Assemblymember 'Reservedly Hopeful' With Governor's $2B Broadband Trim
The California sponsor of a digital equity bill is cautiously optimistic about broadband deployment even with trims to the budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) recommended. The governor last week announced a May budget revision that included taking back promised…
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additional funding for the state’s middle-mile network and eliminating a broadband fund for local governments, totaling a $2 billion reduction from earlier plans (see 2405150035). However, Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D), sponsor of a bill seeking to stop digital discrimination (see 2404230039), recognizes “the tough decisions the administration and legislature must make in order to balance the budget,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “I am reservedly hopeful and appreciative of the administration's active engagement with members of the legislature about the solutions being put forth by the administration to provide for neighborhoods like the ones I represent in the East Bay."