Please complete the survey located here: California State Digital Equity Plan: Public Survey
As part of California All, Broadband for All, we need to make sure our county voice is heard. Part of this statewide effort is also a “Digital 299” project (https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/info/transcon/), so our participation and input is important. Our planning department was awarded a grant and is actively involved with the contractor working the NEPA/CEQA requirements locally.
Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, $62 billion was allocated for broadband investment across the United States. In order to receive individual allocations, each state must implement a comprehensive engagement effort that seeks input from residents and incorporates that input into a State Plan. The more input, feedback, and involvement from the residents of the state, the more likely each state is to maximize the dollars they receive from the federal government that will lead to deploying broadband infrastructure and establishing digital equity. This could mean investment (or not) in your communities.
The California Department of Technology is developing the state’s digital equity portion of the state plan that will determine how much of the $62 billion will be allocated to California. Part of their community engagement effort in development of the state plan involves distribution and participation in a brief (10 minutes), anonymous survey by at least 250 residents from each rural county. As of June 13, 2023, Trinity County only had 2 survey responses submitted.
The California Department of Technology is tallying the number of surveys received by county.
We need to get to 250 survey responses per county by June 30th. Please help us achieve this goal so we can maximize the amount of federal broadband money that California – and your community – can and should receive.
If you really want to lean into this effort, attached via link below is the promotional toolkit for the survey with ready-for-us social media postings, printable flyers, and template newsletter articles:
Ourcommunity has the ability to impact future funding!
Thank you, in advance, for your assistance with this important element of broadband funding.