAT A
RELEASE THE REMAINING EIGHTY
PERCENT- THERE'S MORE
INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON THE
STATE'S ADMINISTRATION TO BE
PROGRAM FUNDING THERE WAS AN
ORDER INSTITUTING RULE MAKING A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BUT THERE'S
JUST A LOT MORE INFORMATION
COMING IN MOSTLY QUESTIONS TO BE
ASKED AT THIS POINT. AND FINALLY
ON PAGE TWELVE- THE DIGITAL
EQUITY ACT PROGRAMS WILL MAKE
THIS QUICK IS THERE A
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS AMOUNT OF
MONEY STONE. PARDON OF COURSE-
TWO POINT SEVEN SEVEN FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE
NATIONWIDE THERE ARE THREE
PROGRAMS THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A
PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM THE
STATE'S ALREADY RECEIVED ITS
INITIAL FORTY MILLION DOLLARS.
FROM THAT TO DEVELOP A STATE
DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN THEN THAT'LL
BE DUE NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER
THIRTIETH- AND THERE'LL BE MORE
INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON THE
CAPACITY IN COMPETITIVE GRANT
PROGRAMS- THE CAPACITY ONES ARE.
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR
THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT ITS STATE
DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN. AND THE
COMPOUND- I'M SORRY THE
COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM I WILL
BE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY TO STATES-
BUT OTHERS TRYING TO IMPROVE
DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. AND I KNOW THAT WAS
A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO I'M
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. SINCE
PLACE YOUR DOLLAR. THANK YOU
FROM APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTE SO
- I WENT THROUGH THIS IT FOR.
LAST NIGHT AND WAS TRY TO LIKE
GET MY AROUND THE FACT THAT
THERE IS. HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY
. AND THERE DEADLINES TO MEET.
ON THE FEDERAL SIDE TO GET IT
DONE SO- CAN. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN
IDEA OF LIKE SO WHAT YOU SAID
WAS THAT. BUT IN ORDER TO TRY TO
GET ALL THIS WORK DONE IN TWO
YEARS WE'RE GONNA GET THE GRANTS
OUT THE DOOR. AND THEY WERE THE
WORK ACCESS TO WHAT WHAT WHAT WE
ARE NOT AT THIS POINT DOING
ANYTHING LIKE ACTUAL PHYSICAL
PUTTING IN LINE RIGHT TODAY. SO
THERE ARE LIMITED- PROJECTS
UNDER WAY. BUT THE BULK OF THE
WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORK
HAS NOT BEGUN YET A LOT OF WHAT
HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST WITH THE
MIDDLE MOM NETWORK IS PRE
CONSTRUCTION WORK AND NONE OF
THE LAST MILE PROJECT GRANTS.
HAVE GONE OUT THE DOOR EXCEPT
FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
SO HAS ANYBODY DONE AN ESTIMATE
OF HOW ACTUALLY. HOW LONG IT'S
GONNA TAKE TO PHYSICALLY GET THE
WORK DONE- I DO NOT HAVE THAT
INFORMATION- THE EXPECTATION IS
THAT FOR THE MIDDLE MILE NETWORK
AND LAST MILE PROJECTS FOR THE
AT LEAST THE FIRST ROUND. OF
PROJECTS- THE TIMELINE WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY THREE. CALENDAR
YEARS JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
THROUGH DECEMBER OF TWENTY
TWENTY SIX- BUT AGAIN WE DON'T
HAVE THE FINAL. MAP OF THE
NETWORK KIND OF ARCHITECTURE FOR
THE MINIMAL NETWORK WITH ALL THE
PROJECTS- THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
PRE CONSTRUCTION WORK THERE. AND
FOR THE LAST MILE PROJECTS WE
DON'T HAVE ANY GRANTS THAT ARE
AWARDED QUITE YET. TO MY CONCERN
IS THAT- YOU KNOW THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS VERY GOOD AT.
TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND AND THEN AT
THE END OF THE DAY THE
DELIVERABLES. WHETHER IT'S-
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT WE
DON'T DELIVER ANYTHING WE'VE WE
SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AROUND HERE
HOMELESSNESS WE CAN GO DOWN THE
LIST WE HAVE WE HAVE ALL THESE
PROGRAMS AND I SAID ON THESE
COMMITTEES. I'M ON THE BUDGET
AND- SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LIKE.
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET THAT
ACTUALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO
DELIVER. THE PROJECT AND AT THE
END OF THE PROJECT X. CAN
ACTUALLY SERVE SOMEBODY. WE
SPOKE THERE'S FEDERAL MONEY WE
TALK ABOUT THEIR STATE MONEY AND
NOW WE'RE ROLL THAT BACK OR
TAKEN SOME OF THAT. MONEY BACK
AND ONE AND WE'RE PUSHING THOSE
TIMES OUT BECAUSE OF BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS. AND EVERY DAY THAT
WE DO THAT. THE COST OF
DELIVERING A PROJECT WITH
INFLATION IS SKYROCKETING. SO AM
I WILL BE ASKING ALL THE
PANELISTS TODAY THE SAME
QUESTIONS LIKE. WHERE IS THE
ACTUAL. PLAN ORIA WHERE WHEN WE
GET A PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND
AND WHEN WE EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY
SEE. SOMETHING HAPPEN. SENATOR
SIMPLY NUMBER WOULD AND I. DID A
PROJECT FOR DIGITAL TO NINETY
NINE. AND TWO THOUSAND HE WAS
FOURTEEN COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS. AND WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE
PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND YET.
AND THAT MONEY WAS ALLOCATED.
AND SO. I'M I'M NOT HERE TO BEAT
YOU UP I'M ASKING YOU. IS THERE
SOMEBODY. WHETHER IT'S THE CPUC.
WHETHER IT'S WHO THAT IS GONNA
SAY HERE'S THE PLAN AND HERE'S
HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY
ACHIEVE THIS OTHER THAN JUST
SAYING WE'RE AWARDING GRANTS
WERE STUDY. AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IT BUT- YOU KNOW I USED TO
DO CONSTRUCTION. AND THERE WAS A
THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THERE'S A
DEADLINE WHEN YOU GONNA GET THE
PROJECT DONE. AND I DON'T SEE
THAT IN HERE. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN. Q. TOURNAMENT. I THINK
TEACHER REDFORD AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TESTING THIS
RESTAURANTS FOR- BY JUST A- I
HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS- I GUESS
RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TALKING WE'RE
THERE'S ANOTHER HEARING GOING ON
AND IN JUDICIARY AROUND.
POTENTIALLY MOVING COURT
PROCEEDINGS ONLINE CITING. THE
IMPORTANCE OF BROADBAND FOR ALL
THIS IS BECOMING VERY CLEAR I
THINK OF IT. REALLY ACCELERATED
THIS TREND IN AND IT'S CLEAR
THAT WE NEED TO. HAVE HIGH SPEED
INTERNET FOR EVERY COMMUNITY IN
THIS IN THIS STATE THAT THAT'S
JUST AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR
ACCESSING BASIC GOVERNMENT
SERVICES FOR ECONOMY- BUT- AS
I'M LOOKING AT. SOME OF THE
DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS BEFORE US- I
SEE A LOT OF VARIANCE BETWEEN C.
T. AND C. P. YOU SEE BOTH ON.
WHERE MIDDLE MILE. BY A
FERMENTATION TO GO FIRST AS WELL
AS LAST MILE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
COULD COMMENT ON WHAT YOU
THOUGHT THE RIGHT CRITERIA IT
SHOULD BE. BOB BOTH FOR MIDDLE
MILE AND WHEN WERE WE TO PLACE
FIRST WHERE WE DEPLOY RESOURCES
FIRST. AS WELL AS LAST MILE
IMPLEMENTATION. SURE- I. OF
THEIR KEY PLACE TO. IS WITH THE
A. R. P. FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS
GIVEN WE HAVE THE ENCUMBRANCE AN
EXPENDITURE DEADLINES. AND THE
NEED TO GET THAT MONEY OUT THE
DOOR IN ORDER TO AVOID POTENTIAL
LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING- I THINK
THAT AS A PRIORITY- COMMITTEE ON
THAT- I THINK TRYING TO MEET THE
STATUTORY GOALS OF S. B. ONE
FIFTY SIX. IS CERTAINLY A
PRIORITY- AND THAT'S THE
LEGISLATURE STATED ITS INTENT
AND STATED SPECIFIC- PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS THAT IT WANTED TO
UNDERTAKE IN ORDER TO- PROVIDE.
IMPROVED BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE- TO CALIFORNIANS-
IN TERMS OF HOW YOU KNOW TO
PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS YOU KNOW
MIDDLE MILE VERSUS LAST MILE AND
CONNECTING THE TWO. I CAN'T
SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY I
THINK THERE IS A- LOT OF
INFORMATION THAT STILL NEEDS TO
CALM ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
CONSTRUCT. THE NETWORK WHAT
EXACTLY THE FINAL PROJECTS WILL
LOOK LIKE WHAT THAT PRE
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL REVEAL
ABOUT THE MIDDLE MILE NETWORK.
AND AGAIN YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT
OF GUIDANCE ABOUT THE LAST MILE
PROJECTS BUT NOT A LOT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW.
WHAT THE APPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE
OR WHAT THOSE FINAL PROJECTS
WILL WILL ENTAIL LET ME REPHRASE
MY QUESTIONS MAYBE WASN'T CLEAR
I GUESS I'M REALLY ASKING IS
OKAY WE'VE GOT LAST MILE
PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A PRIORITY
AREA MAP- DO YOU THINK THAT THAT
MAP. ACCURATELY. HI I COULD YOU
COMMENT HERE THAT THE CRITERIA-
THERE WERE SOME DISCREPANCIES
BETWEEN IN YOUR REPORT- BETWEEN
WHERE WE'RE DEPLOYING AND I
THINK AGAIN BETWEEN WHERE C. T.
AND SEE IF YOU SEE A
RECOMMENDING THAT WE- SO THAT
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE MIDDLE WHILE
PROJECTS. I THINK C. T. AND SEE
IF YOU SEE DISAGREED ON THEIR
LIST OF WHERE MIDDLE MOUSE
IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD GO- SO
OBVIOUSLY THEIR SONS. VARIANCE
IN THE CRITERIA THEY'RE USING
EVALUATE THIS AS I GUESS WHAT
I'M ASKING IS IF THE IF YOU WERE
IN CHARGE WHAT WHERE WHAT SHOULD
BE THE CRITERIA WE USE. WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT WHERE MIDDLE MILE
PROJECT FUNDING SHOULD GO FIRST-
WE'RE SHOULD WHAT SHOULD BE THE
CRITERIA. FOR WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT- WE'RE LAST MY PROJECTS TO
GO FIRST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S A BIG DEBATE RIGHT NOW
FOR. SURE WE EMPHASIZE RURAL
AREAS OR URBAN AREAS I DON'T
KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWERS I'M JUST
ASKING FOR YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS
HERE. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THE QUESTION I THINK ABSENT AND
ANALYSIS FROM OUR OFFICE THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY ADDRESS THOSE
QUESTIONS IT'S HARD FOR ME TO
ANSWER THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD I THINK I CAN SAY. THAT
AGAIN SB ONE FIFTY SIX
PRIORITIZE THE DEPLOYMENT OF
MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE IN
LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO. BROADBAND INTERNET
SPEED- BLACK SMALL PROJECTS WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE YOU KNOW- FUNDED.
EQUALLY IN RURAL AND URBAN
COUNTIES- THERE THERE WERE A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA
THAT WERE PART OF SB ONE FIFTY
SIX- THAT I THINK ARE STILL.
RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION
BUT I DON'T HAVE MY OWN. SET OF
CRITERIA RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS
. WELL THANK YOU. THIS
RESTAURANT BUT- I TO DO SO I
WANT TO. THE I HAVE THE SAME
CONCERN THAT MIGHT. TO RAISE
STRESSFUL VICE YOU. DALLI- TO-
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S SAY THE
ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD
INTENTIONS SO. I JUST NEED TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE- NEEDLE'S.
FOR PACIFIC PROJECT I GUESS MY
REAL CONCERN IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE MAPS. AND WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING TO
PROCEED TO BEAT MONEY. THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO
UNDERSERVED AND- MINORITY
COMMUNITIES. NONE OF OUR PROJECT
TO REALLY FOCUS ON ANY OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES SO. HOW DO I HOW DO
YOU. YOU KNOW. JUSTIFY THAT. I
MEAN I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
WHAT HAPPENED YOU SEEN THE SAME
THING I MEAN ARE. WHAT HAVE YOU
SEEN AND- WE'VE SEEN THE
PRIORITY AREAS MAP THAT I THINK
ARE YOU ALLUDING TO THE GENERAL
AREAS MAPS I MEAN WE'VE SEEN THE
PRIORITY AREAS MAP AND WE'VE
SEEN THE SAME DISCREPANCIES THAT
HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BOTH IN
THIS COMMITTEE AND IN THE
ASSEMBLY- WE'VE NOTED THE-
INTENTION BEHIND THE MAP- WHICH
WAS TO PROVIDE YOU KNOW BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES TO DELIVER
INTERNET SERVICE THAT THEN.
ASSESS THE TAPE MAY BE A
DIFFERENT- NETWORK COVERAGE AREA
THEN WOULD BE- YOU KNOW SPECIFIC
TO JUST SERVING UNSERVED-
HOUSEHOLDS- AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE
OUR OWN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF
THAT RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THE SAME
CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE- BUT BUT
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE AT
THIS TIME. I'M HOPING THAT'S
BEING VOICED IN SHARED. AND ALSO
ALONG THE LINES OF THIS FEDERAL
FUNDING AND IT HAS A YOU KNOW AN
EXPIRATION DATE. ARE YOU THERE
ANY CONCERNS THAT WE WILL NOT
EXPAND THIS MONEY OR NOT TO THE
PROJECT BEFORE. LOSING THESE
FUNDS. I THINK THE- MAIN CONCERN
IS. THAT AT LEAST FOR THE LAST
MILE PROJECT FUNDING THAT FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION BEING A
PART OF THE INITIAL ROUND. WILL
BE HELPFUL IN GETTING THOSE
FUNDS OUT THE DOOR AND IT IS A
SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE
BIGGER CONCERN IS AROUND THE
MIDDLE MILE NETWORK. AND MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE
PRIORITIZED IN WHATEVER PROJECTS
ARE SELECTED. FOR THE ULTIMATE
MIDDLE MILE NETWORK AGAIN WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE DECISIONS ABOUT
THE FINAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE
NETWORK FOURTH COMING VERY
SHORTLY- AND WILL BE REVIEWING
THOSE TO SEE IF THOSE FEDERAL
FUNDS ARE PRIORITIZED BUT YEAH I
THINK THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN.
IS FOR THE MIDDLE MILE NETWORK
ARE WE PRIORITIZING FEDERAL
FUNDS- COULD IT GET TIED UP IN
TRYING TO WAIT TO ENCUMBER. AND
EXPAND ALL OF THE MONEY AT ONCE
VERSUS JUST PRIORITIZING THE
FEDERAL FUNDING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE USE IT BEFORE WE LISTEN.
OKAY DO YOU THINK WE RUN THE
RISK SOLUTIONS FROM THE STORE- I
THINK BY- AGAIN INCREASING
OVERSIGHT. THROUGH THIS
COMMITTEE AND THROUGH YOU KNOW
THE LEGISLATURE'S ACTIVE ROLE IN
MONITORING THE DISTRIBUTION US
FUNDS- I THINK THAT WE CAN AVOID
THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF FEDERAL
FUNDING. IT REQUIRES MONITORING
. ON A QUARTERLY BASIS- AND SO
YOU KNOW THE LATEST. SHOWED THAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT ONE SEVEN FIVE
BILLION HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED BUT
ONLY FORTY TWO MILLION HAS BEEN
SPENT- IT'S OUR EXPECTATION THAT
THAT. WILL RAMP UP OVER TIME AS
PROJECTS. ARE CONSTRUCTED. BUT
IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO MONITOR AND TO
ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT. THANK YOU
FOR CALLING. TUNERS OUT JUST ONE
FOLLOW UP QUESTION I. I LOOKED
AT THE TIME LIKE PERMITTING
TIMELINE WHICH IS I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT. GETS
THIRTY MONTHS. OKAY AND THAT'S-
THAT'S ASSUMING THAT YOU DON'T
GET SUED OR YOU DON'T GET
CAUGHT. UP IN COURT SO I WANTED
TO JUST. THE WEEK WE HAVE A TIME
LINE HERE WHICH IS THAT TO GET
THE PERMIT AND THEN. WE HAVE TO
ACTUALLY BUILD THE PROJECTS I
HAVE I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION
YOU KNOW. MANY MY NEIGHBOR SO I
LIVE IN A VERY RURAL AREA. THAT
TO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
RULE IT IS. THE CLOSEST WALMART
TO MY HOME IS SEVENTY FIVE MILES
AWAY. AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS
WE HAVE WE HAVE A WATER TOWER
TOWN WE ACTUALLY GET OUR
INTERNET FROM. OFF THE WATER
TOWER TO OUR TO OUR- BUT MILLION
REASONS STARLINK. AND IT'S
GREAT. IT'S FAST IT'S YOU CAN
WATCH FIVE MOVIES AT ONE TIME IN
YOUR HOME AND IT WORKS. HAS
ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE
LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS
I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
HERE- THAT THEY MAY BE LOOKING
AT SOME OTHER TYPES OF. OF
TECHNOLOGY TO GET IT OUT TO
THOSE RULE THERE'S WHERE I COULD
HAVE IT AT MY SCHOOL. I COULD
HAVE IT TO. THE RULE HEALTH
CLINIC OR THE LIBRARY SO THAT
PEOPLE COULD USE IS THERE IS
THERE ANY THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY
THAN. TRYING TO DO ALL THIS
ACTUAL DIGGING UP THE DIRT AND
PUTTING LINES IN THE ROADS AND
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. YES THERE
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
USING THINGS LIKE FIXED WIRELESS
OR SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY
INSTEAD OF USING FIBER OPTIC.
CABLES THERE IS- IN THE TREASURY
GUIDANCE AS WELL AS IN THE- THE
GUIDANCE ON BE PROGRAM FUNDS-
THERE IS A PREFERENCE FOR
PROJECTS THAT USE FIBER OPTIC
CABLE AS OPPOSED TO USING
ANOTHER. TYPE OF. TECHNOLOGY
HOWEVER- THERE CAN YOU KNOW
COULD BE MERIT IN IN TRYING TO
THINK ABOUT WHETHER TO TAKE MORE
OF A NEUTRAL STANCE ON THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S USED FOR THE
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
FUNDING- AGAIN I THINK THE
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED ARE TRYING TO ALIGN
WITH THAT FEDERAL GUIDANCE AND
MAKE USE OF THOSE FEDERAL
DOLLARS- AND SO AGAIN I THINK
THAT THAT WOULD BE. A TOPIC OF
CONVERSATION WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU KIM
SEMESTER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. OUR
SECOND PANEL WILL BE FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY WILL HAVE TO
WITNESSES ARE GOING TO ASK THAT
YOU. LIMIT YOUR TESTIMONY TO
TWELVE MINUTES. FOR HER FROM.
MISTER BAILEY CUMMINS DIRECTOR
OF DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND
WE'LL HEAR FROM MARK MON ROE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR BROADBAND.
MIDDLE MILE INITIATIVE
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CHAU.
NUMBER YOU READY YOU MAY BEGIN
YOUR TESTIMONY. OKAY MORNING
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO- FOR THE
INVITATION TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU
TODAY MY NAME IS LANA BAILEY
CRIMMINS I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY. I'M ALSO
THE CHAIR FOR THE MIDDLE MILE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TODAY THE
CALIFORNIA APARTMENT TECHNOLOGY
LOOKS FORWARD PROVIDING AN
UPDATE ON THE BROADBAND MIDDLE
MILE INITIATIVE. TO PROVIDE YOU
THREE FOCUS AREAS. THE FIRST IS
HOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS
LEADING THE WAY IN REDUCING THE
FEDERAL. AND STATE PERMITTING
TIMELINES. SCHERING HOW
APPROACHING CONSTRUCTION AND PRE
PLANNING THROUGH A STATE WIDE
LENS- WILL PUT ALL JOB ORDER
CONTRACTS. INTO A CONTRACT THIS
YEAR. AND LASTLY HOW WE ARE
BUILDING- AND LEASING WHICH WILL
ALLOW THAT STRATEGY TO EXPEDITE
SERVICE DELIVERY. AS YOU ARE
AWARE TWO POINT FIVE MILLION
CALIFORNIANS DO NOT HAVE.
ADEQUATE INTERNET SERVICE TODAY
. AND HIGH SPEED BROADBAND IS
KEY TO DIGITAL EQUITY ACCESS.
INCLUSION AND IT IS BECOME AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF ALL OF OUR
LIVES. PEOPLE DEPEND ON IT TO
WORK. TO GO TO SCHOOL. TO BE
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND ALSO GET VITAL
HEALTH CARE. AND AS WE'VE ALL
LEARNED THROUGH THE COVERAGE A
PANDEMIC WHEN THE INTERNET IS US
BODY. IT CAN QUICKLY BECAME A
COME A MAJOR CRISIS PERSONALLY.
THROUGH A BUSINESS AND FOR
GOVERNMENT. SB ONE FIFTY SIX
LAUNCH THE MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND
INITIATIVE AND CREATED A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY. CALTRANS
CPUC. AND ALSO OUR THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR GOLDEN STATE NOT.
