Creativity & Innovation

California: Stop This Bill that Bans Affordable Broadband Rules

Assemblymember Quirk-Silva’s A.B. 2749—which is backed by AT&T and other telecommunications interests would prohibit the state from implementing affordable broadband rules for broadband companies that receive state subsidies as part of the California infrastructure law passed last year. This is despite the fact that California taxpayers—not the industry—are paying to build these networks.