Calif. Bills on Broadband, Service Quality, TikTok Cross Chambers

The California Assembly widely supported explicitly authorizing wireless broadband providers to get support from the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) broadband infrastructure grant and federal funding accounts. Members voted 79-0 Tuesday to send AB-1065 to the Senate. The Assembly also voted 79-0 for AB-1061, which would require the California Public Utilities Commission to report to the legislature on telcos' performance meeting customer service requirements. The Senate voted 40-0 that day for SB-74 to prohibit high-risk social media apps that are at least partly owned by an entity or “country of concern.”