WE RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TRIBES
AND INDUSTRY LEADERS. TO
CONSTRUCT THE PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ENSURE
UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES HAVE AFFORDABLE
ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED
CONNECTIVITY. THE OPEN ACCESS
MIDDLE MILE WILL BE PRIMARILY
ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAYS. WHEN
COMPLETED THE MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK WILL PROVIDE EIGHT OPEN
ACCESS. BACKBONE WHICH CONNECTS
COMMUNITIES INCREASED
COMPETITION TO REDUCE PRICE. A
STRONG AND AFFORDABLE INTERNET
CONNECTION. LOW COST DEVICES THE
TRAINING TO USE THE INTERNET
WILL ALLOW US TO HELP ADDRESS
THE DIGITAL EQUITY GAP. AS
POINTED OUT DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY JUST HAS FORTY ONE
MONTHS TO GET ALL THE FEDERAL
FUNDING UNDER CONTRACT AND SIXTY
FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE THIS TEN
THOUSAND MILE NETWORK. THESE
TIMELINES DRIVE CADENCE AND
REPRESENT THE URGENCY TO CREATE
THE NETWORK ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
CTT HAS CONTINUED TO UPDATE BOTH
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE MEMBERS
AND THE PUBLIC THE REGULAR
PUBLIC MEETINGS. AT THE MIDDLE
MILE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WE
ARE HONORED TO HAVE TWO X.
OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
TO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY AND AS OF JANUARY WE
HAVE TO LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES
THAT HAVE JOINED THE COMMITTEE.
SINCE JULY TWENTY TWENTY ONE CTT
HAS CONDUCTED AN HELD SEVENTEEN
MIDDLE MILE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING STAKEHOLDER IN TRIBAL
OUTREACH AS WE DEVELOP THIS
PROJECT. IN FRONT OF YOU YOU
HAVE A CHART THAT CHART OUTLINES
THE TEN THOUSAND MILE NETWORK.
THE OF THE TIMELINESS OF THE
PERMITTING OF EYES WERE TAKING
IT FROM THIRTY MONTHS AND
ACTUALLY DRIVING EFFICIENCIES
AND GETTING IT DOWN TO SEVENTEEN
MONTHS AND HOPEFULLY VERY SOON
ELEVEN MONTHS. IN ADDITION YOU
ALSO SEE OUR OVERALL TIMELINE.
WITH ME TODAY IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF BROADBAND MIDDLE MILE
INITIATIVE MISTER MARKMAN WROTE
TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW
CD IS WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH EACH
OF THESE GOALS. AND MEET THE
LEGISLATURE'S INTENTION OF SB
ONE FIFTY SIX BUT THAT I'D LIKE
TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK MONROE.
THE MORNING CARE MEMBER- MARC
MUNROE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY-
IT IN TERMS OF REALLY WHAT A CDT
HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS TO IS THE
THREE POINT EIGHT BILLION
DOLLARS THAT WAS- PROVIDED-
PRIMARILY IN OUR FOR FUNDING-
FOR TO DEVELOP WHAT IS NOW TEN
THOUSAND MILE A STATEWIDE
NETWORK- OPEN ACCESS. MIDDLE
MILE NETWORK- ALONG SIDE LOOKS
ALONG SIDE THE STATE HIGHWAY
SYSTEM TO REALLY CONNECT THE
STATE'S UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES. AS IDENTIFIED BY
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE
DIFFERENCE THERE I THINK IT'S
ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMIND.
EVERYONE WE ONLY THINK ABOUT THE
MIDDLE MILE THAT'S KIND OF YOUR
FREEWAY SYSTEM FOR THE NETWORK
FOR BROADBAND- THAT'S- IT AND AS
AND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LAST
MILE THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A
LOCAL ROAD SYSTEM IF YOU WILL
SO- REALLY TRYING TO WHAT CITY
IS TASKED WITH IS BUILDING THIS
BACKBONE THAT'S GOING TO. BE
ABLE TO CONNECT THE STATE'S
UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES- CELIO AND OTHERS
HAVE NOTED- THE- THE- THE
FUNNIES PRIMARILY FROM THE-
MARKING FUNDING- AND SO THESE
FUNDS HAVE TO BE ENCUMBERED THEY
HAVE TO BE UNDER CONTRACT BY THE
END OF NEXT YEAR AND- THEY HAVE
TO BE LIQUIDATED BY THE END OF
TWENTY TWENTY SIX. SO THAT'S
REALLY- CREATING A LOT OF THE
FRAMEWORK FOR- YOU KNOW FOR THE
TIME BEING AND FOR. WHAT WHAT
LAST MILE PROVIDERS WILL. BE
ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IN TERMS OF
HAVING THE SYSTEM DEVELOPED-
SOME OF THE BASIC- FRAMEWORK
THAT WE'RE USING- FOR THEM IN
THE EYE. WE HAVE- AS I
MENTIONED- THERE THERE'S KIND OF
THE STANDARD BASIS I THINK WAS
THE CAT CALIFORNIA- CALTRANS
OWNS THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
AT THE END OF EXPERIENCE DOING
PROJECTS THEY HAVE SKIPPED
SPIRIT'S DOING A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE
HERE AND SO- ONE OF THE KEY
TOOLS I THINK AT THE- ONE OF THE
KEY TOOLS WE HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING THIS IS TO HAVE
CALTRANS BILL THAT IS. THIS
REALLY STANDALONE CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE-
CALTRANS GOES THROUGH THE
PERMITTING PROCESS THAT THEY
HAVE A PRE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS-
THAT WOULDN'T. NORMALLY TAKE-
YEAH HE CUT TWO TO FOUR YEARS TO
GET DONE- FOR PROJECT THE SITE
WE FELT WERE WE FOR. PHONES
FOUND SOME WAYS TO REALLY- BRING
THAT THE MAKE THE SCHOOL A LOT
FASTER. THEY WOULD THEN MOVE TO
CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THEY WOULD
OVERSEE THIS CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS- ASSEMBLY AS AN
ALTERNATIVE AS AS AS AS BEEN
MENTIONED ON. THE THREE TWENTY
BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE ENOUGH TO CONSTRUCT THE
ENTIRE- TEN THOUSAND MILE
NETWORK AND SO. WE HAVE- GOING
OUT TO EXPLORE- OTHER
ALTERNATIVES OTHER DEVELOPMENT
ALTERNATIVES THESE INCLUDE JOINT
BUILDS- SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE-
RECOGNIZE THE ARCADIAN- CONTRACT
WAS SIGNED A FEW WEEKS AGO- FOR
THREE HUNDRED AND SIX MILES OF
CONSTRUCTION- THERE'S SOME REAL
OPPORTUNITIES THERE. WHERE WHO
WE HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR- A
PARTNERS. WHO HAVE BEEN PLANNING
. ANY DEVELOPING- THESE THERE.
PROJECTS FOR YEARS LEADING UP TO
NOW I SO. THAT THE THIS. FOR
COST CUSTOMERS PUTTING THIS IN
FOR IN THE- ISRAEL THE- THAT'S
WHAT MOST THE- SOMETHING. AND
SO- ANYWHERE WE CAN SHARE THOSE
COSTS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT
CAN BE BENEFICIAL BOTH FOR THE
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER AND FOR-
FOR THE STATE. SIMILARLY WE'RE
LOOKING FOR PARTNERS- FOR-
PURCHASES RIGHT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR WHERE THERE MIGHT BE
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT-
THAT UP- SOMEBODY NEEDS ST
BAILEY TO SELL TO US- AND
SIMILARLY- WE GET TO LEASES
RIGHT THIS IS SAID THESE ARE.
INDEFEASIBLE RIGHTS OF USE I OR
USE THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT TWENTY
YEARS TO CONSIDER CAPITAL COST
FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL I'M
EXPENDITURES. AND SO- REALLY
THESE YOU KNOW THE THIS
COMBINATION OF- STANDALONE
CALTRANS CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS
THE JOINT BUILD OPPORTUNITIES.
PURCHASES AND THESE AYE ARE YOU
LEASES- THESE ARE THE TOOLS WE
EXPECT TO USED TO BE ABLE TO
HELP THE TEN THOUSAND MILE
NETWORK. WITHIN THAT THE FEDERAL
TIME FOR A- IN TERMS OF KIND
WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AS- IS A
HAS BEEN- THE WE THE- WORKED
WITH PUBLIC YOU TO. COMMISSION
AND- THE THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR GOLDEN STATE AT TO
DEVELOP WHAT IS THIS NOW THIS
TEN THOUSAND MILE MAP WAS
RELEASED LAST MAY- WE HAVE- ALSO
GOING OUT FOR A PROCURE
PROCUREMENT CONTRACT FOR FIBER
CONDUIT AND RELATED MATERIALS.
WE DID THAT THIS- MET LAST OF
MAY AS WELL. AND REALLY TRY TO
GET AHEAD OF ANY SUPPLY CHAIN
CONSTRAINTS AND GET IN FRONT OF
THE LINE AS WE- GET THESE
MATERIALS WE NEED THESE
MATERIALS SO THAT. AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WE DON'T- EXPERIENCE- A
SHORTAGE. WE HAVE OBSERVED A
PERMITTING PROCESS- WE STARTED-
BODY- BASSIR GO FEBRUARY WE HELD
A ABOUT PERMITTING SUMMIT. AND A
LOT OF WORK TO- GO FROM- THE
COMMITTEE NO THE STANDARD
PERMITTING PROCESS THAT I THINK
HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR. WIN
WIN- LOOK AT THAT THE COMMITTEE
TIME FRAME- AT THE TABLE THAT
WAS MENTIONED- THAT CHART THERE
THE INTEREST OF THE STANDARD-
THE AVERAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN
THIRTY MONTHS- NOW- S. YOU ONE
FIFTY SIX INCLUDED SOME SEQUEL-
IMPROVEMENTS HERE AND- FOR THIS
PROJECT IT TOOK THAT THIRTY
MONTHS DOWN TO. TO SEVENTEEN
WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THIRTY MONTHS
IS OUTSIDE MEDICAL CENTRES
OUTSIDE IF THE FEDERAL TIME
FRAME SO. THAT RIGHT THERE WAS A
HUGE STEP. IN WORKING WITH
CALTRANS IN THE STATE PERMITTING
AGENCIES WE HAVE FURTHER-
SHORTEN THAT TO THAT TEN ELEVEN
MONTH TIME FRAME. AND SO THE
WAIVER OR DOING THAT IS A
COMBINATION OF THINGS WERE FUNNY
RESOURCES CERTAINLY AT THE STATE
PERMITTING. AGENCIES POSITIONS
AND- CONTRACT- FUNDING- THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT CALTRANS NORMALLY
DOES WHEN IT GETS A SPIKE IN-
AND TRANSPORTATION FINDING IT
WOULD ASSIGN- I AS WITH THE
STATE PERMITTED AGENCIES. INTO
WE'VE KIND OF MODEL THAT BASED
ON THAT- AND THAT'S GOING TO
HELP THEM KEEP UP WITH THE
ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD THIS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT- AND THEN-
SIMILARLY- WHEN. WE LOOK AT THIS
IS THIS KIND OF THE STATE OF-
COMPANY PRIDE. ARE THERE BUT WE
REALLY THIS IS WHY BIG PRIZE
THIS A TEN THOUSAND NETWORK AND
IS BODIES SEE SAID NOW ABOUT
WORK THEY'RE PIECE MISSING FROM
IT. AND SO REALLY- APPROACH THIS
IS AS AS ONE PROJECT. AND SO
FROM THAT- STAMP WE- WORKED WITH
STATE PER AGENCIES. TO DEVELOP
PLANS FOR A PROGRAMMATIC PERMIT
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS TAKES THE
FULL TEN THOUSAND MILE. MAP
TAKES A FULL SYSTEM- AND PUTS IT
IN AND REALLY TREATS TREATS THE
WHOLE PROJECT IS ONE LARGE
PROJECT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
STATE PERMITTING. PROCESS HE'S
THAT WE EXPECT THAT TO BE THAT
THOSE TWO STEPS TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR BEING ABLE TO
DRIVE THAT TIME FRAME DOWN FROM
THE SEVENTEEN MONTHS. FURTHER TO
THE TEN OR ELEVEN MONTHS- HAS
BEEN NOTED WE- THERE WAS- IN
NOVEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE
BASED ON INITIAL- PUT THE
INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION WE HAD
IDENTIFIED EIGHTEEN INITIAL
LOCATIONS. ON WHICH WE STARTED
PRE CONSTRUCTION WORK- THIS IS
REALLY WHERE WE HAVE CALTRANS GO
OUT AND- AND START THAT UP THE
PERMITTING AND DESIGN WORK AND-
YOU KNOW THEY THEY HAVE DONE A
LITTLE BIT OF- THE SORT OF WORK
IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF
CONSTRUCTING BROADBAND. BUT THIS
IS REALLY TO- THAT YOU KNOW THEY
HAD THAT ON THE SCALE BEFORE SO
WE WENT OUT WITH THOSE INITIAL
PROJECTS SINCE THEN THOSE
PROJECTS AS WE'VE COME OUT WITH
A FULL TEN THOUSAND MILES THE
REALLY SUBSUMED IN THAT PROCESS.
N. AS WE START TALKING ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
HERE IN TERMS OF GOING OUT TO
YOU KNOW GOING OUT TO
CONSTRUCTION. AND LEASES OF
THOSE EIGHTEEN WILL BE PART OF
THE REST IS I THINK ONE OF THE-
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN
ASKED IS OKAY AT THE FIRST
EIGHTEEN. NGUYEN SAID NATURALIST
THE NECKLACE IS THE TEN THOUSAND
MILES AND THAT'S THAT'S THE
ENTIRE THING WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
TO- TO KIND OF TO ROLL OUT- KIND
OF C. SECTIONS OF THIS PROJECT-
THE A MONTH BY MONTH OR YEAR BY
YEAR- AND STILL MEET THE FEDERAL
TIME FOR HIMSELF- YOU KNOW I
THINK. I THINK WE SEE THAT AS A
POSITIVE CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE
SOONER WE GET A MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK THE SOONER CALIFORNIANS
HAVE- I'LL- HAVE A- A BACKBONE.
TO CONNECT LAST MILE SERVICE TO-
NOT SURE IF YOUR THINGS HERE-
WE- ONE OF THE APPROACHES WE
HAVE TAKEN WAS TAKES- IN. THINK
THE ANYBODY BEEN TRACKING. AND
PAST. IF QUESTION ABOUT WILL
WHITE WHY DON'T WE AT- FIBERCON
. OR OR THESE. TO THE TRANSFER.
PROJECTS AND THERE WERE SOME.
SOME LIMITATIONS- FOR HOW THE-
THAT THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE
USED FOR THAT- WE HAVE.
IDENTIFIED SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THAT WERE THE COST MADE
SENSE AND LAST OCTOBER WE'VE-
STARTED PULLING THE FIRST
EIGHTEEN MILES. AWAY DOWN IN SAN
DIEGO- SO. TO GET STARTED ON
THOSE- THAT'S- AND WILL CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER
ALTERNATIVES THERE- AND THEN I
THINK AS MENTIONED- WE CITED
ARCADIA DEAL FOR THREE HUNDRED
AND SIX MILES- A FEW WEEKS AGO-
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A- PROVIDE
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SEGMENT
FROM LA- ABOUT TO BARSTOW
NEEDLES- KIND OF CROSSING THE
STATE DOWN THERE. AND FOR A
SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS I THINK OF A
MORE THAN 30% OF WHAT IT WOULD
COST JUST OF CALTRANS FOR TO
BUILD IT- IN TERMS OF- WE'RE
WE'RE WE'RE CURRENTLY OUT- IT
WE'VE GOT THE MAP THAT'S REALLY
THE MAP FOR THOSE LAST MILE
PROVIDERS TO CONNECT TO. AND WE
- WE REALLY BELIEVE IT'S PUBLIC
MAC ONE OF NOT THAT WE WANT
EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS
WHERE HE TO PLAN A CONNECTING
TO- TERMS THE TIME FRAMES THE
FEDERAL TIME FRAMES WERE
TARGETING THAT- WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO THE FUNDS UNDER CONTRACT-
MOST OF THEM WILL BE UNDER
CONTRACT WITHIN. THIS FISCAL
YEAR- AND- WE WILL- THE END AND
THEN IN TERMS OF- YOU KNOW WE'LL
GET THE PROJECT DONE BY TWENTY
TWENTY SIX- THEY WERE GOING
THROUGH AN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS
RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WELL AS
SYNDICATES BUT MENTIONED- WILL
BE GOING THROUGH THAT- WE'RE
GOING TO THE BIT BITTY
VALUATIONS GOING TO PROTECT
CONSTRUCTION BIDS FOR- ALMOST
SEVEN THOUSAND MILES THE NETWORK
AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OTHER
ALTERNATIVES FOR- FOR HOW WE
CAN. WHAT OTHER INSTRUCTORS
AVAILABLE TO LEASE AND SO-
THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE
WE'RE AT AT THE THIS POINT- AND-
WE- AND THE MUNSTER. HERE TO
REALLY BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT WITH
WHAT THAT SELECT PARK. LOOKS
LIKE IN- AND THE TIME FOR YOU
JUST. WITH OF THOSE PIECE WITH
THAT. WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR BRIDGE. QUESTION
FOR MEMBERS BY HERE. THANK YOU.
RETIREMENT STILL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION I WAS
INTRIGUED BY- YOUR COMMENT ABOUT
LEASING AND- PARTNERING. ONE OF
THE FRUSTRATIONS- WITH THE
LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE IN MANY THESE
MIDDLE MILE AREAS THERE'S
ALREADY PRIVATE. COMPANIES THAT
HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT WE CAN'T
TAP INTO IT. THE AND THAT'S BEEN
SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE
BEEN GRAPPLING WITH FOR SOME
TIME OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE PRIVATE
COMPANIES IN THAT THERE'S NOT A-
BILITY MAKE A PROFIT THEY WILL
GO TO THESE UNDERSERVED AREAS.
AND SO- CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT AND ONE OF THE REQUIRE
THE REASONS WE PASSED SIMILAR
LEGISLATION TO PUT MIDDLE MILE
IN IS TO. ALLOW ACCESS FOR THE
PERSON WHO CAN AFFORD IT OR
WOULDN'T OR COMPANY WOULDN'T GO
THERE. AND SO CAN YOU TOUCH A
LITTLE BIT ON. AVAILABILITY OF
WHATEVER STRUCTURES OUT THERE
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND THEN THE
BILL EITHER LEASE OR GET ON THAT
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO IN AND
TRENCHES- OF THE LINE RIGHT NEXT
TO IT EXISTING. PRIVATE LINE OR
OR LINE THAT'S ALREADY. IN
SETTING THERE YEAH ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY AND SAYS TO THE
SOMETHING THAT WE- WE BEGIN
LOOKING AT EARLY ON- WE HAVE-
WORK TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION INTO THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO IDENTIFY
ROUGHLY FOUR THOUSAND MILES OF
OVERLAP BETWEEN WAS PERCEIVED TO
BE. OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT MIGHT BE LEAST OF ALL THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THEY RELEASE IT TO
US RELEASE IT AT A AT A- AN
AFFORDABLE RATE BUT IT IS
SOMETHING THAT THAT EXISTED SO
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED
AT. WE DID A COUPLE THINGS- WE
HAVE- BUT IT THE BIGGEST PIECES
AND WHEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT
THAT IS WE ARE NOT WITH
SOMETHING WE STILL COLOR IF I
SWEAR TO. THE WAY OF GOING OUT
FOR. A CONTRACT- WE WENT OUT
LAST OCTOBER WITH THIS CONTRACT
AND REALLY WENT OUT TO ALL OF
INDUSTRY AND THAT THAT THE POINT
WAS TO CATCH THAT TO DO A CATCH
ALL RIGHT. ANY INDUSTRY MEMBERS
OUT THERE WHO HAVE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO LEASE TO US SELL TO US-
BUILD. WITH US WHAT IT WHATEVER
YOU HAVE. WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
IT AND SUBMIT YOUR BASS AND SO.
WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE
REACHED. THE RESPONSE- INDOCIN
AND JAN. AND SO WE'RE GOING
THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW AND SO
THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE
WANT TO DO IT CERTAINLY- IT IN
MY MIND WE HAVE WE HAVE THIS
THREE POINT EIGHT BILLION
DOLLARS RIGHT TALK ABOUT THIS-
OPTIMIZATION PROCESS. REALLY THE
IDEA IS HOW DO WE GET THE FULL
TEN THOUSAND MILES. WITHIN THAT
FUNDING LEVEL WITHIN THE TIME
FRAME THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE
CERTAINLY CONSIDERING THOSE- AND
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT
ALTERNATIVES THERE MIGHT BE. AND
LOOK AT AND TRY TO WORK ON
PRICES BUT THE REALITY IS YOU
KNOW AS AS NOTED- SOMETIMES IT'S
- ALWAYS A BUSINESS ARE REALLY
GOOD AT MATH RIGHT AND SOMETIMES
IT'S JUST NOT. THEY'RE NOT
WILLING TO LEASE TO US AT THE
RIGHT PRICE AND SO. OKAY THAT'S
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO DO SOME OVER BUILT
THERE TO THE EXTENT THAT- THAT
WE CAN'T LEASE WHAT'S THEIR
FORMAL. WITHIN A THIRTY THREE
POINT EIGHT BILLION THEY THEY DO
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MATH AND
ARE ALSO GOOD AT. UNDERSTANDING
THE FACT THAT. WHEN THERE'S NO
COMPETITION THEY CAN. TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. AND
WE PASSED CAST THE FUNDS THROUGH
THIS. LEGISLATURE AND THEY NEVER
TAPPED INTO THOSE FUNDS. AND
THEY SAID WELL WE JUST CAN'T GET
YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A
REASON. SO WHEN WE DID THE
MIDDLE MILE THIS IS TRUE
COMPETITION. IT OPENS IT UP FOR.
ANOTHER COMPANY TO COME IN AND
BY OF SPACE ON THAT MIDDLE MILE
AND GO AFTER THAT PROBABLY. AND
AT THE SAME TIME. BEING- IT.
HAPPENED SERVE THE UNDERSERVED
AREAS. THIS LEGISLATORS FOCUSED
ON THE UNDERSERVED AREAS AND-
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE FOR THE
FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT. BUT THE
TO. THE BIG DOGS EIGHTEEN T.
COMCAST THOSE FOLKS. SAY WELL WE
CAN'T DO IT WILL NOW. AND THEY
HAVE LINES THEY HAVE LINES GOING
THROUGH MY COMMUNITIES THAT I
CAN'T TAP INTO BECAUSE SUPPOSING
A PROFITABLE. AT THE SAME TIME
WE PUT CAST THE FUNDS FORWARD
AND THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN TO THE
CAST OF FUNDS. SO NOW WE'RE
GONNA PUT ANOTHER LINE RIGHT
NEXT TO THEIR LINE. AND NOW WE
HAVE TO COMPETITION BECAUSE NOW
SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND TAKE
CARE TAKE THOSE KASA FUNDS UP.
AND SERVE THOSE UNDERSERVED
FOLKS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DESPERATELY GET SERVED. AT A
REALLY HIGH COST TO THE- TO THE-
TAXPAYER QUITE FRANKLY. AND SO.
NOW WHEN YOU WHEN WE ACTUALLY
HAVE A PLAN MAYBE WE THEY WILL
COME TO THE TABLE REALIZING THAT
THERE'S GONNA BE TRUE
COMPETITION OUT THERE AND MAYBE
THEY'LL LOSE THAT. PROFITABLE
AREA TO SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO
COME IN. AND CAN JUMP ON YOUR
LIFE ON YOUR MIDDLE MILE LINE.
SO I'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
THOSE. CONVERSATIONS GO BECAUSE
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THIS
THE LEGISLATURE IS. TRULY TRYING
TO GET TO IS TO SERVE THE
UNDERSERVED AREA WE'RE WILLING
TO PAY FOR THAT. AND UTILITIES
HAVE REALLY NOT STEPPED UP TO
THE PLATE IN MY MIND. BECAUSE I
KNOW THEY HAVE LINES GO THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THEY HAVEN'T
TAPPED INTO. SO I WOULD LOVE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AT SOME POINT
AND SEE. HOW THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
WE HAVE A SHORT TIME TO GET THIS
DONE. AND WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED
ON TRYING TO SERVE THOSE TRULY
UNDERSERVED AREAS. WHICH IS. NOT
JUST MY DISTRICT IN THE RULERS
IS ALSO. SENATOR BRADFORD JURIES
WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE AROUND
ISLANDS EVEN IN PLACES BECAUSE
IT'S NOT PROFITABLE. AT THE END
OF THE DAY. THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE
A PROFIT. AND THEY HAVE. TRULY A
MONOPOLY BECAUSE THEY TAKE ALL
THE GOOD PLACES TO MAKE MONEY.
AND THEY DON'T TAKE CARE THE
UNDERSERVED SO- I COMMEND YOU
FOR THAT. I'M INTERESTED IN
SEEING HOW THOSE LEASES LOOK.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WE
DON'T GET. HOOKED IN AND THEN
NOT BE ABLE TO RENEW OUR LEASE
AT SOME POINT IN OUR UNDERSERVED
AREAS GET TO. KICK OFF THE LINE
. THANK YOU SENATOR COPIER.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR- SO I'M
I'M I APOLOGIZE. I'M DOING DUTY
INTO COMMITTEES- SO YOU MAY HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT- BUT I
WANT TO REALLY UNDERSCORE WITH
MY- MAKE. MY GOOD FRIEND FROM.
BIEBER SAID- FOR ME IT'S- IT'S
REALLY VERY SIMPLE I'M LOOKING
FOR BROADBAND ACCESS. FOR
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES- A
ROBUST MIDDLE MILE
INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT. HE'S
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WE DON'T GET
KICKED OFF ONCE WE'VE EXPANDED
OUR OUR RESOURCES AND- AND
THOSE- MIDDLE MILE- LEASES ARE
NOT LONG ENOUGH TO PROVIDE
ACCESS- I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN. USE ALL OF THE FEDERAL
FUNDS- AND- THERE'S EVEN YOU
HAVE TO. COMMIT COMMIT THEM TO
THE PROJECT AND THEN USE THEM BY
A CERTAIN DATE AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE USING ALL
OF THAT. BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT THE CPUC MAPS- BECAUSE-
THE- INTERNET COMPANIES GIVE
THEIR DATA TO THIS TO THE FCC.
SO THEY HAVE PROVIDED DATA TO A
PUBLIC ENTITY. ABOUT WHERE
THEY'RE PROVIDING ACCESS WITH
SOME DEGREE OF FIDELITY. THE
MAPS THAT THEY GAVE TO THE C. P.
U. C. R. BROADBAND ARE BROUGHT
OUR CABLE COMPANIES IT'S NOT THE
INTERNET COMPANIES AND- THOSE
MAPS WE KNOW TO BE AN ERROR.
BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THE ENTIRE
CENSUS TRACK EVEN IF THEY'RE
ONLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF ONE
BUSINESS OR WHEN HOUSE WITHIN
THAT CENSUS TRACK WHICH MEANS
THAT YOU HAVE HUGE AREAS THAT
THEY SAY EITHER THERE ARE- THERE
PROVIDING ACCESS WHEN THEY
REALLY DON'T AND SO IF WE USE
THAT IN ACCURATE DATA WE'RE
GOING TO END UP WITH A MAP. MAPS
THAT DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THE
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES- SO
I'M I'M I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
AND- AND SO ONE OF MY POINT I
GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS-
YOU KNOW IT AT ONE POINT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT. ABOUT FOURTEEN
HUNDRED MILES GIVE OR TAKE AT A
MILE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT-
THE- MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND
INITIATIVE JUMPED TO TEN
THOUSAND MILES AND CAN YOU. CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THAT. HOW
THAT RELATES TO THE WORK THAT
YOU WERE DOING EARLY ON- AMY AND
HERE'S THE DEAL IS IT IT'S
REALLY FRUSTRATING. AS A
LEGISLATOR TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND
WHERE THAT WHERE THE WORK IS
GOING. AND THEN TO COME BACK-
SIX MONTHS LATER AND GO OH YEAH
WELL WE JUST DECIDED WE SHOULD
DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IT'S
HARD TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW
WE ENDED UP WITH TEN THOUSAND
MILES. AND IN PARTICULAR WITH
THE PRIORITY THAT GOES OUT TO
BARSTOW AND NEEDLES- FROM LOS
ANGELES AS OPPOSED TO THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHICH IS WHERE
I'VE BEEN DOING SO MUCH WORK AND
IT'S JUST LIKE- IN THE INTERNET
ACCESS THERE IS. VERY SO. IF AT
ALL AND MISSING IN HUGE AREAS-
AND SO AS WE'RE SETTING THESE
PRIORITIES WE- HOW WE HOOK INTO
THE LAST MILE IS GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE MAY
BE CREEK TO ABSOLUTE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS. AND THEN THEY DON'T
WORK THEY DON'T MATCH UP WITH
EACH OTHER SOME CONCERNED ABOUT
WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND HOW
WE ENDED UP GOING FROM FIFTEEN
HUNDRED. MILES OF MID MIDDLE.
IT'LL MILE BROADBAND ACCESS TO
TEN THOUSAND. AND WHO ARE WE
LEAVING OUT. RIGHT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. SO
AS WE LOOK AT THIS AS WE WERE
SAYING IS ONE SINGLE PROJECTS
ONE SINGLE ECOSYSTEM SO THE
MIDDLE MILES ONE PART OF IT LAST
MILE BUT ALSO DIGITAL EQUITY.
BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
AFTER THEY GET THE CONNECTIVITY
AS AFFORDABLE HOW TO UTILIZE IT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TEN THOUSAND
MILES THE DAY FOURTEEN HUNDRED
MILES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
WAS THE INITIAL. EIGHTEEN
PROJECTS THAT WE WERE AT TAKING
ON BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THROUGH
THE EIGHTEEN PROJECTS THAT WERE
ALREADY EITHER DICK SMART OR
OTHER- YOU KNOW ALREADY IN
PROCESS HAD ALREADY BEEN
PERMITTED. THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE
THAT AND SO THAT'S STILL A PART
OF THE OVER ARCHING TEN THOUSAND
MILES BUT IT WAS IT WAS AN MEANS
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEARN- WE
DID AND FALL BE ABLE TO.
IMPLEMENT HOW WAY IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY WHICH WAS OUR FIRST SET
OF. OF FIBER OPTIC THAT WE
INSTALLED. AND WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING JOINT BILLS
WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
ALREADY. GOT THEIR PERMITS AND
FUNDING AND WE'RE JOINED FUNDING
TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE-
MAXIMIZING. BOTH PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC FUNDS IN ORDER TO GET
CONNECTIVITY SO. JUST THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOURTEEN
HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND
FOURTEEN HUNTER WAS A PART OF
THE LARGER TEN THOUSAND. IT WAS
JUST- JUST THE INITIAL SET OF
OUR PRIORITIES AND I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THAT SO LET ME ASK
YOU ON THAT AND I DON'T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT BUT- BUT WHAT HAPPENED
WHAT'S THE- WHAT'S THE TIMELINE
FOR THE- OTHER PROJECTS. THAT
ARE PART OF THAT THE ORIGINAL A
GROUP OF PROJECTS THAT WERE. SET
UP SO ALL TEN THOUSAND MILES ALL
JOINT WELL SPECIFICALLY THE
JOINT THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF
IT WILL BE UNDER CONTRACT. BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO THIS
CALENDAR ALL CONTRACTS WILL BE
IN. BASICALLY ALL THE MONIES
WILL BE ENCUMBERED FOR THOSE JOB
ORDER CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING.
THE PIECES THAT WERE STILL
WORKING ON IS THE LEASING AND
WE'RE WORKING WITH GOLDEN STATE
NOW WHICH IS OUR THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR. DETERMINE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE MAKES MORE
SENSE. MORE IT'S MORE TIMELY IS
MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO LEASE
LINE. AND AS ACTUALLY LEASING
BACK TO THE STATE NOT. TO THIRD
PARTY SO IF THE PARTY WILL
ALWAYS WANNA HELP HER. WITH THE
FOR SOME REASON. IS HAPPENS THE
CONTRACT IS WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO THE ORIGINAL.
VISIT SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
PROJECTS. WILL BE. EITHER AT
LEAST WILL BE NEGOTIATED OR
THEY'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY
THE END OF THE YEAR. WELL
ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND CLARIFY
YES SIR. IN TERMS OF THOSE
INITIAL EIGHTEEN PROJECTS THIS
RICHEST LOCATIONS. SB ONE FIFTY
SIX REALLY REQUIRED US TO WORK
WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY THE
FORMAT THAT FORGET THE TEN
THOUSAND MILES. AND SO WHEN THEY
WERE ABLE TO FINALLY INTO TO
FINALIZE THAT MAP THAT'S HOW WE
GOT TO THE TEN THOUSAND MILE
STATE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS
FIRST FIRST EIGHTEEN PROJECTS
EARLY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE ABLE TO START ON PRE
CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE- IN TERMS
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW-
WE'RE EVALUATING BIDS- MISTER
DOCTORS NOTED OUR EVALUATING
BIDS ON MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND
MILES OF CONSTRUCTION- COMBINED
WITH SOME OTHER BIDS. A COUPLE
OF THOUSAND THE CALTRANS IS
DOING THAT SEVEN THOUSAND MILES
OF CONSTRUCTION. BIDS BEING
EVALUATED RIGHT NOW AND SO WHEN
WE TOOK THOSE PHOTOS. ORIGINALLY
TEAM PROJECTS THAT WAS TO GET
STARTED GET CALTRANS STARTED ON
ON LEARNING HOW TO PERMIT LEARN
HOW TO DESIGN THESE. UP WE
FOLDED THE CENTER THE TEN
THOUSAND MILES SO. I THINK WE'RE
WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS EVERYBODY
ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE WE'RE
LOOK WE'RE GOING OUT FOR
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR. FOR
TEN THOUSAND MILES- BUT THE
INTENT IS BY THE END OF THIS
CALENDAR YEAR- FOR THE FULL TEN
THOUSAND WHETHER IT'S
CONSTRUCTION OR LEASES OR
PURCHASES. OR JOINT BILLS
WHATEVER THIS THIS- COMPONENTS
ARE. AND SO WERE. BUT BY DOING
THAT BUT NOT TREATING. YOU KNOW
DO USING SMALL THE DECLINE BUT
USING SMALLER PROJECTS- USING
SMALLER PROJECTS WE LOSE SOME
REAL ECONOMIES OF SCALE. AND SO-
ONE OF OUR APPROACHES WAS TO- WE
WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR THEY'VE DEVELOPED
A KIND OF FIVE A- BOOK THE STATE
INTO FIVE MAJOR REGIONS. THAT WE
HAVE REGIONAL LARGE REGIONAL
CONTRACTS FOR EACH OF THOSE
REGIONS THAT REALLY GOING TO
HELP US GET SOME ECONOMIES OF
SCALE WHEN IT COMES TO
CONSTRUCTION COSTS. BUT BUT ALL
OF THAT WE'RE EVALUATING.
EVALUATING BIDS ON ON- FIFTY TWO
HUNDRED MILES OF THAT. BUT RIGHT
NOW AND SO- AS WE MOVE FORWARD
HERE WILL BE SO. COMES CONTRACTS
FOR THOSE- WELL AS- OTHER- SOME
THOUSAND OTHER MY THAT CAL. AS
YOU. AS WELL. THAT'S ALL THE
LITTLE THINGS ARE GOING ON IN
THE CURRENT YEAR BY THE END OF
THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE SHOULD HAVE
A REALLY A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE
QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT. THE
ARCADIAN DEALS OR WHAT WHY WOULD
WE- SIGN A DEAL GOING FROM LOS
ANGELES TO NEEDLES WHEN THERE'S
OTHER AREAS. AND THE ANSWER TO
THAT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE.
JOINT BUILD OPPORTUNITIES. THESE
THIS IS YOUR PRIVATE INDUSTRIES
HAVE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS FOR
YEARS RIGHT THEY'VE AND THEY'VE
DONE THAT THE PERMITTING WORK
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
AND SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING
SCHEDULED AND SO. THAT WAS
REALLY WHY REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO
YOU KNOW AS WE LOOK FOR PARTNERS
WHEREVER THEY ARE IF IT OVERLAPS
WITH THIRTEEN THOUSAND MILES AND
IT'S CHEAPER THAN IT COSTS US TO
BUILD. MORE INTERESTED AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
THAT THAT'S WHY IT WAS THERE WAS
LIKE A PRIORITY IT WAS THEY WERE
READY TO GO WITH OR WITHOUT US
AND SO. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE
I THINK- I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY
FIFTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN
THAT DEAL- OVER JUST BUILDING IT
OURSELVES. THAT'S EXCITEMENT
MISTER CARE IF I COULD ONE ONE.
QUICK THANK YOU FOR THAT X. THE
EXPLANATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
THE ONLY THING I ASK IS THAT- AS
WE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR-
THOSE EIGHTEEN PROJECTS WERE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO SENATORS
THAT WORKED REALLY HARD. ON
PASSING THE WHOLE HOST OF BILLS
AND SUPPORTING. THEM THE BUDGET-
FOR MY POINT MY- HAD ONE OF THE
- IN THIS. VALLEY IT ENDS UP. I
AND I LIKE THE EXPLANATION FOR
ECONOMIES OF SCALE I THINK THAT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. BUT IF IT
ENDS UP THAT THAT PROJECT IS NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN. QUICKLY I JUST
NEED TO KNOW. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
OUT THERE BEATING THE DRUM THAT
WE'RE GOING TO GET ACCESS IT'S
GONNA TAKE AWHILE BECAUSE WE GET
A BILL THE SYSTEM AND THEN GET
THE LAST MILE IN. BUT IF ANY OF
THOSE EIGHTEEN PROJECTS THAT CUT
SUITS HIM SOON INTO THE BAKER-
EFFORT. JUST LET US KNOW SO THAT
WE CAN- WE CAN. YOU KNOW WHAT TO
BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE
WHY IT WHY IT IS IT'S- NOT
HAPPENING IN OUR IN IN OUR AREA
. RUSSIA AND WE CAN ACTUALLY
BRING THAT BACK WE CAN. AS ALL
THE JOB ORDERS ARE BEING
NEGOTIATED- WE CAN LAY THE
EIGHTEEN PROJECTS OVER THAT AND
MAPLE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A
TIME FRAME. THAT WOULD
OBLITERATE THAT WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
APPRECIATED THANK YOU SENATOR
RUBIO. GOOD MORNING THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR HOME AND THANK YOU
FOR THE INFORMATION. BOB I WANT
ADDRESS TWO THINGS OUR FIRST-
THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS
PLAN A LOT OF MONEY A LOT OF
PROJECTS. AND A LOT OF JOBS I'M
SURE. THAT I KNOW THAT
TRADITIONALLY PERMITTING HAS
BEEN AN ISSUE AS IT PERTAINS TO
BUILDING THIS PREVIOUS PROJECTS
AND ALSO. OF COURSE MAKING SURE
THAT WE TACKLE THE NUMBER ONE
ISSUE IT TO HIS AXIS.
AFFORDABILITY TO OUR OUR
UNDERSERVED. AND UNSERVED
COMMUNITIES. EARLIER TODAY AS
YOU REPRESENTING I HEARD YOU SAY
THAT TO YOUR- DIFFERENT TO CULT
TO CALTRANS TO TAKE HER THE
PERMITTING PROCESS AND- TAKE FOR
THE PROJECT AND YOU MENTIONED
THAT THEY FOUND WAYS. CREATIVE
WAYS TO GET. THROUGH THE
PERMITTING PROCESS A LOT FASTER.
WHICH TO EXPOUND ON WHAT THAT
CREATIVITY IS BECAUSE FOR ME. MY
CONCERN IS AT. IT'S CREATIVE BUT
IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN
THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS CAN
YOU EXPAND ON THAT ASIA.
CERTAINLY CERTAINLY- SO. I'M
KIND OF GOING TO CALTRANS
STANDARD PROCESS- I THINK. WHO
ONE OF THE INITIAL. IT IS WITH
IT THE WAY THEY WOULD NORMALLY
DO THIS- YOU KNOW WHEN WE WERE
FIRST STARTED OUT- IT'S NOT
UNREASONABLE THAT YOU WOULD LOOK
AT A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND BREAK
IT INTO HUNDREDS OF LITTLE
PROJECTS. BUT THAT'S WONDERS OF
LITTLE- HUNDREDS OF SMALL
PERMITS IN THIS YOU GET EACH
SEGMENT READY EACH PROJECT READY
YOU WOULD SUBMIT. A PERMIT
APPLICATION AND THEN THAT STARTS
A TIME CLOCK IN SO- LOOKING AT
THAT- ED THAT WAS. THAT THAT
THAT JUST THAT TO ME I THINK AS-
I HOPE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU-
TO THE TIMELINE FOR PERMITTING-
WHERE IT SHOWS UP NOW I'M THIRTY
MONTHS AND THEN SEVENTEEN MONTHS
AND THEN DOWN TO A TOTAL OF TEN
OR ELEVEN MONTHS. THE WAY WE'VE
DONE THAT IS TO RATHER THAN
LOOKING AT IT THIS IS HUNDREDS
OF SMALL PROJECTS IN HUNDREDS OF
SMALL PERMITS IF WE REACHED OUT.
PROACTIVELY TO THE- THE STATE
PERMITTING AGENCIES AND CALTRANS
AND- AND- AND WORKED WORKED UP A
PLAN TO DO WHAT THEY CALL A
PROGRAMMATIC PERMIT AND THE
REALITY IS THIS IS. WHAT YOU
KNOW WHAT I CALL THE TEN
THOUSAND IT'S ONE TEN THOUSAND
MILE PROJECT BUT IT'S A PROGRAM
OF PROJECT SINCE IT'S A TEN
THOUSAND MILE PROGRAM. SO FROM
THE- THE TERMINOLOGY THAT THE
PROGRAMMING FOLKS ARE THAT THE
FOR MANY FOLKS USE. WE WERE
TRYING TO BREAK THIS INTO KIND
OF GET THIS IS THE LARGEST
POSSIBLE SO WE'VE DONE TO THEM.
THEN WITH THEM IS TO BE ABLE TO
PRESENT THE FULL TEN THOUSAND
MILE MAP. SAY THIS IS THIS IS
FOR THE PROJECT GOES. AND SO-
WE'RE IN A PROCESS. WHERE CANNOT
CALTRANS IS- IS WORKING WITH-
WITH THE STATE PERMITTING
AGENCIES- IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE- THE
SHEET AND INDICATES THERE.
APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS TO GO
THROUGH. THAT'S I THINK THE
OUTSIDE I THINK IT'S BETWEEN
FOUR AND SIX MONTHS- THE FOR
EACH OF THOSE DEEPER MEANING
AGENCIES TO- TO BE ABLE TO-
APPROVE THE FULL PROGRAMMATIC
APPROACH AND SO. THE WAY THAT
WORKS IS- ONCE- ONCE CALTRANS
HOW'S THIS. THE STATEWIDE
PERMIT- FOR- BUT SAY THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
YEAH THEY THEY THIS THEY LOOK AT
THE MAP THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IT.
THEY COME BACK TO- THE WIN WIN
CALTRANS HAS THE THOSE SEGMENTS
READY IT'S ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE
COASTAL COMMISSION OKAY WE'RE
READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE
SAME- READY TO ISSUE WORK
AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT THE
SEGMENT- THE PERMITTING AGENCIES
ABLE TO. LOOK AT THAT SAY OKAY
YEAH THAT TIES TO WHAT YOU'VE
GIVEN US ALREADY AND IT TAKES
THAT APPROVAL PROCESS DOWN FROM
FROM. THE YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY
SIX MONTHS TO A MATTER OF WEEKS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THAT- I WOULD
SAY THAT THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH
WE TRIED TO USE AND IT'S GOING
TO REALLY MOVE THIS HELPS TO
MEET THE FEDERAL TIMELINES
TIMELINES AND REALLY MOVE. MOVES
FROM. PLANNING TO CONSTRUCTION
SOONER. THANK YOU ONE MARK IF I
MAY. I AM I'M ALSO REALLY REALLY
. RIGHT NOW. AS A FORMER AT IN A
TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE. LEAVING
AN ANTI TO. OF ALL OF. SCHOOL
CHILDREN BEHIND. AND THAT'S JUST
GOING TO CREATE A GAP FOR
FUTURE- FOR THEIR FUTURE FUTURE
DEFICIENCIES AND SO I WANT TO
ALSO UNDERSCORE WHAT SENATOR
GOVERNMENTAL STATED AND THAT IS.
OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE INACCURATE
DATA DATA JUST LEAVING AN
ENTIRE. ARE YOU KNOWN GAPS AND
OUR COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT WE WANT TO SERVE THOSE THAT
ARE UNDERSERVED AND- UNSERVED
AND STILL. REALLY HONING IN THAT
INFORMATION MAKING SURE. THAT WE
REVIEW THAT DATA IS GOING TO BE
KEY SO I'M JUST GOING TO AGAIN.
PLEAD THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
LOOK AT THOSE MAPS AND THAT NO
ONE'S LEFT BEHIND THANK YOU.
THANK Q. SENATORS SEYARTO. THANK
YOU- CENTER RUBIO BEAT ME TO IT
ON THE- PERMITTING TIMELINE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE THING
THAT- A LOT OF DIFFERENT.
HOUSING PEOPLE EVERYBODY CAN
AGREE ON IS OUR PERMITTING.
TIMELINE IS PRETTY LONG. AND SO
BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT-
BY DOING WHATEVER MEANS YOU CAN
- WHEN IS THAT PERMIT TIMELINE
START. FOR US IS IT ALREADY
STARTED ORDER I WE HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL A CERTAIN POINT- BECAUSE
IT'S VERY- TENUOUS FOR PEOPLE TO
GET THROUGH IT. AND THERE'S A
LOT OF OBSTACLES THAT POP UP
ALONG THE WAY. AND THIS. THIS
PROJECT- WITH. WITH THE TIME
LINES THAT ARE BUILT IN AND IT
LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S
ON THE HORIZON IF WE DON'T- HAS
THE POTENTIAL- FOR- BEING
DELAYED AND THEN. THEN WE LOSE
FUNDING AND THEN WE'RE
SCRAMBLING FOR FUNDING AND WE
DON'T GET THIS PROJECT DONE ONCE
AGAIN. WE'RE LEFT IT. AT THE
MERCY OF OUR STATE. PROCESSES
TO. YOU KNOW TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO DO THIS AND PULL BACK
TO OF WHAT SENATOR DOLLIES
CONCERN AS WE SPEND A LOT OF
MONEY. DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND
THEN WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT. SO
WHERE ARE WE ON THIS OF THEY'VE
ALREADY PUT IN APPLICATIONS FOR
THESE THINGS ARE WE AT ZERO SO
THE PRE PLANNING PERMITTING IS
ALREADY IN PROCESS BY DISTRICT.
OKAY SO AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE LAW OF THE LARGE PLAN-
THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS OF
CALTRANS AND SO OBVIOUSLY AND
THEN ANYTHING WE'RE DOING JOINT
BUILD A LOT OF THOSE PRIVATE
COMPANIES ALREADY HAVE IN SOME
CASES ALREADY DONE SOME OTHER
PERMITTING SO. IT IS OBVIOUSLY
UNDER WAY AND THEN- AS AS- MR
PEROT WAS TALKING ABOUT SINCE A
LOT OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL SEE
THE OVERARCHING PLAN AS THESE
PROJECTS COME IN. EASY TO ALIGN
IT NOT START FROM SCRATCH EVERY
SINGLE TIME THERE'S A NEW
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS A PART
OF A LARGER EFFORT. SO- I DON'T
KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IF YOU HAVE A
HIGHER UPDATE BUT I KNOW THE PRE
PLANNING IS PRETTY MUCH DONE AND
WE ARE MONITORING IT BY DISTRICT
TO MAKE SURE IF ONE DISTRICT IS
FALLING BEHIND OR HAVING MORE
STRUGGLES. THAT WE CAN LEAN IN
AND HELP THEM. AND- BASICALLY
TAKE SOME OF THE RED TAPE OUT TO
MAKE SURE THAT. THEY'RE ALL
BEING TREATED- EQUALLY ACROSS
THE STATE AND SO IT'S MORE OF A
STATE WIDE LENS VERSUS. PROJECT
BY PROJECT. SIR ANYTHING YOU
WANNA ADD TO THAT. MARK YEAH
CORRECT- WE- WE CAME OUT WITH
OUR INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH
THE STATE PERMANENT AGENCIES-
LAST AUGUST AND THERE WAS. SOME
BACK AND FORTH WITH THOSE-
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN
SIGNED SINCE- AND SO- CERTAINLY
IN TERMS OF KEEPING UP WITH THE
WORK THE STATE- PERMITTED
AGENCIES ARE BEGINNING TO.
RECRUIT STAFF UP AND CONTRACT UP
FOR THAT FOR THAT WORK- AND THEN
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALLOT
PROBLEMATIC PERMIT APPLICATIONS-
COULD NOTED THAT- HONESTLY THE
COASTAL COMMISSION HAS EITHER
SIX OR NINE- DISTRICTS I'M NOT
CERTAIN BUT- YOU KNOW THEY
THEY'VE THEY'VE STARTED THAT
PROCESS WITH THOSE SO TERMS OF
THAT. THAT TIME THAT CLOCK-
DEPENDING ON- WHICH- WHICH
SEGMENTS- THERE ARE THERE AND
WHY ON AND WHICH- ENTITY THERE
IN- THEIR ALL IN VARIOUS STAGES.
RIGHT NOW- OF- SUBMISSION
EVALUATION AND. GETTING
APPROVALS UHHUH. I HAVE A CON.
AND I'M SORRY. I TO ME PROJECTS
DE RAY BECAUSE OF. OUR STAY
AGENCIES IN THEIR BILL. TO
PROCESS PERMITTING. THAT DID
PASS THAT GO WITH THE PERMITTING
PROCESS- SO YOU KNOW WE'LL WE'LL
KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED I GUESS
THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO- CALTRANS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS
PROJECT AND MOVING FROM BEING A-
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. BUILDER
TO COMMUNICATIONS GUYS- HAVE
THEY RAMPED UP. DID THEY HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO THIS NOW OR
ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO RAMP UP
TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE
TO INVEST MORE MONEY INTO
CALTRANS TO BE ABLE TO. ENABLE
THEM. TO COMPLETE A PROJECT LIKE
THIS. AND ARE THEY THE ONLY
RESOURCE WE HAVE OUT THERE TO BE
ABLE TO BUILD OUT A PROJECT.
LIKE SO A PART OF THE ANSWER IS
THAT THE FUNDS THAT WERE
ACTUALLY GIVEN TO DEPARTMENT
TECHNOLOGY. TO BUILD IS
SPECIFICALLY OUR ABILITY TO GIVE
BASICALLY TRANSFER THAT MONEY TO
CALTRANS TO DO THE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION THE PRIMARY
NETWORK- THEY ARE LOOKING AT
OBVIOUSLY THEIR ENGINEERS HAVE
DEDICATED PERMITTING IS OURS-
AND SO THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY
RAMPING UP- ON THEIR END AND
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE. THE
ENGINEERING RESOURCES THERE IS
MONEY WITHIN THE PROJECT TO BE
ABLE TO GET IN THE CONSULTING
BUT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY
STAY ON ON TRACK. THREE TRANSFER
ST BLOCK. THE YOU- I HAVE A
QUESTION AS A REAL TO YOUR-
PIECE. LET ALL THESE ARE PEAS
AND WE CON. ABOUT THE FUNDS.
AREAS ON AREAS BUT- HOUSES NO.
IN ORDER. TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE AREAS ARE PRIORITIZED IN
OUR- THE SO- IN TERMS OF THE OUR
FEES SO- OF PIECE OF GOING OUT
FOR THE- BASICALLY FOR THE FULL
TEN THOUSAND MILES. WHEN YOU
LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION- IT'S THE
FULL IT'S AT SEVEN THOUSAND
MILES WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE
RIGHT READY FOR. WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT PRIORITIZATION- AT. THE
FRONT OF TIME FRAME DOESN'T
DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DELAY ANY OF
IT. AND SO REALLY WHEN WE LOOK
WE LOOK AT IT YOU KNOW I THIS IS
A NETWORK TO CONNECT ALL OF THE
STATE'S UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES THAT SPONSORED THE
MAP DOES- YOU KNOW AND IT'S AT
ITS CORE IT LOOKS AT BUT THOSE
COMMUNITIES- IDENTIFIED BY THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND
CONNECTS THEM UP. ALONG THE
STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM SO- SO I
THINK WE ARE TARGETING E. M. ALL
OF THOSE UNSERVED AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND WORK
CHOOSING A TIME FRAME. THAT YOU
WERE WORKING BEFORE OVER THE ASK
AS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE WE JUST ENOUGH TIME TO
KIND OF TO ROLL OUT- SUBSEQUENT
PLANTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW.
TARGETED FOR THIS COMMUNITY
VERSUS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT
ENOUGH TIME WITH THE FEDERAL
FUNDS. WELL LOOKING AT THESE
EIGHTEEN TARGETED. I AM SOMEWHAT
DISMAYED THAT NOTHING CHEN L. A.
COUNTY AND WITH THE BIG DIGITAL
DESERT THAT DOES EXIST AND THE
ALLEY URBAN AREA. IS NOT ONE
PROJECT DIRECTED THEIR FIRST
SINGLE PROJECT THAT HAPPENED IN
MY DISTRICT BASED ON. WHAT WE
HAVE RIGHT HERE. YES SO ON THAT
INITIAL- MY PROJECT LIST- AND I
THOUGHT. PROJECT IMMENSELY
RIPPER OF THE- WAS IN A LAKE-
ORDER TO OF THEM- SO. TO SEE
YOUR YOUR THREE. LIST AND.
THAT'S I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFF TO GO OF
HELP OUT WITH THAT BUT- BUT BUT
REALLY TO POINT AND THAT THE
THAT THE DEVELOP. WHEN WE WILL.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NEED WE
WERE USING WHAT AND FOR. TO THE
PUBLIC IS. COMMISSION HAVE SO-
DIFFERENTLY FIBER GO OUT AND TRY
TO COME UP A MAP- BATTLES. OF
THE YOU TO COMMISSION PROCESS.
S. T. AS IN A SILLY THAT A FOR.
WITH ONE FOR SIX REALLY LEE ON
PUBLIC. COMMISSION TO DO THAT.
SO THE PUBLIC COULD. COMMISSION
DID THEIR INITIAL ASSESSMENT
THEY DID A PUBLIC PROCEEDING-
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY
TWENTY ONE- THEY WERE STILL
GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATION SO
THIS IS BEEN REALLY THAT THAT
SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THIS
INITIAL EIGHTEEN WERE- WHAT
WHERE WE WHERE IS THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION SIR THAT WE
NEED A SOLUTION- IT WASN'T- THEY
WERE STILL TAKING IN A LOT
INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THE
NEED. AND TO MAKE SURE- TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PHONE FOR THE
FINAL MAP- REACHED ALL OF THE
AREAS THAT IT NEEDED TO. AND SO-
SO THAT WASN'T. THAT THAT
INITIAL- INITIALLY TEAM REALLY
IDENTIFIED BY- A WHERE DOES THE
PUBLIC WORSE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION IDENTIFIED WHERE WE
CERTAINLY DO NEED TO SOLVE WE
NEED A SOLUTION. WHERE IS THIS
CALTRANS POTENTIALLY HAVE A
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT WE COULD
BE BACK ON WHERE ARE SOME PLACES
WHERE WE KNOW WE KNOW WHAT
THERE'S A NEED AND WE COULD MOVE
FORWARD EARLY WITH SOME OF THE
PRE CONSTRUCTION WORK. I WASN'T
IT WASN'T NECESSARILY INTENDED
TO AND WE DO HAVE THE
INFORMATION AT THE TIME. TO BE
ABLE TO TARGET ONE AREA OVER
AND- ENGINE CAN I JUST ALSO JUST
LOVES SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT-
WHEN THE PROJECT START FIRST
LAUNCH. WE USE EIGHTEEN PROJECTS
AS A WAY TO LEARN BUT IN THE
MEANTIME- WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
WE NOW HAVE THE TEN THOUSAND
THAT THE TEN THOUSAND MILE-
MONTHS. BROADBAND MAP THE
EIGHTEEN PROJECTS ARE NOT
PRIORITIZED OVER OTHER PROJECTS
THAT FALL SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING
BET ON. AND THEN AS YOU KNOW
BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FIBRE
AND CONSTRUCTION THEY'LL ALL BE
BUILT. AT THE SAME TIME SO I
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S
CLEAR THE EIGHTEEN PROJECTS
HAVEN'T BEEN BROUGHT IN AHEAD OF
THE OTHERS WE JUST THOUGHT THAT
WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO.
LEVERAGE THEM SOONER THAN WE DID
AND UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY
WORK FASTER ON THE TEN THOUSAND
MILE THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO SO EVERYTHING'S GOING
OUT TO CONSTRUCTION. AT THE SAME
TIME. THE YOU SENATOR BAKER.
THANK YOU. BRING THE I NOTICED A
LOT OF COME. AT THIS POINT ABOUT
THE MAPS- WHAT ONE PART THAT IS
ON THERE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S
TO. JUST TO RE. EMPHASIZE THE
PRIORITY IS THE COASTAL PART OF
SAN MATTEO COUNTY- AS ALWAYS HAD
. REALLY I'M RELIABLE CONNECTION
BUT- THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE LINE
INTO. THE TIRE COAST SO WHEN IT
GETS CUT AS IT DID IN THE RECENT
STORM. THERE'S NOTHING NOT EVEN
NINE ONE ONE. CAPABILITIES TO
KNOW EMERGENCY SERVICES
ANYTHING- OUT TO THE COAST SIDE
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS- BEEN
A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR VERY
MANY MANY YEARS. BEFORE IS
RUNNING THERE'S A- BIG YOU KNOW
EVENTS WITH. MY PREDECESSOR AND
KEVIN MULLIN WHO'S KNOWN
CONGRESS AND- ALL THE PROVIDERS
AND EVERYONE CAME AND YOU KNOW
NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED- IN
THE IN THE FOUR YEARS SINCE
SINCE I KNOW THAT. THAT THIS.
AREA IS- WHAT CURRENT MAPS WHICH
IS. AND IF ANYTHING WE'RE
LOOKING TO TRY TO SPEED THIS UP-
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SITUATION
THERE IS A- SITUATION WHERE A
CAR WENT OFF THE ROAD THAT IS
WHICH HAD A BIG MEETING LAST.
FRIDAY THEY TOLD STORY FOR YOUR
TO GO ORDER CARD GONE OFF THE
ROAD AND- HAD NO CONNECTIVITY
AND NO WAY TO. REACH ANYONE AND
I WAS STUCK SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED
BETWEEN YOU TURN SAW IT SCRAMBLE
DOWN- IDENTIFIED THE PERSON AND
WAS ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY
SERVICES THERE BUT- THIS KIND OF
SITUATION HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S
JUST NO CONNECTIVITY- SO I JUST
WANTED TO RAISE THAT AS A- AN-
AREA OF NEED WHEN WE'RE LOOKING
AT- AT. THAT THESE MAPS AND
APPRECIATED TENSION TO THIS AREA
. THANK YOU. SURVIVE I WANTED TO
DIRECTOR HOW BILLY CRIMMINS FOR
PRESENTE AND UP DIRECTOR MY SAID
. BEING HERE THIS MORNING THANK
YOU THANK YOU. FOR NEXT PANEL
WILL CONSIST OF- REPRESENT FROM
THE U. C. K. I'LL BE RIGHT TO
PAY. AND ROB OSBORNE. FOR TO
PRODUCE SUBJECT TO. AND MR
OSBORNE'S COMMITTEE. TO
GOOD MORNING CARE BRADFORD VICE
CHAIR DOLLY HONORABLE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING. MY NAME IS RACHEL
PETERSON I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION I'M
JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES DIRECTOR
ROB OSBORNE OF COMMUNICATIONS
DIVISION AND SYLEENA LONG A
PROGRAM MANAGER IN
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. WE'VE
HEARD YOUR QUESTIONS THIS
MORNING AND SO I BROUGHT THE-
EXPERTS WITH ME TO HELP ANSWER-
AS WELL. I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTING THE STATE'S
BROADBAND FOR ALL INITIATIVE AND
THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR OSBORNE TO GIVE YOU A
MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF OUR
ACTIONS. I FIRST WANT TO THANK
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO CLOSING
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. WE'LL BE
UPDATING YOU ON A RANGE OF
PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS TODAY THAT
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
LEGISLATURE'S DIRECTION TO TAKE
A MULTI PRONGED APPROACH TO THIS
SOCIETAL ISSUE. WE HAVE
DISTRIBUTED MILLIONS IN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE'RE
SETTING UP CRITERIA FOR
RECEIVING STATE AND FEDERAL
DOLLARS THAT WILL RESULT IN
SERVING THE UNSERVED WE HAVE
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ACTIVELY
HELPING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
TRIBES. AND WE'RE CREATING A
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT
WILL LEVERAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
INVESTMENT EVEN FURTHER. THIS IS
AN ALL OF THE ABOVE APPROACH
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE
STRATEGIES ARE NEEDED TO TRULY
MAKE PROGRESS. AS YOU KNOW WE'RE
ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL
NEW BROADBAND GRANT PROGRAMS
PURSUANT TO THE LEGISLATURE'S
HISTORIC PACKAGE ENACTED IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THAT INCLUDED
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR LAST
MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANTS FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR TRIBES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. A NEW PROGRAM TO
SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCING AND TRANSFORMATIONAL
REVISIONS TO THE CPU SEES
EXISTING BROADBAND ACCESS AND
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS. IN
FEBRUARY LAST YEAR WE ADOPTED
FINAL PROGRAM RULES FOR THE
LOCAL AGENCY TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. AND
STARTED ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
IN AUGUST TO DATE WE RECEIVED
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TOTALING FIFTY THREE
POINT SEVEN MILLION. THAT SHOWS
THERE'S TREMENDOUS INTEREST FROM
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THIS
PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE THESE FUNDS
ARE MEETING THE INTENT WHICH IS
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF FUTURE
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT
APPLICATIONS ULTIMATELY
DELIVERING MORE EFFECTIVE
RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE
BROADBAND SERVICE. BECAUSE
APPLICATIONS HAVE OUTSTRIPPED
THE INITIAL FIFTY MILLION
ALLOCATION WERE WORKING TO
IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PROGRAM
FUNDS. FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING.
CATION GUIDELINES AND FUNDING
APLIK ALLOCATIONS IN APRIL
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. WE PUBLISHED
AN INITIAL DRAFT OF THE
PROGRAM'S STANDALONE PROJECT
AREAS MAP IN JANUARY WE'VE HEARD
SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK FROM
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC AND
WE'RE WORKING ON REVISIONS WILL
UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF THOSE
REVISIONS TODAY. IN PARTICULAR
WERE UPDATING DATA CENTERING ON
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
WE'RE WORKING TOWARD OPENING THE
FIRST APPLICATION WINDOW FOR
THESE FUNDS IN JUNE. WE MANAGE
FOR OTHER BROADBAND PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE
TO BE IMPORTANT VEHICLES FOR
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WE'VE
GOT NEW RULES AND FUNDING
ALLOCATIONS CONSISTENT WITH S.
BEFORE AN EIGHTY FOURTEEN. FOR
THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANT ACCOUNT PUBLIC HOUSING
ACCOUNT ADOPTION ACCOUNT AND
CONSORTIA ACCOUNT. AND WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING
THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLION BROADBAND LOAN LOSS
RESERVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE
BEST POSSIBLE CREDIT ENHANCEMENT
MECHANISM FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AND NON PROFITS TO FINANCE
CONSTRUCTION OF BROADBAND
NETWORKS. OUR STAFF HAVE
PARTNERED WITH GO VISIT THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I
THANK THE CALIFORNIA
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO LEVERAGE
THEIR EXPERTISE. WE'RE WORKING
TOWARDS ADOPTING FINAL PROGRAM
RULES IN THE COMING MONTHS AND
LAST THE NEW BEAT PROGRAM
BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS AND
DEPLOYMENT WAS PASSED AS PART OF
THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
THE CQC IS WORKING WITH CLOSELY
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY TO PREPARE FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
BE FUNDING WHICH WILL BUILD ON
THE STATE'S INVESTMENTS. IN
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE TO
UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES WE KNOW THAT
CALIFORNIA'S BROADBAND NEEDS ARE
ENORMOUS AND WILL REQUIRE ALL OF
THESE INVESTMENTS AND MORE WE'RE
ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL
POLICY MEASURES TO ADDRESS
CURRENT BROAD BROADBAND
AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS. THESE
ARE GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
CALIFORNIA AND ITS FUTURE WITH
THE CPUC ARE WORKING EVERY DAY
WITH PURPOSE TO ENSURE THE FUNDS
ARE USED AS EFFECTIVELY AND AS
EQUITABLY AS POSSIBLE. WE WANT
TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE BROAD WHEN
NEXT. THE STATE A BOWL BROADBAND
. THAT WILL OFFER FUTURE PROOF
RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE SERVICE
TO ALL UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
REGIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU AGAIN CHAIRED BRADFORD
I WILL TURN TO DIRECTOR OSBORNE
FOR MORE DETAIL ON OUR EFFORTS.
THANK YOU RACHEL GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN BRADFORD AND VICE CHAIR
DOLLY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS I'M
ROBERT OSBORNE DIRECTOR OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION AT THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION. I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON THE LAST MILE
BROADBAND PROGRAMS ENACTED WITH
SENATE BILL ONE FIFTY SIX. THE
CBC'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ON
MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INITIATIVE
AS WELL AS THE NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
JOBS ACT PROGRAMS. AND I'LL
TOUCH UPON THAT LATER AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETERSON
ALREADY PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF
THESE PROGRAMS SHOWN ON THE
SLIDE. I'LL GO ON DIRECTLY TO
THE PROGRAM UPDATES SO THERE'S A
SLIDE PRESENTATION AND PLEASE
MOVE ON TO THE THIRD SLIDE.
THANK YOU. THE LOCAL AGENCY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DIRECT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER ST
ALREADY STATED THE CDC BEGAN
AWARDING FLATTER GRANTS WE CALL
THIS PROGRAM THE LATTER. LOCAL
AGENCY TAX SYSTEM BACK IN
OCTOBER AND HAS RECEIVED HUNDRED
NINETEEN APPLICATIONS TOTALING
FIFTY TWO POINT FIVE MILLION.
FORTY EIGHT OF THE FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES OF APPLIED. STAFF
POSTED ON THE CPC WEBSITE A
GRANT T. ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL
DESCRIBING HOW TO APPLY THE
GRANT APPLICATION THE REQUIRED
SUPPORTING MATERIALS AND
DOCUMENTATION. THE LIST OF
GRANTEE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
HOW TO VIDEOS THE LIST OF
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND A
LIST AND TABLEAU DASHBOARD OF
GRANT APPLICATIONS. THAT IS
UPDATED EVERY FRIDAY. THE IMAGE
ON THE RIGHT SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF
THE TABLEAU DASHBOARDS IT'S
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CPC
WEBSITE. CURRENTLY STAFF FOR
REVIEWING THE FIRST SET OF
QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS FROM
FIFTY SEVEN OF THE LATTER
GRANTEES WHICH WE RECEIVED AT
THE END OF JANUARY. NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. SO THE ALMOST RESERVE
PROGRAM PROVIDES SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY MILLION TO ENABLE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND NONPROFITS TO
SECURE FINANCING FOR BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE. CBC PUBLISHED A
STAFF PROPOSAL LAST YEAR AND
RECEIVE COMMENTS AND REPLY
COMMENTS IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
. IN NOVEMBER THE CPC IN THE
CALIFORNIAN FOR STRUCTURE AND
ECONOMIC. DEVELOPMENT BANK
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AYE BANK
SIGNED AN INTER AGENCY AGREEMENT
TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE
LOAN LOSS RESERVE FUND. THE CPC
HELD A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER EIGHTH LAST
YEAR TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE STAFF
PROPOSAL. THE CBC'S EVALUATING
WHETHER TO INCLUDE MODIFIED
VERSIONS OF A BOND GUARANTEE OR
STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND AS
OPTIONS FOR THE STAFF PROPOSAL.
AND THE CPC WILL BE DEVELOPING A
REVISED PROPOSAL FOR PUBLISHING-
FOUR BY JULY FIRST OF THIS YEAR.
NEXT PLEASE. SO THROUGH THE
BROADBAND FOR ALL PRECEDING THE
CPC ADOPTED PROGRAM RULES FOR
THE FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNT HAS
BEEN HIRING STAFF DEVELOPING A
GRANT APPLICATION INTERFACE
SYSTEM AN ELIGIBILITY MAP. AND
FEDERAL FUND FEDERAL AND STATE
FUNDING REPORT FORMATS STAFF
PUBLISHED A BROADBAND FACTORS
FOR LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY
REPORT THAT DESCRIBES THE BEST
PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS
FOR REGARDING NETWORK DESIGN AND
TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR LAST MILE
PROVIDERS. INTERCONNECTING WITH
MINIMUM NETWORKS. THE CPC
PUBLISHED THE FIRST VERSION OF
THE ELIGIBILITY MAP WHICH SHOWED
THE LOCATION OF AND DATA ABOUT
POTENTIAL LAST MILE BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROJECTS.
AFTER PUBLISHING A FIRST VERSION
OF THE MAP THE CBC BEGAN
SOLICITING FEEDBACK AND INPUT
FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND IN
RESPONSE TO THIS FEEDBACK AND
INPUT THE CPC IS UPDATING AND
REDOING THE MAP. SPECIFICALLY WE
HEARD FROM STAY. THAT UNSERVED.
WERE NOT APPEARING ON THE MAP.
WE ALSO HEARD THE EQUITY NEEDED
TO BE MORE DEEPLY INCORPORATED
INTO THE PROCESS AND APPLICANTS
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRAW THEIR
OWN PROJECTS. AND LEVERAGE
EXISTING METRICS FOR
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
THE CPC SHOULD PROVIDE MORE DATA
TO ENABLE APPLICANTS TO EVALUATE
AREAS SO IN RESPONSE THE CPC IS
REMOVING THE PREDEFINED PARTY
AREAS FROM THE MAP. UPDATING THE
UNDERLYING DATA TO BETTER
REFLECT THE NUMBER OF UNSERVED
LOCATIONS THESE ARE SPECIFIC
UNSERVED LOCATIONS NOT CENSUS
BLOCKS AS WE HAD USED IN
PREVIOUS YEARS. AND ALSO
AWARDING UP TO TWENTY POINTS
FROM THE EXISTING BROADBAND
SERVICE NEED CATEGORY. ARE BASED
ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE
DECISION ALREADY. WE'RE STILL
WORKING OUT THE METRICS TO USE
FOR MEASURING DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND WHEN WE DO WE'LL
BE SHARING THAT WITH THE PUBLIC
AND WITH STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH
MEETINGS EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS AND
POSTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. TO THIS GRAPHIC
SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNT
ELIGIBILITY MAP AS I SAID
EARLIER WE RELEASED VERSION ONE
WE'VE BEEN TAKING FEEDBACK AND
INPUT. AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO
IMPLEMENT THE UPDATES WHICH I'LL
EXPLAIN IN A MOMENT. THIS WILL
LEAD TO VERSION TWO OF THE MAP
WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR
THE APPLICANT POOL. AND
FOLLOWING THE FIRST GRANT
APPLICATION CYCLE WILL BE
UPDATING THE MAP AS WE COLLECT
MORE BROADBAND DATA FROM THE
PUBLIC AND FROM PROVIDERS. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. TO THIS GRAPHIC
SHOWS THE UPDATES AND
MODIFICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC MAP
WHICH WE PLAN TO HAVE READY BY
THE END OF MARCH SO WORKING FROM
LEFT TO RIGHT WE'RE UPDATING THE
UNDERLYING BROADBAND DATA WITH
THE MOST CURRENT DATASET.
RELYING ON THE DATA THAT WE
COLLECTED FROM PROVIDERS OVER
THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR. WE'LL BE
ADDING SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS
FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO
ALL AND SERVE LOCATIONS ON THE
MAP AND REMOVING PREDEFINED
PRIORITY AREAS. VERSION TWO WILL
SHOW UNSERVED LOCATIONS AND
SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS WITHOUT
PREDEFINED PRIORITY AREAS. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. SO SHOWN ON THE
TIMELINE WE PLAN TO HAVE VERSION
TWO OF THE MAP AVAILABLE AT THE
END OF MARCH. FOLLOWED BY THE
APPLICANT POOL AT THE END OF
APRIL AND THEN WILL BE LAUNCHING
THE GRANT APPLICATION PORTAL TO
BEGIN TRAINING APPLICANTS ON HOW
TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. AT THE
END OF MAY AND OPEN THE FIRST
ROUND OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE
FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNT IN JUNE
. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOMETHING
WE DID NOT COMMUNICATE CLEARLY
WITH THE RELEASE OF VERSION ONE
OF THE MAP WAS HOW THE SCORING
OF APPLICATIONS WORKS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE COUNTY
ALLOCATIONS STIPULATED IN SENATE
BILL ONE FIFTY SIX. SENATE BILL
ONE FIFTY SIX DIVIDED THE TWO
BILLION DOLLARS EQUALLY AMONG
URBAN AND RURAL COUNTIES WITH
FIVE MILLION GOING TO EACH
COUNTY. AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT
ALLOCATED BASED ON EACH COUNTY'S
PROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF UNSERVED
LOCATIONS BASED ON THE DATA AS
OF JULY TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THE
UNSERVED LOCATIONS ON THE MAP
ARE PRESUMED ELIGIBLE AND COULD
BE PART OF AN APPLICATION. IF
THE FUNDING REQUESTS IN THE
COUNTY EXCEEDED THE ALLOCATION
FOR THAT COUNTY. THE COMMISSION
SCORING RUBRIC WOULD PRIORITIZE
PROJECTS BASED ON. OPPOSING TO
SERVE AREAS WITHIN THE COUNTY
WHERE THE FUNDS ARE MOST NEEDED
DUE TO SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
FOR A LACK OF MARKET BASED
INCENTIVES TO SERVE CUSTOMERS IN
THAT COUNTY. BACKSLIDE PLEASE.
WE'RE ON THE CASF ADVANCED
SERVICES FUND. C. PC ADOPTED NEW
RULES FOR THE BROADBAND ADOPTION
ACCOUNT AND THE REGIONAL
BROADBAND CONSORTIUM COUNT. WE
REVISED RULES FOR THE BROADBAND
PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOUNT FOR
PUBLICLY SUPPORTED HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS AND FARMWORKER
HOUSING. AND WE UPDATED THE
CALIFORNIA FOR CALIFORNIA
ADVANCED SERVICES FUND
INFRASTRUCTURE COUNTY IMPLEMENT
LEGISLATION REGARDING PROJECT
ELIGIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA. ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR
OTHER LOW INCOME HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS AND MOBILE HOME
PARKS WITH LOW INCOME RESIDENTS
WILL CONTINUE IN THE CURRENT
RULE MAKING. THE CDC ALSO MADE A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF AWARDS IN
THE ADOPTION ACCOUNT WE ORDERED
SEVENTY FIVE PROJECTS TOTALING
SIX MILLION. PUBLIC HOUSING
ACCOUNT WE APPROVED NINETEEN
PROJECTS TOTALING ONE POINT FOUR
MILLION AND THEN THE CONSORTIA
COUNT WE APPROVE FIFTEEN
APPLICATIONS TOTALING TEN POINT
THREE MILLION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
. SO UPCOMING DATES APRIL THIRD-
THE CPC PLANS TO SUBMIT THE OR
STAFF PLAN TO SUBMIT THE CASF
ANNUAL REPORT WHICH CONTAINS A
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE
PROGRAM AS WELL AS- PERFORMANCE
METRICS. THE PLANNING STAGE FOR
THE CASF WORK ANNUAL WORKSHOP
WE'RE TENTATIVELY PLANNING OF
THE WORKSHOP ON APRIL TENTH.
JULY FIRST IS THE APPLICATION
TODAY FOR THE ADOPTION AND
PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOUNTS FOR THE
NEXT CYCLE. APRIL FIRST JULY
FIRST OCTOBER FIRST ARE THE
APPLICATION DUE DATES FOR THE
UPCOMING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRIBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
GRANTS. AND THEN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT
APPLICATIONS WERE CONSIDERING AN
EXTENSION BASED ON THE
PUBLISHING OF THE CASF
ELIGIBILITY MAP WHICH IS
SCHEDULED FOR MID MARCH. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. FINALLY SWITCHING
TO THE BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS
AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN
ADDITION- SO THE PC WAS AWARDED
FOUR POINT NINE MILLION AND
FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE AYE AYE
J. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
JOBS ACT OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THROUGH. THE BROADBAND EQUITY
ACCESS AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM TO
DO PLANNING ACTIVITIES LEADING
UP TO A FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN
AND LAUNCHING THE FEET LAST MILE
SUB GRANTEE PROGRAM. THE CDC IS
COURTNEY WITH DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY AND PLANNING OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES AND ALIGNING DIGITAL
EQUITY PLANNING WITH B. AS THE
DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY IS THE
DESIGNATED ENTITY FOR THE STATE
DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN. LAST MONTH
THE CPC OPEN AN ORDER
INSTITUTING ROLE MAKING TO
DEVELOP RULES DETERMINING GRANT
FUNDING ELIGIBILITY AND
COMPLIANCE FOR BEAT FUNDS
DISTRIBUTED TO CALIFORNIA. MORE
INFORMATION ON THE ROLE MAKING
IS AVAILABLE ON THE B. C. B. C.
SPEED WEBSITE. PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN RECEIVING NOTIFICATION ON THE
BEAT CAN SIGN UP THERE. NEXT
STEPS OF THE FIVE YEAR ACTION
PLAN WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS DUE
IN MID AUGUST. AND THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
UPDATE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
. INTUITIONS ARE NOT. BECAUSE BY
MEMBERS CENTER COPIER. THANK YOU
FOR THE- THE PRESENTATION I'M
AND TRYING GET STRAIGHT IN MY
OWN HEAD- WHAT. WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THESE
DIFFERENT FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE
THEY'RE MACASSA FINE IT'S BEEN
HAS BEEN OVER SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN
THERE IT'S BEEN A GREAT FIND
BUT- IT HASN'T DONE WHAT WE ALL
I THINK EXPECTED IT WOULD DO SO-
THERE IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING
ACCOUNT. IS THE ACCOUNT THAT
FUNDING THE URBAN AND THE RURAL-
SECTIONS AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT-
WELL FIRST OF ALL LET ME JUST
SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT
YOU WENT BACK IN REDID THE MAPS
BECAUSE THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THEM. FROM
AND I IT AS I SAID IN THE
PREVIOUS SESSION I THINK THAT-
THERE IS BETTER DATA THAT WE
COULD HAVE USED AND- BECAUSE
THIS IS ASKED TO MOVE FAST WE'RE
WORD WE CAN GET OUR FINGERS ON
IT BECAUSE WE DON'T GET
COOPERATION FROM OUR- OUR
PARTNERS- THAT. IT IS LAW FOR
OBVIOUS WHY BUT CAN ANY- I'M AT
THE AT THE TIME. AND WHEN WERE
RAW OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESS
TO FUNDS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING.
IS THERE IN. YOU KNOW I. IT
ALWAYS IS FRUSTRATING TO ME WHEN
WE SAY YOU'VE TO DO IT BY THIS.
AND THEN YOU CAN BECAUSE-
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT SO MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT- THE
FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNT GRANTS
ARE GONNA YOU SHOULD THE
TIMELINE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO
ROLL OUT BY THE- BY JULY. RIGHT
IS THAT THAT. THIS NEW PHYLLITE
THIS YEAR CORRECT. IN WE HAVE
REQUIREMENTS. THAT. SO WE HAVE
REQUIREMENTS THAT- COUNTIES DO
SOMETHING BY. THEY HAVE TO. TAKE
THEIR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. AND
THEN THEY HAVE TO. IT'S FIVE
MILLION PLUS OTHER RESOURCES
THAT GO BASED ON DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES BUT IF THEY DON'T
USE IT BY JUNE THIRTIETH THEN IT
CAN BE CALLED BACK AND BEACH
JUNE THIRTIETH OF THIS YEAR
TWENTY TWENTY THREE. IT CAN BE
CLAWED BACK AND SO TO NOT HAVE
THOSE GRANTS AVAILABLE BUT THEN
THEY CAN BE CALLED BACK BY IT
BUT A DATE BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA
ROLL OUT IT SEEMS INCONSISTENT
TO ME SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN
MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. TO THE FIFTY
EIGHT COUNTIES OR OR THE
JURISDICTIONS THAT CAN ACCESS
THIS RESOURCE THAT- THAT THE
DATES THEY DON'T MATCH UP BUT
THAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THEM IN
A WAY THAT IS THAT ALL LAYS
THEIR FEARS THAT IT'S A GAME.
THAT THAT BEING PLAYED AS A
WAITED TO TRICK THEM INTO SOME.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M TALKING MANY TURNS THE
TYPE THAT TIME. BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN DO WITH THESE TIME LINES
QUITE A WHILE NOW AND THE CLOCK
IS KIND OF TAKING AND- MY
CONCERN IS NUMBER ONE THAT
THERE'S CLARITY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL HOW THEY ACCESS RESOURCES.
NUMBER TWO THAT RURAL AND URBAN.
EQUALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACCESS TO FIND NUMBER THREE THAT
- THE DATES LINE UP SO THAT THEY
KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE TO ACTIVATE.
THEIR RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO
APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND FOR THE
DAY ACTUALLY CAN SPEND THE MONEY
OR COMMIT IT- AND DON'T LOSE OUT
ON. FEDERAL RESOURCES BECAUSE IT
JUST TOOK US TOO LONG TO GET
HERE. SO MY QUESTION IS THAT
PARTICULAR DAY CONCERNS ME AND-
I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE AN
ANSWER FOR THAT AND IT MAY BE
THAT WE PUT IT IN LEGISLATION I
JUST DON'T REMEMBER. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR QUESTION SENATORS SO
JUST TO CLARIFY AND- THE PLAN IS
TO OPEN THE APPLICATION WINDOW
IN JUNE SO WOULDN'T CLOSE IN
JUNE THAT WOULD BE AN OPENING-
SO THE APPLICATION WINDOW WOULD
BE OPEN FOR. QUITE A WHILE WOULD
BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS WE
PLAN TO HONOR THE- THE
ALLOCATION IT'S IN THE DECISION
BE ON THE JUNE THIRTIETH
DEADLINE SO THAT FIVE MILLION
THAT GOES THAT'S ALLOCATED TO
EACH COUNTY WOULD BE PRESERVED
AS WITH THE- ADDITIONAL
ALLOCATIONS BASED ON UNSERVED
LOCATIONS. OKAY SO WHAT WE
PROBABLY NEED TO DO IS SB ONE
FIFTY SIX. AT TO DATE OF- JUNE
THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY THREE WE
PROBABLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT IN
THE BUDGET SO THAT IT'S VERY
CLEAR THAT THAT DATE. IS NOT A
TRIGGER. FOR THE CPUC TO DO
SOMETHING IT IT IN BASICALLY
INSTRUCTS THE CPUC THAT YOU CAN
TAKE BACK WITH ANY RESOURCES
THAT MAY BE. ON SPENT AROUND
COMMITTED AT THAT TIME AND WE
MAY NEED TO CHANGE THAT. I'M
JUST LOOKING TECHNICALLY WANT WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
BEING CLEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
POST WE HAVE THE- WE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CALL BACK THIS MONEY
BUT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU THE
GREAT YET SO HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN
. THANK YOU. SENATOR RUBIO.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR THANK YOU
FOR THAT INFORMATION I KNOW
THAT- FORGIVE THE EXPRESSION BUT
IT FELT LIKE YOU RATTLED OFF
AHEAD OF INFORMATION SO. I JUST
WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE FURTHER ON
ON ONE ISSUE- AND I'M SORRY I DO
WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU
STATED ABOUT THE MAPS AND I
BELIEVE YOU STATED THAT. YOU HAD
PULLED BACK REMOVE THE PRE.
DEFINED PRIORITY AREAS IN THAT
YOU'RE HOLDING STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS TAKING INPUT- BUT I
DON'T KNOW I FEELS LIKE ON ONE
HAND I'M ALREADY HEARING YOU.
HAVE MADE A DETERMINATION OF
WHAT THOSE MAPS ARE GOING TO BE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE TAKE AN
INPUT. AND JUST GOING BASED ON
WHAT THE CHAIR HAS STATED
EARLIER IT JUST SEEMS. TO MADE
UP HERE RIGHT NOW THAT EQUITY
STILL HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED.
TELL ME ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS LIKE. WHO'S GIVING YOU
INPUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT
THAT INFORMATION WHERE IS THE
INPUT WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I
HEAR THAT IT'S EQUITABLE ACROSS
THE STATE SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON
THAT. CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTION CENTER- SO. WHEN I
SAID WERE- REMOVING THE PRE
DEFINED PRIORITY AREAS PARTY
AREAS MAP HAD ALL THE ANSWERS
LOCATIONS WITH SOME. AREAS THAT
ARE MARKED OFF THAT WE CALLED
PRIORITY AREAS SO THOSE WILL BE
REMOVED TO CONSERVE LOCATIONS
WERE UPDATING THE DATASET SO
THAT IT'S MORE ACCURATE FOR THE-
URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS THE RURAL
AREAS SO WE'LL SEE AN- INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF UNSERVED
LOCATIONS. BECAUSE IT'S A NEWER
DATASET- WITH REGARD TO THE
EQUITY QUESTION. WERE
INCORPORATING THE EQUITY INTO
THAT DECISION MATRIX SO THERE'S
TWENTY POINTS AWARDED. WE
PREVIOUSLY SET FOR PRIORITY
AREAS THAT'S NOW GOING TO BE
BASED ON DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. AND THE METRICS
THAT WERE USING FOR THAT WILL BE
A COMBINATION OF FACTORS THAT
WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS SO SHOULD IT BE-
THE SOCIO ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY
INDEX SHOULD IT BE CALLIN VIRUS
SCREEN SHOULD BE SENATE BILL
FIVE THREE FIVE SHOULD IT BE
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME WORK
LOOKING AT. WHAT BASKET OF
INDICATORS SHOULD BE INDICATED
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE. BASED ON
EACH COUNTY SO THE DETERMINATION
THAT THE K. LEVEL NOT AT THE
STATE- SO. THAT'S APPLICATIONS
PART. IN THE EVENT THE HAVE MORE
APPLICATIONS THAN YOU DO FOR
THE- ALLOCATION. I'M SORRY IF
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT COMFORT.
IT'S OKAY JUST ONE MORE QUESTION
IF I MAY UM Q. X. THAT THESE
MAPS ARE TO BECOME. I MUST HAVE
MISSED IT HI MY ENSURING YES SO
WE'RE PLANNING GET THE VERSION
TO MAP OUT AT THE END OF MARCH.
THANK YOU THAT'S ALL TO
CONSIDER. THANK YOU SENATOR
DALLAS. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS
. ARE FOCUSED ON THE LAST MILE.
N. ARE YOU. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S
AREAS TO DO SO THIS I'M A LITTLE
BIT CONFUSED ON ARE YOU.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE- MIDDLE
MILE PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT. COOL
OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S
INFRASTRUCTURE THERE YOU CAN DO
LAST MILE IF THERE'S NO
INFRASTRUCTURE THERE ON THE
MIDDLE MÀ YOU CAN'T DO. LAST
MILE UNTIL YOU HAVE MIDDLE MILE
SO ARE YOU COMMUNICATING WITH.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER THE MIDDLE MILE THAT'S
QUESTION NUMBER ONE. YOU ARE.
YES YES AND IN FACT WE HAVE IT
BUILT INTO OUR PROGRAM RULES.
FOR INSTANCE IN CSF WE REQUIRE
THAT ANY APPLICANT IT'S- ASKING
FOR MONEY TO BUILD MY MIDDLE
MILE THAT THEY ALSO FIRST
CONSULT WITH CDT THE DEPARTMENT
OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT. IF
THERE IS MIDDLE MILE THERE
ALREADY THEY LEVERAGE THAT
MIDDLE MILE AND IF THERE'S NOT
CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT MIDDLE
MOTHER THEIR BUILDING FOR STATE
PURPOSES. SO THIS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE U. KERR
BEFORE THE HORSE THAT YOU CAN'T
BILL LAST MONTH TO YEAR SIX YOU
HAVE. SECURED AND MIDDLE MILE.
SO MANY OF THE- I LOOK AT THE
MAP WE HAD EARLIER OF YOU KNOW
ALL THE MIDDLE MILES GOING TO
GO. AND THE MAJORITY THOSE
UNSERVED. I SAY NOT SERVED AT
ALL COMMUNITIES. CAN DO LAST
MILE UNTIL THEY HAVE MIDDLE MILE
SO YOU'RE YOU'RE COORDINATING
THAT TO MAKE SURE SO THEY THEY
PLAY FOR- I LOOKED AT SOME OF
THE COUNTIES I HAVE THEY DID
ENOUGH. B- THERE I LEARNED THERE
DIDN'T UP AREA DOT ON THERE WERE
THERE WAS A COUNTY DOING
SOMETHING BECAUSE- THEY HAVE NO
ABILITY TO DO LAST MONTH THEY
CAN'T GET. TO THE- BACK ALL. SO
LAST QUESTION ONE MAKE SURE THAT
WORD COURTING NOT BECAUSE THOSE
COUNTIES ARE REALLY AT A LOSS IF
THEY CAN IF THEY CAN'T. GET ON
THE NET ON THE WEB. NUMBER TWO-
ON THE CONSORTIUM'S- I'VE BEEN
VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CONSORTIUM
TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY. TAKE THE
RESOURCES AND THEN IMPLEMENT
SOMETHING AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR
US. AS LEGISLATORS TO REALLY SEE
HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY
BECAUSE THEY'RE NONPROFIT. A
WHAT WHAT IS YOUR- PROCESS TO
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO
ACTUALLY. DELIVER SOMETHING.
SEVEN MINUTES DEFERRED TO SELENA
FONG. SENATOR THANKS FOR THE
QUESTION SO OF FLORIDA
CONSORTIUM WE ACTUALLY HAVE
REQUIRED THE ANNUAL AUDIT SO THE
CONSORTIA ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
THE ANNUAL AUDIT TO THE CPUC.
AND IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT DOT
DIRECTOR OSBORNE JUST MENTIONED
WE WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES INCLUDING OUTCOME
THOUGHT BE GATHERED. FROM THE
CONSORTIA SO- WE ACTUALLY GATHER
INFORMATION IN OUR AND YOUR DATE
OF REQUEST TO THE CONSORTIUM
ABOUT APPLICATIONS THOUGHT
THEY'VE ASSIST THE PERMITTING
ACTIVITIES THOUGHT THEY'VE
ASSISTED SO THE ANNUAL REPORT
BUT WE WILL PUBLISHED IN APRIL.
WILL INCLUDE ALL THOSE
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AN OUTCOME.
SO PERFORMANCE MAJORS ARE ONE
THING BUT I MEAN THE COST
ACTUALLY PER PER HOOK UP I
LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE AND IT'S
ASTRONOMICAL IT'S- IT'S TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR MAYBE
ONE HOOK UP. AND SO AND ALSO THE
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT
THE FOLKS WHO RUN THE NONPROFIT
ARE ACTUALLY GETTING PAID. AND
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE
DIVING IN THE SOURCES WITHOUT
THE OVERSIGHT TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY DO YOU KNOW I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE. MORE DETAIL ON ON
WHO'S GETTING HOW MUCH THEY'RE
RECEIVING FOR THEIR FOR THEIR
JOB POSITIONS NUMBER ONE AND
NUMBER TWO WHAT THE COST IS. PER
UNSERVED AREA THAT THEY'RE
POKING UP SO THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING I WOULD REQUEST- THAT
THE LEGISLATURE- HAVE AVAILABLE
TO THEM BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE
GETTING. FOR PAYING A LOT WHEN I
GETTING A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT
OF HIGH SALARIES IN THOSE
CONSORTIUM'S THAT'S JUST OF
SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK
AT. THE OTHER THE LAST QUESTION
I HAVE. IS TECHNOLOGY SO WE'VE
WE'VE- YOU KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN
ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A LONG
TIME WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING TO OUR- OFFICE IS TALKING
ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND
ABILITY BE ABLE TO DO- GIVE
SERVICE OR- A- PUTTING A Y. OUT
TO. A HOME AND IN IN OUR- WHERE
. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY
SPREAD OUT. WE MAY HAVE. A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS- YOU KNOW WE-
COULD PUT UP TO THE MINUTE A
LINE OUT TO FIVE MILES OUT TO
SOMEBODY'S HOME OR TWO MILES.
THERE SOME LINE OF SIGHT ABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT AND THEN
BRING THAT IN TO LOOK UP TO THE-
TO THE TO THE- TO THE MIDDLE
MILER TO THE TO THE HUB- ARE YOU
LOOK AT THOSE TECHNOLOGIES WELL
TO ACTUALLY DRIVE THE COST DOWN
ACTUALLY GET SERVICES OUT TO
THOSE- OTHER UNSERVED. TURN TO I
CAN THAT YET YEAH THANK YOU YOUR
QUESTION. YES INDEED WE ARE AN
INFO. THE- BE PRO. REQUIRES WE
ESTABLISH EXTREMELY HIGH COST
THRESHOLD FOR THE GRANTEE
PROGRAM. AT WHICH POINT IF THE
COST PER LOCATION EXCEEDS A
CERTAIN AMOUNT THEN IT NO LONGER
IS FEASIBLE FOR FIBER DEPLOYMENT
AND WE LOOK AT OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS FIXED
WIRELESS. SUCH AS SATELLITE AS
THE OTHER OPTION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR SEYARTO. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SO IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE WE'RE RIGHT IN THE
MIDST OF THE DISASTER THAT WAS
TRYING TO DO EDUCATION ONLINE.
AND WE'VE THE LEGISLATURE
RECOGNIZED IT. AND ALL PRETTY
MUCH EVERYBODY I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY OPPOSED- GETTING
BROADBAND FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN
GET THIS PROJECT UNDER WAY- SO
WE APPROPRIATED THE MONEY IN SB.
ONE FIFTY SIX AND TWENTY TWENTY
ONE. AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE
TIME LINES BUILT INTO THAT RENT
IS PAID AND THAT THE PROCESS
WOULD BE KIND OF DONE BY NOW.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE DELAY IN
GETTING IT DONE BECAUSE IT'S
BEEN THE APPLICATION WINDOWS BUT
MOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND I
THINK WE ANTICIPATED THIS WOULD
BE READY TO ROLL OUT HEAD AND
HEAD OF THOSE APPLICATIONS WOULD
BE OUT THERE. AND I KNOW PEOPLE
LIVING KIND OF CHOMPING AT THE
BIT FOR IT. TO THE FINISH.
WHAT'S OUR WHAT'S THE DELAY IN
GETTING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A
HUGE PRIORITY BY LEGISLATURE A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN I GOT
FUNDED. AND AND I REALIZE
THERE'S A LOT OF INTRICATE STUFF
THAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN BUT
SOMEHOW I THINK WE NEED TO.
FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO
BETTER AND QUICKER. THE ALL STAR
WITH THAT AND THEN I'LL TURN TO
THE DIRECTOR OSBORNE'S- WE
THOROUGHLY AGREE WEIRD FIELD THE
SAME URGENCY THAT YOU DO SENATOR
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. QUESTION
AND I WOULD WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
DIFFERENT SLIDE THAT WE THOUGHT
WAS TOO BUSY TO SHARE TODAY BUT
WE HAVE A SLIDE WITH ALL OF THE
INTRICACY THAT YOU JUST. SPOKE
ABOUT THAT WE'VE BEEN AT WORK ON
SINCE THESE IMPORTANT LAWS AND
INVESTMENTS GOT PASSED. AND I
WOULDN'T CALL IT DELAY AS MUCH
AS COMPLEXITY IN ROLLING OUT
WHAT YOU ALL KNOW TO BE A
COMPLEX. INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. AND WE
ARE ON THE CUSP RIGHT NOW OF
RECEIVING THE FIRST
APPLICATIONS. I'D ALSO POINT OUT
THAT BACK IN OCTOBER- A NUMBER
OF COUNTIES APPLIED FOR AND
RECEIVED THE FIRST LOT OF
GRANTS. AND SO THEY HAVE ALREADY
BEEN HARD AT WORK ON THE PRE
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND-
CONSIDERATION. PHASE SO THERE IS
WORK ALREADY UNDERWAY GETTING
READY FOR THE JUNE ROLLOUT. A
ROB TO ANY DETAIL YOU WANT TO
ADD. I'M JUST TO ADD THAT WE
WERE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND
GETTING THE MIDDLE MILE.
INITIATIVE OFF THE GROUND AS
WELL AS HIRING TWENTY FIVE STAFF
AND GETTING MATERIALS TOGETHER
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SENATOR. I THINK YOU I THINK
THIS IS BILL ON THE LAST- BUT
YOU KNOW. AS YOU KNOW REALLY
SINCE TWO THOUSAND NINE THAT IN
THE TO THE CASF PROGRAM SO I
THINK I'VE BEEN I'VE FOUGHT TO
JUSTIFY MILLION. GOING OUT WE
ABOUT TO BILLION TO GET OUT HERE
SO. I GUESS BILLION THE LAST
QUESTION TOTAL OF WHAT YOU'VE
DONE WE STAFFING UP IN SUCH A-
YOU JUST MAKE. IT GET A LITTLE
MORE BUT WHAT IS THAT PC'S. TO
MEET THE FEDERAL TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE GOING TO MEET THOSE
. WELL OUR FIRST YOU FOR THE
QUICK CENTER OUR FIRST AND
FOREMOST GOAL IS TO OPEN THE
APPLICATIONS STARTING IN JUNE
THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE AS
DIRECTOR OSBORNE DESCRIBED
SEVERAL MILESTONES THAT STARTED
THIS MONTH AND LIED UP EVERY
MONTH TO THAT- THAT OPENING.
ONCE THAT OF THE GRANT
APPLICATION- PORTAL IS OPEN.
THEN WE CAN START RECEIVING
THOSE GRANTS FROM COUNTIES AND-
PROVIDERS AROUND THE STATE. AND
START WORKING WITH THEM ON- WHAT
THEIR APPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE AND
LOOKING AT HOW- DURABLE AND
FUTUREPROOF THEIR PRESENT THEIR-
PROPOSED NETWORKS ARE. SO REALLY
FOR US THAT JUNE TIME FRAME IS
HUGELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHEN WE'LL START TO INTERACT
DIRECTLY WITH. THE TRUCK- TRIBES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OTHERS WHO
WANT TO PROVIDE THESE- BUILD
THESE NETWORKS. I'M THANKS THAT
THAT'S HELPFUL- YOU KNOW WE
OBSERVE SESSION. AND YES SAID
YOU'RE JUST TO THINK VERY WHEN
MAKE SURE THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE.
LOW AREAS. WITHIN WEALTHIER.
GENERALS MAKE SURE THOSE DON'T
GET LESS OUT SOONER IS SPENT A
PARK. HAS HAD- AND PARTS PALO
ALTO- HAS HAD POOR ACCESS TO BUY
KIND OF. AND LEFT OUT OF ALL MAP
. TO AT THE PART OF SEVENTY TWO
COUNTIES BY. PANEL ARE PART OF
IT BECAUSE IT'S- A CRITIC SO
WHERE IT'S ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS
NOW WE'VE HAD. IN THE RECENT
COUPLE HAVE BEEN CUT OFF AND
EVEN NINE ONE ONE COMMUNICATION
CAN'T EVEN GET OUT TO THE COAST
SIDE- SO WILL BE CERTAINLY. YOUR
OFFICES OF HOW THIS SPEED SO
THAT A- BUT CAN YOU JUST COME
AGAINST WHICH IS A ON SOME OF
THE BE MADE AND HOW HOW CAN WE
ENSURE. THE MAPPING SHE ARE NOT
TO SLOW DOWN. THE PROCESS OF
MEETING THE DEBT. WELL- WE HEARD
THAT EXACT SENATOR FROM THAT THE
UNSW LOOK WHERE SERVE- SO. IN
THE ORIGINAL MAP THAT WAS IN
TWO. AND SO THAT'S X. THE WE
GONE BY AND UPDATED IN ORDER TO
ENSURE THAT THE OF UNSERVED
LOCATIONS IN BOTH URBAN AND
RURAL COUNTIES. IS FULLY
SURFACED AND SO THAT APPLICANTS
CAN SEE WHERE THE UNSERVED
LOCATIONS ARE AND START TO
CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN PROJECTS
AROUND THOSE LOCATIONS- BY
PUBLISHING THAT VERSION- TWO BY
MARCH THIRTY FIRST. THEN OPENING
THE APPLICANT POOL IN APRIL AND
STARTING TO WORK WITH THE FUTURE
APPLICANTS IN MAY TO GET THEM
READY FOR THE- AVAILABILITY OF
THE APPLICATIONS- I THINK THAT'S
HOW WE'RE GONNA MEET THOSE
FEDERAL DIED DEADLINES. OKAY
WELL WHAT TO DO I APPRECIATE
YOUR- ON YOUR HUNDRED TWENTY
DAYS YES YEAH THANKS FOR BEING
HERE TODAY THANK YOU. IN YES
SENATE CAREER. THAT DIDN'T THAT
DID BRING A AN ISSUE THAT I WAS.
ABOUT- THAT- MY UNDER IS THAT
THAT THAT CASTS A BROAD- APPLE-
COUNT HAS A ROOF. THAT THAT
THERE ARE INCOME FOR. IN TERMS
OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE LAST
MILE EXPENDITURE OF RESOURCES
THAT. THAT IN AND- AND THAT.
THAT GIVES THEM EXTRA POINTS IN
THEIR APPLICATION AS LONG AS OUR
TICKET THERE ME MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE
BUT THAT THE NEW FUNDING FOR IT
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES
NOT INCLUDE THAT THAT KIND OF A-
OF A- PROTECTION IT CAN YOU
RESPOND TO THAT. I MEAN I WERE
REALLY I THINK YOU'RE HEARING
THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU
KNOW PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE A
HARD TIME- THE INTERNET SERVICE
STARTED OFF. EARLY REASONABLE
AND IT'S GOTTEN OVER TIME HAS
JUST AS IT'S BECOME FASTER
OBVIOUSLY WITH MORE
INFRASTRUCTURE. TO BECOME LESS
AFFORDABLE FOR DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION CENTER- SO FIRST OFF WE
HAVE THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY
PROGRAM I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT
ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION
PARTICIPANTS IN CALIFORNIA WE'RE
STILL WORKING YOU KNOW CITY ALSO
WORKING ON TRAINING INCREASE
THAT NUMBER- BUT SPECIFICALLY ON
THE FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNT
THERE ARE POINTS AWARDED FOR- A
COMMITMENT PRICING COMMITMENT.
TO TEN POINTS AWARDED FOR THAT
AND THAT'S A TEN YEAR PRICING
COMMITMENT AND THEN- OFFERING A
LOW COST BROADBAND PLAN THERE'S
TWENTY POINTS AWARDED RIGHT. SO
THAT IS PART OF THE NEW SYSTEM
AS WELL YES OKAY GREAT THAT'S I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU
. THANK YOU AND I DON'T WANT TO
BELABOR THIS POINT BECAUSE I
APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE- IN
REGARDS TO THE MAPS BUT I GUESS.
THE REAL QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW
DO WE GET THERE I MEAN IF THERE.
OF THIS. IN BROADBAND EXPANSION
WAS FOR THE- UNDERSERVED IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HOW WAS
THAT MR FIRST TIME. I WOULD
THOSE COMMUNITIES JUST TOTALLY
IGNORED FIRST TIME. THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE TO REDO THE MAPS. WE
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION- WE'D. I
WOULD SAY THAT- YOU KNOW THE
DATA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE WE'VE
DEFINITELY BEEN WORKING WITH NEW
VINTAGES OF DATA ALONG THE WAY
AND SO THIS NEW. REFRESH THAT
WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO DRAW ON
THE LATEST DATA AVAILABLE- I
WOULD SAY THAT AS WE MADE SOME
TECHNICAL MISSTEPS THAT BECAME
CLEAR WHEN WE PUBLISHED THE MAP
AND BEGIN INTERACTING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT IT. BUT THE
INTENTION WAS ALWAYS THERE TO
ENSURE THAT AS MANY UNSERVED
CALIFORNIANS IN CALIFORNIA WOULD
BECOME SERVED BY THIS NEW
INVESTMENT AND PROGRAM- AND SO I
WOULD- HOW WE GOT THERE WAS SOME
TECHNICAL MISSTEPS THAT WE MADE
WHICH WE OWN AND WE'RE WORKING
TO REVISE. BOB ANYTHING THAT I
DON'T KNOW THANKS. OKAY AND- IN
THE I THINK THIRTEEN I BASS
LEGISLATION- I WAS IN THE
ASSEMBLY TO- HELP. A WIRE OUR
PUBLIC HOUSING FACILITIES THAT
WERE WOEFULLY- THE MAJORITY OF
NOT WIRED MANY OF MATTER. BUILT
PRIOR TO NINETEEN SIXTY. HAVE NO
INFRASTRUCTURE WHATSOEVER. AND
AND- TWO YEARS AGO WE EXPANDED-
THE PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOUNT FUND.
ARE WE IN ADDRESSING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS IN PUBLIC HOUSING
SPECIALLY IN OUR FARM COMMUNITY
CENTER THERE IS LIKE THAT ARE WE
MAKING ANY PROGRESS THERE AS
WELL IS THAT- CERTAINLY NO ONE
HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THAT
PROGRAM FOR SOME. ALTERNATE HER
THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANKS
FOR THE QUESTION- SOUL CURRENTLY
AS DIRECTOR OSBORNE MENTIONED
THE PUBLIC SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES
AND FARMWORKERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY FOR THE- PUBLIC HOUSING
ACCOUNT. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE
MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS- WE
ACTUALLY HAD SOME SLICE WHICH
WERE NOT INCLUDED BUT FOR THE
PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOUNT WE
APPROVED TWO HUNDRED FORTY ONE
PROJECTS CONNECTING OVER TWENTY
TWO THOUSAND. HOUSING UNITS
ACROSS THIRTY ONE COUNTIES AND
WE ALSO- AS YOU MAY RECALL
SENATOR BROWN FORTH OUT THERE
WAS ALSO THE ADOPTION COMPONENT
OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOUNT SO
FORD DOES QUINN OF FUNDING WE
APPROVED DIGITAL LITERACY
TRAINING TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
EIGHT PROJECTS. UP WITH
LOCATIONS SERVING OVER TWENTY
EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED- ALL
RESIDENTS SO THAT WAS A LOT OF
PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE
THE LEGISLATION AND RIGHT NOW
THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT A
CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO.
EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
OTHER LOW INCOME. COMMUNITIES
AND RESIDENTS STILL. WERE
PLANNING TO ENGAGE WITH THE HI
AS WELL. AT AND NOT TO GET INTO
THE WEEDS WERE I MEAN. HOW DO
YOU PLAN ON ENGAGING AS A CAN BE
LIKE. PUBLIC AND- WHAT HOW ARE
YOU REACHING THE- COMMUNITIES
ARE DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET TO
WITH ARE YOU REACHING HIM TO.
MAKE THERE AWARE OF THESE. SIR
ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED YES
THANKS FOR QUESTION SO WE- HAVE
A WEAPON. AND SHEETS ON THEM FOR
AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS
WITH- STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AND-
DIRECTOR OSBORNE ALSO MENTIONED
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP
IN APRIL AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
BE ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES TO. SERVE
THOSE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND
THE PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES
I'M FARMWORKERS AT MORE MOBILE
HOME PARKS. FOR SURE DALLAS
ARTIST. I'M SORRY I IT'S I CAN
DO NOT JUST TO LOSE MY MIND THIS
AND I. BOTH IN THE SAME AND IN
THE SENATE HAVE IF YOU HAVE A
WEAPON OR ANY DON'T HAVE
INTERNET HOW THE HELL YOU GONNA
GET ON. I'M SORRY IT'S LIKE IF
YOU COME FROM THESE COMMUNITIES
SENATOR CAFIERO SENATOR BRADFORD
HE DID A BILLS SYSTEMICALLY TO
TARGET THOSE AREAS AND- THE
FRUSTRATION AS AS A LEGISLATOR
JUST IS IT'S BEYOND BELIEF THAT
WE'RE HERE YEARS LATER TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT. HOW TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THESE PEOPLE YOU CAN'T
COMMUNICATE THAT'S THE PROBLEM
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT FIXED
THAT PROBLEM. IT IS VERY
FRUSTRATING. AND WE CONTINUE TO
RUN BILL AFTER BILL AND WE
CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS
THOSE THOSE PROGRAMS AND WE
MISSED THE MARK. IN WE CAN'T
CONTINUE TO MISS THE MARK WE
HAVE TO ACTUALLY. GO OUT TO
THESE COMMUNITIES AND PHYSICALLY
GO OUT THERE SEND SOMEBODY OUT
TO TALK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT ON THE INTERNET WEEK THEY'RE
NOT ON THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
THAT'S THE REASON THEY THEY'RE
NOT ENGAGE IS BECAUSE- WE'RE
TRYING TO GET THEM THE SERVICE
SO THEY CAN ENGAGE. AND WHETHER
YOU COME FROM A HOUSING PROJECT
OR YOU COME FROM A FARM
COMMUNITY OR YOUR COME FROM A
RULE AREA THAT. REALLY DOES NOT
HAVE CELL SERVICE. THOSE ARE THE
THOSE ARE THE CORE THINGS THAT
THE LEGISLATURE HAS FOCUSED ON.
FOR TEN THE TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES MY GOAL.
WAS TO GET BROADBAND MY
COMMUNITIES AND I BELIEVE AS A
SENATOR CAFIERO WAS POINTED OUT
WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT SAYING HEY
WE CHAMPION THESE BILLS WE PUT
THE MONEY FOURTH. AND WE
CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND NOT.
HAVE A RESULT. AND WHAT WHAT WE
GET IS. WE MISSED THE MARK FOR
OR- WE'RE GOING TO DO A WEAPON
ARE ON I'M SORRY THAT'S JUST
REALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I AND
I. AND I'M THE LEVEL OF
FRUSTRATION FOR MANY THE
LEGISLATORS. WHO REPRESENT THOSE
AREAS WHETHER IT'S THE INNER
CITY. HOUSING PROJECT OR IT'S
THE FARM COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY
THAT JUST DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING
WHEN WE EXPERIENCED. THROUGH
COVERT. SUCH A DISCONNECT AND
WHAT. THE STUDENTS AND THE AND
THE RULE HEALTH CLINICS IN THE
AND WHAT IT COSTS CALIFORNIANS-
WHEN WE PAID FOR WE'VE WE PUT
THE PROJECT'S FORWARD EARLY. IT
IS REALLY HARD TO DIGEST TODAY
SO I JUST WANT TO. FOR THE
RECORD SHOW. THAT SOMEHOW WE
HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN WHAT
WE'RE GETTING AND IT'S JUST IT'S
REALLY FRUSTRATING. BUT WE TAKE
YOUR- CENTER A PRE- I DO THINK.
WHAT SELENA. ON THE PUBLIC
HOUSING ACCOUNT HAS DELIVERED
REAL CONNECTIVITY TO-
COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE ACROSS
CALIFORNIA WE WILL IT- IN ORDER
TO CONTINUE ENSURING THAT THE
PROGRAM DOES REACH MORE MORE
PEOPLE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE YOUR
POINT ABOUT. OUR REACH IN THE
GROUND- IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING
ON THE GROUND THANK YOU. I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO SEE WERE THOSE
PUBLIC HOUSING. SERVICES BEEN
CONNECTED BECAUSE I A FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING- DEVELOPMENT TO MY
DISTRICT AND THEY'RE STILL NOT
WIRED I MEAN YOU TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITIES LIKE SAN PEDRO.
WHO'S NOT IN A RURAL AREA YOU
KNOW HARBOR GATEWAY AND THE
WATCH COMMUNITY. USED TO OUT
PUBLIC HOUSING THERE IF YOU SEE
SEE IT WHEN YOU BY ALL THE- YOU
SEE THE SOLID DISHES ON THE SIDE
OF. ALL THE CLEARLY LET YOU KNOW
THEY'RE NOT WATER. SO. WE'RE BE
HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE OFF TO
PER IN. OKAY WELL FIRST THANK
YOU- DIRECT PETER SENATE-
DIRECTOR- I SHOULD EXACTLY
DIRECTOR- PETERSON INTO OSCAR
FOR YOUR- AND SWELLS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CAN K. THANK YOU. NOW
WE'RE GONNA TO OUR FINAL GROUP
AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOME OUR-
INDIVIDUALS WHO IN THE CAN TO ME
SURE. CONNOTATION PACK AND
CONNECT I SHOULD SAY. CAN'T TALK
TO MORNING AND- IS PLAN AND
THERE IS A ARE NEEDED WE HAVE A
- CALL MAY- A JOB SAY. THE EXACT
DIRECTOR SO IN SO. OF
GOVERNMENTS GAS. AND WE HAVE
STEVEN TRONG I THE CEO AND
PRESIDENT A. COUNTY ECONOMIC TO
CORP. OUR THEY THAT HEAR THE
COME BE ONLINE OKAY WE GOT. AND
THEN WILL HAVE TREATY RIGHTS.
WHO'S HERE ARE SO LET'S OUT OF.
FOR THE RULE CAO REP. CALIFORNIA
SO YOU'RE READY YOU MAY BE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU WHO ARE
MORNING HOW ARE YOUR BREATH AND
HUNDRED BUSH BECAUSE SENATORS
THANK YOU FOR US THIS MORNING-
ARE TO PART OF THE COME. ON WHAT
I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MORE
BANK OF OUR TIME- I MY NAME IS
COMMON AT YOU SIR YOU ON THE X.
DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN CAL. SO
OF GOVERNMENTS CARE. SKAGGS WE
ARE YOU TRY PLAN AGENTS FOR SOME
FOR. AND WE ARE ARE.
BROADBAND EFFORT TO ASSIST IN
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
BECAUSE OF OBVIOUS REASONS- INTO
EVER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE THE
SKAGGS SKAGGS EIGHTY SIX MEMBER
BOARD ADOPTED A BROADBAND
RESOLUTION. AND SINCE THEN WE
HAVE INITIATED A PERMIT
STREAMLINING PROJECT THAT SEEKS
TO DEVELOP THE STREAMLINED
PERMIT APPROACH. A MORTAL PERMIT
PROCESS ORDINANCES MODEL
ORDINANCE AND SHE STRUCTURES
THAT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO REPLICATE AND
IMPLEMENT THOSE IN AN EFFORT TO.
HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF
DELIVERING PROJECTS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES BOB WITH THE WITH
THE PRIVATE SECTOR WE'VE ALSO
INITIATED A CAMPAIGN TO ASSIST
OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN
PROMOTING. THE AFFORDABILITY ARE
CONNECTED PROGRAM THE AC WHICH
IS A LOW HANGING FRUIT- THAT'S
AVAILABLE FOR TO HAVE ACCESS TO
EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT
BUT WHERE. POSSIBLE AND ALSO
DEVELOPED A- DELUXE PLAN WHICH
FROM A NEED TO OVERVIEW. OF THE
DID YOU DIVIDE SOLUTIONS AND
THEN AND- AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS
CLOSE THE- BOB THIS IS DUE FOR A
DOCTOR UP OR NAY PRO. ARE WE
ALSO FOR LOCAL ACROSS GRANT AND
ALL PRIMARY REASON FOR DOING IS
TO US WHICH WAS THE- ARE EXPAND
CONNECT IN THERE COME AND IS
REALLY GREAT FOR. TO SEE THE
POKER THAT THE COMMITTEE HAVE
GONE. AND THOSE ON SERVE AND
UNDER COMMUNITIES SPECIAL THE
HONDA RESEARCH COMMUNITY. TAGS
IT IS MEMBER BOARD REP BY BUT-
OF COMMITTEES ARE SOME COLORFUL
. IT INCLUDES SIX CARE A HUNDRED
NINE ONE C. SIX TRACK COULD- THE
EDGES. AS WELL AS THE AND TRIBE
. YOU KNOW EXPERIENCE US CITIES
- DO NOT THE BAND WHICH- TO KEEP
- YOU KNOW AS THE THEIR- JUST TO
LIGHT ON- COMING OUT OF CO
NINETY PANDEMIC. BOB ALL OF
THEIR EFFORTS SO FAR. HAS BEEN
TO JUST TO RUN BASICALLY CLOSER
. WE DON'T THE BAND TO WITH
ISSUES OF BROADBAND AS MUCH. AS
THEY WOULD WANT TO. SKAGGS MADE
ABOUT TWO MINUTES EFFORT IN THIS
A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BE THE
KIND OF PUBLIC WAS GONNA AS WELL
AS- THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
. IN AN EFFORT TO BRIDGE THAT
GAP WE ARE UNDER RESOURCES- WE
ARE PARTICIPATING IN WORKING
GROUPS AS IT RELATES TO MIDDLE
MILE LAST MARCH SH AND STATE
EQUITY PLANS AND GRANT FUNDING.
BUT WHILE THE STATE IT'S BEEN A
GREAT PARTNER DISTILLATE ALL
RIGHT THAT'S CREATED BY AGO FOR
THE SMALLEST CITIES ESPECIALLY
THOSE WITH LARGE MODERATE. TO
LOW. INCOME POPULATIONS- AS I
MENTIONED DO NOT HAVE THE- TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE
WORKING GROUP'S. SINCE THE
PASSAGE OF OUR BROADBAND
RESOLUTION I CAN TELL YOU THAT
WE'VE ALREADY ACTIVELY- ACT
ACTIVELY HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
WHICH INVOLVES US IN THIS ISSUE
AS SERIOUSLY AS WE CAN AS AN
EXAMPLE MANY LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS- THAT WE HAVE BEEN
CONVERSATIONS WITH ARE NOT
AWARE. OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
START AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH
THE CDT AND CALTRANS IN
DEVELOPING THE MIDDLE MILE
NETWORK WITHIN PROXIMITY OF
THEIR CITIES. AND THIS IS NOT
UNUSUAL THIS IS JUST THE NATURE
OF. HOW ONE RESOURCE TO THE ARE
THE WHICH IF WE LOOK AT THE LIST
OF THOSE WHO ARE FUNDED FOR
LATTER GRANTS. YOU WILL NOTICE
THAT MOST OF. APPLICATIONS ARE
FUNDED FROM LARGER JURISDICTIONS
. THAT HAVE ACCESS. TO GRANT
WRITING AND AN OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MORE RESOURCES SO SCOTT WOULD
LIKE TO HEAR MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING AND IS
WORKING TO INFORM. OUR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS ON WHAT'S
AVAILABLE WE'RE ALSO LIFTED UP
OUR CONCERNS- THE CONCERNS OF
THIS THIS COMMUNITIES ON THE
ISSUES. THAT'S CRITICAL TO THIS
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED. I WOULD ASK THAT ANY
FUNDING PROGRAM MAKING SHORT.
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
WITH REGARDS TO HOW THE FUNDS
ARE DISTRIBUTED WHAT IS WHAT THE
CRITERIA WOULD BE AND ALSO HOW
THE PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED.
YOU'RE NOT CONVERSATIONS WITH
OUR OUR SMALLEST CITIES WE FOUND
BUT SEVERAL ARE NOT APPLYING
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
STRAPS. ASK YOUR TECHNICAL
KNOWLEDGE TO DO SO. SOME JUST
CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE ON A BIG
GRANTS BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE
THEM TO. OUR TO HAVE TO FLOAT-
THE FUNDING THE PAYMENTS BEFORE
THEY ARE REIMBURSED THE JUSTIN
HAVE CAPACITY FOR THAT. KIND OF
THOSE OF EXPRESSED DIFFICULTY IN
ACCESSING INFORMATION. AS FAR AS
WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT THEY
MIGHT DO. SO IN SITUATION LIKE
THIS WHAT WE'VE DO AT SKAGGS IS
TO APPLY FOR GRANTS ON BEHALF
OUR LOOK WHICH- I DON'T HAVE TO
PASS. AND ASSUME BURDEN OF OUR
MANAGER- IN A LOT OF GRANTS THAT
WE- WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THE
STATE. WE PROPOSED IDENTIFYING
THREE OPPORTUNITY ZONES THAT
WILL CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF
THOSE UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOP SOME
PRIMERS PRESCRIPTIONS FOR. FOR
THE LAST LAST NIGHT PROJECTS
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. TO
SERVICE COMMUNITIES THANK YOU.
LOWS IN I WOULD JUST SAY THE
THAT SKAGGS IS A IS A COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS ANY PARTNERSHIP
WITHOUT COLLEAGUES AT SAN. SONS
AND- WE HAVE A GRAND THE WORK OF
CLOTHES IN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
ESPECIALLY ON BEHALF OF A SMALL
COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE A STRONG
ROLE. IN ENSURING EQUITY HAS HAS
BEEN SPOKEN TO BY THE COMMITTEE
THIS MORNING. AND THEN WE HAVE
THIS WE HAVE THIS ABILITY THAT
WE WALKED AND HONED NOT WORK ON
THE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSE
SITE WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE
AGENCIES I WOULD THINK WE CAN
BRING THAT TEN CAPACITY. TO THE
COMPOSITION. OF BROADBAND. THANK
YOU. AND THERE ARE YOU GO AND-
THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE STEVEN.
ALL RIGHT AND UNDER OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
YOU MONEY TO STEVEN CHOI ON THAT
CO PRESIDENT AND COUNTY.
CORPORATION WE ALSO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF. LOTS ANGELES EQUITY ACT
WHICH IS COOL. BETWEEN UNITE AND
A. COUNTY COULD NOT CAR. AND
ELLIQ ACTUALLY CURRENTLY SO AS A
OPRY BROUGHT GOOD SOURCE FOR THE
LOS COUNTY. AND HIGHLIGHTS THE
WAR IMPACT OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE ACCORDING- BY WEEKLY TEAM
WITH THE GOLDEN STATE TO
RELEVANT REGION ON OF FOR THIS
PROPOSE MIDDLE MÀ BROWN. OUT IN
LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND REGULAR
THROUGH WITH. WITH BROKEN
REPRESENTATION FOR THE COMMUNITY
AND A STRONG. OF CITY LEADERS
SEVEN BUSINESS EDUCATION
NONPROFIT AND- ALLEY IT WAS A TO
DO INITIAL LIST OF POTENTIAL OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER LAST
MILE PROJECT THE READ. THIS LIST
WAS PASSED TO GO TO STATE NOT
TEAM TO HELP THE PRIORITIZE
EARLY PRO FOR THE MIDDLE MILE.
IN LOSS AND COUNTY AND YOUR THAT
REGION OF ARE THE BERRIES FOR TO
AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE L. A. B.
O. CO HOST MARK FOR. BRING FOR
THIRTY ONE GAVE VALLEY CONGRESO
GOVERNMENT CITIES AS WELL AS
TWENTY GATEWAY CITIES COG. AND
WHEELS SERVED ABSOLUTE VALLEY
SAID AND THEN IF YOU SINCE
MINUTES STATE. UPCOMING CB LIVE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE
SUPPORTED NINE APPLICATION FOR
AS WELL. AND IN AUGUST OF LAST
YEAR YOU KNOW HOW THE SUMMIT
CHIU ELEVATE THE END OF EFFORT
OF MORE LEADERS LAUNCHED A
BEVERAGE. ASSETS TO BUILD
NUCLEAR AND CLASS OFFICE ARE THE
AND SO AGENTS. I JUST AND THE
STATE'S EXPERT PLAN ASSIGNMENT
WAS ATTENDED BY LOCAL NO AGENTS
CAL OF GOVERNMENTS L. A. U. S.
T. L. A. X. ON OF IT. CTC P. C.
AT ST DEPARTMENT OR AS WELL THE
LIBRARY- AND THIS. OUT.
A. B. C. HOSTED A BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT PANEL TO DISCUSS THE
SIGNIFICANT ROLES EACH CITY AND
HOUSES OF. GOVERNMENTS CAN PLAY
INSURE THAT EVERY RESIDENTS AND
SMALL BUSINESS ARE WILL BE
CONNECTED. WITH A SENSE OF
ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT LOS
ANGELES COUNTY OVER THE LAST
YEAR IT'S CLEAR TO US THAT THERE
CHIU MAJOR CONCERN FOR OUR
REGION FIRST ONE ECHO THE ISSUES
RAISED ON PAGE SEVEN OF THE
COMMITTEE BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS.
ARE COMMUNITIES ARE EXTREMELY
ALARMED THAT MUCH OF LOS ANGELES
BASIN AT SIX. THE APARTHEID AREA
FOR THE FFA OF BROWN'S US THE
COMMUTER WITH HIGH RATES OF LOW
INCOME RIGHT. HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN ANY PARTY AREAS THE
LACK OF PARTICIPATION FOR LOWER
INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL ONLY
FURTHER THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUE
THAT WE'RE FIGHTING TO AND-
SECOND I WANT TO BRING BACK
CENTER PRACTICE QUESTIONS
EARLIER ABOUT A LACK OF FOCUS IN
L. A. COUNTY. WITH TEN MILLION
RESIDENTS BUT OVER EIGHTY
DIFFERENT CITIES AND OVER ONE
HUNDRED AND THE CORPORATE
REGION'S L. A. COUNTY HAS URBAN
AND RURAL AREAS THAT RANGE FROM
SOUTH LA TO LANCASTER TO
PALMDALE WHEN HE FACED TYPES OF
DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES. THAT NEED
TO BE MORE RESOURCES DEDICATED
TO ENSURE THAT OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES OR GOVERNMENTS
NONPROFITS POTENTIAL APPLICANTS
ARE READY FOR THE VARIOUS BLACK
PROGRAMS ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT
THE L. A. B. C. CONDUCTED A
RESEARCH REPORT LOOKING AT THE
IMPACT OF KOBE. AND THE FIRST
TWO MONTHS OF COVERAGE L. A.
COUNTY ALONE FOUR SEVEN HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY THOUSAND JOBS IN TWO
MONTHS IT TOOK US OVER TWO YEARS
TO GET MOST OF THOSE JOBS BACK
BUT AS WERE RECOVERING WE'RE
SEEING THAT THE JUROR THE BY AS
LONG TERM IMPACT ON THE ABILITY
FOR OUR ECONOMY TO BE. BROUGHT
REVITALIZED SO WE ASK FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE AS
WELL AS IF. AND MAKE SURE THAT
THE JOB DIVIDE ISSUES ARE
ADDRESSED BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT THAT PARTY NOT AREAS. THAT
MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND THOSE. VIEWS ARE NOT LOCKED
NOT LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY- AS A
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. NOW MISS
RAIMES. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. FIVE I CHAIRED. CHAIR A
MEMBER. I TREAT ZERO WITH THE
WORLD. RIBS A CAL. WE WERE. FOR
WORLD. HERE CAL- AS YOU KNOW THE
INVESTMENTS IN ONE. I WE WANT TO
SIX WERE. MEANT ESPECIALLY FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BUT ALSO FOR
THE STATE- AS YOU'VE HEARD IT'S
BEEN A VERY HEAVY LIFFORD THE
STATE IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES BUT
IT'S ALSO BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
LIFT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-
THERE TO PROGRAMS UNDER SB ONE
FIFTY SIX THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS
TODAY- AND THAT IS THE LATE A IN
THE FFA- THE- LOCAL AGENCY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHICH WE'VE HEARD A LOT. ABOUT
JUST NOW- IS SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO GET THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED TO PREPARE FOR
APPLYING FOR THE FFA IN THE B.
PROGRAM- RC RC OURSELVES WE
CREATED GOLDEN STATE CONNECTED
FORTY. NOT TO BE CONFUSED
OAKLAND STATE NET BUT GOING TO
STAY CONNECTED ALREADY IT'S A
GPA THAT INCLUDES FORTY
COUNTIES- AND THE POINT OF G. S.
C. A. IS TO HELP OUR
JURISDICTIONS CONNECT. AND DRAW
DOWN THE FUNDING TO- FINALLY GET
RELIABLE BROADBAND IN THEIR
AREAS CURRENTLY WE ARE ASSISTING
THROUGH LAID OUT WITH FORTY-
ENTITIES SO THAT CITIES AND
COUNTIES IS NOT JUST THE
COUNTIES- AND TO IMPLEMENT-
THEIR THEIR PROGRAM PLAN SO YOU
THE PROGRAM PLANS BUT ALSO- HIGH
LEVEL NETWORK DESIGN. AND LOW
LEVEL NETWORK DESIGN- THE CPC'S
AND REALLY HELPFUL IN
COMMUNICATING- THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM THEY HAD A REALLY QUICK
TURNAROUND WITH THE WORD OF THE
GRANTS OF ONE MONTH TURN AROUND
WHICH IS REALLY QUITE UNHEARD OF
IN. IN STATE GOVERNMENT IS
OVERSUBSCRIBED AND AS YOU'VE
HEARD HERE TODAY FROM MY OTHER
PANELISTS- THERE ARE MANY URBAN
JURISDICTIONS AND TRAVEL
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE STILL IN
QUEUE TO GET THIS MONEY- TO HELP
WITH THEIR PROCESS AND GET IT
CONNECTED SO I THINK IT'S
SOMETHING- TO LOOK AT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD THROUGH THE BUDGET
CYCLE. THE SECOND PROGRAM IS THE
FFA- AND I WANT TO DISCUSS THE
PRIORE MAPS WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE A LOT ABOUT TODAY. WE
IDENTIFIED THE SAME ISSUES THAT-
ARE IN YOUR COMMITTEE
BACKGROUND- DOCUMENTS- VERY HIGH
COST AREAS A LITTLE- VERY LOW
COST AREAS WERE NOT INCLUDED. AS
VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR RURAL
COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY THERE
WERE PRIORITY AREAS THAT WERE
THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED- ON ONE
SIDE OF THE COUNTY LINE BUT NOT
ANY OTHER EVEN THOUGH THAT WHOLE
COMMUNITY WAS NOT SERVED- THE
PRIORITY AREAS- INCLUDED A LOT
OF SERVER LOCATIONS AND NOT AS
MANY UNSERVED LOCATIONS- WHICH
GOES TO THE- BUSINESS CASE
METHODOLOGY THAT THE PC WAS
LOOKING AT WHEN THEY'RE- THEIR
FIRST RENDITION OF THE MAP CAME
OUT- THE COST ESTIMATES THAT
WERE ATTACHED TO THIS PRIORITY
AREAS. ALSO DIDN'T TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION- FIRE HARDENING IN
IN HIGH FIRE PRONE AREAS AND
ALSO LARGE PARCEL SIZE WHEN YOU
HAVE TO HAVE EXTENDED LINE GOING
OUT TO THOSE THOSE LARGE PARCEL
SIGNS- PARCEL SIZES- HOWEVER THE
P. YOU SEE- AGAIN HAS BEEN VERY
OPEN TO HEARING OUR CONCERNS I
THINK THAT. YOU'VE HEARD THAT
FROM THE PANEL WITH THE PC TODAY
THAT- AS OF FRIDAY THEY HAVE
REVAMPED THEIR PROCESS- IT IT
DOES LOOK LIKE THE NEW
METHODOLOGY FOR AT THE MAPS- HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS THAT
MOST OF THE DIGITAL EQUITY
ISSUES- THAT WE HAVE SEEN BOTH
IN URBAN AND BROWN
JURISDICTIONS- BUT IN PARTICULAR
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
DESIGNATION AND MAKE SURE THAT.
THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION
NOT JUST CALLIN VIRUS SCREEN BUT
MAYBE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AND
LOOK AT THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC
FACTORS AND HOW THAT TIES TO
BEING UNSERVED- ADDITIONALLY THE
TIMING OF THE FFA AWARDS I KNOW
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE CONCERN- ABOUT GETTING
THIS. THAT ARE BOTH FUNDING OUT
IN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WE DO
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USING THOSE
LATER FUNDS TO PREPARE TO DRIVE
DOWN THAT MONEY. HAVE TIME TO
USE THAT FOR OR THEIR DESIGNEE-
BROADBAND PLANS WE NEED LITTLE
BIT OF SPACE I THINK THAT- THE
PC IS ON THE WAY TO MAKING THAT
WORK- I THINK WE ALL AGREE HERE
TODAY THAT- HAVING RELIABLE
BROADBAND IS A SHARED GOAL. AND
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING
AS- WHAT WAS INTENDED INITIALLY
WANTED TO SIX IN THE BUDGET
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. IT ALSO
MAINTAINED THAT THAT RURAL AND
URBAN- DEDICATION OF FUNDING.
AND CLOSING I WANNA I'M JUST
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THIS
COMMITTEE THE LEGISLATURE IN THE
PC. AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN
MAKING THIS PROGRAM COME TO LIFE
AND- HOPE THAT WE CAN FINALLY
SERVE OUR UNDER SERVED AND
UNSERVED PEOPLE. THANK YOU THANK
YOU I THANK ALL THREE PRESENTERS
BUT BEFORE WE GO TO MEMBERS
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. LET'S
FIRST- REACH OUT AND LET ANYBODY
WISHING TO PARTICIPATE
TELEPHONICALLY TO DALLY AND NOW
AT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN. TWO TWO
SIX. EIGHT ONE SIX THREE. TWO
EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN TWO TWO SIX.
EIGHT ONE SIX. AN ACCESS CODE IS
FOUR THREE NINE EIGHT. THREE ONE
EIGHT. AGAIN FOUR THREE NINE
EIGHT. THREE ONE EIGHT. NOW WILL
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS OTHERS SENATOR DICK
ALLEY JUST TO AN OVERVIEW.
COMMENT TO. MISTER CHAIRMAN
THAT. WE TALK ABOUT. UNSERVED OR
OR THE BILL YEAH ACTUALLY HAVE
SERVICE SO THERE'S A THERE'S TWO
FACTORS THE ONE FACTOR IS. IS
THERE IS THERE A PRIVATE COMPANY
IN AREAS THAT IS AVAILABLE. NOW
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
GET ON IT WHICH IS SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT- WHERE
THERE IS ACTUALLY INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THEN THERE'S THOSE WHO ARE
UNSERVED. THEY DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY EVEN IF EVEN IF THEY
COULD AFFORD TO GET TO THEIR TO
DO USE THE SERVICE SO THOSE ARE
THOSE ARE THINK TO DISTINGUISH
THE- DISTINCTIONS THAT WE
SHOULD. LOOK AT AND WE'VE HAD
THOSE DEBATES. IN THIS COMMITTEE
AND OTHER COMMITTEES ABOUT YOU
KNOW HOW WE SHOULD GO ABOUT THAT
SO WE AS LEGISLATORS HAVE SAID
LOOK WE WANT TO WE WANT TO IF
THERE'S IF A STRUCTURE AVAILABLE
LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW. THE KEYS
OF COLOR AND DISADVANTAGED CAN
ACTUALLY CONNECT BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO CONNECT. AND
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T
HAVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE AT ALL
GETTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND
THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW THE
COST TO AVAILABLE AND WE PUT THE
MONEY. TO THOSE COMMUNITIES BOTH
NOT ONLY THE TREES OF COLOR
UNDERSERVED THAT HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO WE
PUT MONEY AVAILABLE TO ASSIST
THEM TO GET ON. THE ON THE- ON
THE WEB. BUT THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT DON'T HAVE IT WE'VE ALSO
PUT MONIES FOR SO. SOMEWHERE IN
A WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHERE
THE AREAS ARE. THAT WE DON'T WE
ARE. NOT SERVED. AND AREAS THAT
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ON WHAT
IS AVAILABLE AND SO IT JUST AS
OVERALL. I WANT TO POINT OUT AS
LEGISLATORS WHO WHO'VE BEEN
GRAPPLING WITH THIS FOR SOME
TIME. TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE GET THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
THAT ARE WHERE THERE'S SERVICE.
THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY GET ON AND
THOSE UNDERSERVED SO THAT'S JUST
AN OVERALL FOR ALL THE PANELISTS
THAT WERE ARE STILL HERE. TO TRY
TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY
THEN PRIORITIZE. THE UNSERVED OR
THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE OF COLOR
WHO JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ON
SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT
COMMENT BECAUSE- IT IS REALLY
THE DRIVING FACTOR OF WHERE
WE'RE- WE'RE TRYING TO GO IF
THERE'S- ALREADY. INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE WE'D IS GET PEOPLE HOOKED
UP TO IT AND THERE'S NO
OBSTRUCTION MEDIA
INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. SENATE RECORD DO YOU. THE
OKAY- MICHAEL. TO IT JUST TO.
ANY OF THE THREE. WHAT STEP
WOULD YOU SUGGEST STAY AGENCIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT. THESE
PROGRAMS ARE MEANINGFUL AND GET
TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
NEED PRETTY MUCH WHAT. SINGER
DOLLY WAS SAYING- STATING HIS
SISTER'S SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT
YOU SEE THAT WE COULD IMPROVE
THE PROCESS. SO I'LL START JUST
BECAUSE I'M HERE LOOKING AT YOU-
YEAH I DO THINK THAT- HAVING-
HAVING. ON THE GROUND AND GAUGE
AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT CENTER
DOLLY- YOU KIND OF LAUGH AT
WEBINARS FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T
HAVE INTERNET I'M ONE OF THOSE I
LIVE IN A RURAL AREA- BUT- I
WILL SAY THAT. THE CPC HAS BEEN
MAKING AN EFFORT TO GET ON THE
GROUND TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATIONS- AS WELL AS NTIA-
THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF THE B.
PROGRAMS THEY'RE GETTING OUT IN
FRONT OF THIS. WE'RE STILL A
LONG WAY AWAY FROM SEEING THAT
MONEY AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING
OUT. THERE ARE SOME OF THEM
BETTER WEB BASED BUT THEY ARE
MAKING AN EFFORT IT'S KIND OF
HARD NIGHT NOW WITH THE WEATHER-
BUT MAKING EFFORT TO GO TO SOME
OF THOSE RURAL AREAS AND TALK TO
THEN. FOR SHIA TALK TO RESIDENTS
IN THE AREA THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENTS THOSE THAT ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND. INFRASTRUCTURE AND
HOW TO DO IT IN SOME OF THESE
AREAS SO THAT AND THAT FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED
TO DO IS YOU ACTUALLY TO GO ON
THE GROUND BECAUSE- THOSE ARE
THE FOLKS THAT KNOW WHERE STUFF
IS ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS YOU
KNOW WHERE THERE'S LINES ARE AND
WHERE THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE
WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. VERY YOUR-
I THINK SIMILARLY WE NEED- TO
GROW CROPS I CITY OF THE LEVEL
SH. THERE A LOT LIKING AND
CATEGORY FOR EXAM. I KNOW STEVE
IS FOR ON A A. COUNTY WE ALSO UP
SIX. OF SIX COUNTIES IN
STRUGGLING. NOW A LOT OF RULE
AREA TRY LAND THAT DON'T HAVE- A
DRONE TO. OR YOU ARMS. WHICH
WILL TO BEST THAT WE COULD DO.
RISE ORIGINALLY THAT DO WITH THE
COMMUNITIES. ARE USED TO HELP
WILL COME. AND BRING TO THIS
LEVEL COMMERCE. COMMITTEES I
JUST SOMEHOW A RESOURCE. WHEN WE
WOULD THAT IT'S- AND OTHER AREAS
IS TO BRING. OUR COMMUNITIES OUR
MUSIC TO THE TAPE THERE ARE
CHOICE. OVERSEAS IS THERE TO USE
. IN WHICH- I CRY THINK THE
STATE AGENCIES A YOU SEE. AND-
AND- TECHNOLOGY. ALL AWARE OF
THE AND WE JUST WERE OFFERING
OURSELVES TO BE. A CONDUIT TO BE
FOR SMALL TO IN THIS. SPECIAL
GIVEN. GIVEN THE TIME IN THAT
SOME PRIVATE THE THAT'S GREAT IN
GETTING DONE. MMHM I WOULD. ADD
WHAT. IS ESSENTIALLY AS WELL THE
OUR COMMUNITY- BASE ALREADY.
PROCESS ON THE OTHER THING ALSO
ABOUT IT ALSO ADDRESS NOT SUCH A
PER REGIONS LIKE ANGELES WHERE
WE HAVE. A FORTY NINE. THAT
RECORD. TWENTY TWO A TWENTY
FOUR. SPOKEN HERE- THE CULTURAL
AND MY- TO PROVIDE THAT THAT
SUPPORT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
WELL AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE.
GET THE OLYMPICS AND ALSO THE OF
THE CLEANING GAUGE BUT IN THE
WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN- AND
ALSO THE END OF IS.
HOUSE- PARTNERING WITH SOME OF
THE SERVICE- CONVENERS SO THEY
CAN BE REACHED AS COMMUNITY
PARTNERS SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO
DOUBLE DOWN ON SOME OF THE
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND NOT
WASTING. THANK YOU CENTER TO
DALLAS I JUST. I BROUGHT THE
QUESTION UP EARLIER ABOUT THE
CONSORTIUM'S AND WHEN WE DID THE
CAST THE FUNDS. WAS WE
AUTHORIZED IT FOR THE SECOND
TIME THE CONSORTIUM'S WERE HERE
AND THEY SAID WE ARE THAT WE ARE
THE NON PROFITS THAT ARE GOING
TO GO OUT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO THESE
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE
COMMUNITY SO. ARE YOU WORKING AT
THE SKAGGS AND- AND THE- ARE YOU
WORKING WITH THE SOURCES. THE
RULE COUNTIES HE ANY HONESTLY
BAKAR- BUT I THINK STEVE IS ONE
OF THOSE CONSORTIA ARE WE
WORKING WITH THEM IN FACT IN THE
SKAGGS SANDAG WILLIAM WE HAVE
REGULARS. MEETING THAT WE WILL
REFER TO AS THE RAIN SORTS OKAY
THAT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH
BROADBAND ISSUES ARE WE BROUGHT
STATE AGAINST DROPPED. WITH US
ARE TO BE SHORT WE'RE THE LATER
THEM FROM AND SO WE'RE WORKING
WITH THEM- OURS OURS I WAS NAY.
THANK YOU HAVE A BEEN TO MAYBE
ONE OF THE PANEL CAN GET BACK
WITHOUT WE HAVE. OUT THERE HOW
MANY MANY CAN ARE THE IN AND I
KNOW THEY'RE NOT PROFITS- THAT
FOR THE MAJORITY MOST OF. BUT I
TO KNOW THE HOW MANY WE AND WHAT
THEIR CALL. IS WITH ALL THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES. THANK YOU
. OKAY THERE'S NO FURTHER.
QUESTIONS I WANT TO THANK MISS
RYAN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION-
MISTER SHANIA. MISTER JERRY SAY
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND NOW
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENTS WERE MOVING NOW TO.
INDIVIDUALS HERE AND ROOM ONE
TWELVE WHO WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC
COMMENTS WOULD ASK THAT YOU
LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO ONE
MINUTE. GOOD MORNING MISTER
CHAIR VICE CHAIR MEMBERS MEDICAL
DRUM WITH CAL BROADBAND AT THE
CALIFORNIA BROADBAND AND VIDEO
ASSOCIATION. WE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS A
PARTNER IN THE GOAL OF SECURING
BROADBAND FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THINK THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
TECHNOLOGY. FOR INCLUDING US IN
OUR MEMBERS TO TAKE PART IN A
WORKING GROUP'S ON BROADBAND.
AND WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION FOR RECENT
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING LAST MILE
BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CQC ON THE
BARRIERS TO BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT. SUCH AS TIME
CONSUMING PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY TO FIND
STATEWIDE SOLUTIONS. CAL
BROADBAND AND OUR MEMBERS ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING
WITH THE LEGISLATURE THE CPC AND
THE DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY TO
CLOSE. THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THE FUTURE
MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR
HERNANDEZ ON BEHALF OF TURN-
PRIOR TO THE HEARING TURN
SUBMITTED A LETTER- SPECIFICALLY
ON THE MAPS ARE AND HOW WE CAN
FIX THE MAP SITE- THE COST QUEST
PUT OUT- IT WE WERE CONCERNED
THAT THE WAY THE MAPS WERE- PUT
TOGETHER. IT JUST KIND OF
CONTINUE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND
DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION THAT
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS- ARE
OF TURNER PROPOSAL. WITH SIMPLY
TO- CREATE MAPS THAT FOCUS ON
TWO FACTORS THE UNDERSERVED AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND WE
THINK OF WE OVERLY THOSE WE CAN
CREATE MAPS THAT REALLY GET TO
THE COMMITTEES AT. OF NEED- WE
SUBMITTED THOSE COMMENTS ALSO TO
THE CPC AND ARE IN DISCUSSIONS
WITH STAFF AND- COMMISSIONERS
OVER THERE ABOUT OUR MAP AND
THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR
LETTER SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT HAPPENS WITH SI PC WHEN
THEY COME UP WITH THE NEW. MAPS
GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN. FOR IT IS NOT
HERNANDEZ- ON BEHALF OF
COMMITTEE WORKERS OF AMERICA
DISTRICT NINE. IF THAT'S OKAY
DIFFERENT CLIENTS- REALLY THE
MESSAGING ON THOSE ARE TRYING TO
GET THESE BROADBAND. DEPLOYMENT
OUT THERE ARE PROJECTS ON THE GO
AS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE NOT ONLY. A DIVERSE WORK
FORCE BUT WE ALSO HAVE A WORK
FORCE THAT HAS SUBSTANTIAL
TRAINING- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT- GRANTEES OF GRANTEES AND
CONTRACTORS SUBCONTRACTORS. ARE
ADOPTING HIGH LABOR STANDARDS
HIGHER LABOR STANDARDS- IN THE
PRACTICES AND THERE SHOULD BE
SOME PRIORITY- TOO YOU KNOW- TO
ACCEPT PROPOSALS AND APPROVED
PROPOSALS- THAT ENSURE THAT HIGH
LABOR STANDARDS ARE IN FACT
BEING USED- WE ALSO WANT TO
MENTION THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE
IS A NEED TO INCREASE THE WORK
FORCE. TO ENSURE THAT THESE-
PROJECTS- GET DOWN AND GET DONE
QUICKLY SEE TO BE A DISTRICT
NINE HAS CREATED AN ONLINE-
DATABASE. OF WORKERS WHO HAVE
SPECIFICALLY BROADBAND
EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS AND
ARE AVAILABLE TO BE HIRED FOR
PROJECTS THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY
PRIVATE COMPANIES GRANTEES AND-
ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE SPREADING
THAT WORD HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH THE COMMITTEE.
TO MAKE SURE- THAT THAT
INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE AND
WE CAN HELP ENSURE THAT THIS
PROJECTS GO FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING
TO PROVIDE COMMENTS HERE. SHE
SAID. C. NINE ON NOW WE'RE GONNA
MOVE TO THOSE TO PURCHASE. VIA
THE TO. ORVIS MODERATOR PLEASE
ARE MANY CALLS DO WE CURRENTLY
Q. IS TO. COMMON. THANK YOU
PEOPLE I THE HAVE COME EMAIL ONE
AND THEN. ZERO AND THAT IS THE
ONE AND THEN THEY'LL FOR ANY
PUBLIC COMMENT.
MISTER CHAIR WE HAVE NO ONE
QUEUING UP AT THIS TIME.
FREISING ALL RIGHT WELL WE'LL
BRING BACK SENATOR DOLLY COMING
BACK IN PROJECTS NOT TO. ALL
RIGHT THAT'S THE FIRST. WELL IF
WE DON'T HAVE ANY- ONE WISHING
TO PARTICIPATE TELEPHONICALLY
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY
HERE IN THE ROOM I JUST WANT TO
SAY WE- APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
VALUABLE TESTIMONY TODAY I WANT
TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY SAID.
THAT MORE MUST BE DONE- TO
ENSURE THAT OUR HISTORICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES- DO
NOT CONTINUE TO SUFFER. FOR THE
LACK OF INVESTMENT AND I'M BEING
EXCLUDED FROM SERVICES
ESPECIALLY BROADBAND WHICH IS SO
CRITICALLY NEEDED AS WE'VE HEARD
FROM ALL OUR WITNESSES TODAY FOR
THE SEARCH IT'S THE CENTRAL-
NEEDS FROM ECONOMICS TO. SOCIAL
PARTICIPATION AND- EVEN TO OUR
EDUCATION IN TODAY'S SOCIETY
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THEY ARE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ENSURE THAT
ARE STORED BROADBAND INVESTMENT
ARMENIAN FOLK IN ADDRESSING THE
NEEDS OF OUR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES. AGAIN I WANT TO
THANK ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED
IN CALL THEN OR WAS HERE IN
PERSON- AND PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR
COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS OR
VISIT OUR WEBSITE. YOUR COMMENTS
INTO ARE TO US AND WE WANT TO
INCLUDE YOUR TESTIMONY AN
OFFICIAL HEARING RECORD AND
AGAIN THANK YOU AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AND COOPERATION AND
THIS WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S
AGENDA FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY UTILITIES AND
COMMUNICATIONS WE STAND
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND STAFF.