This resource guide from the California Emerging Technology Fund and the Center for a New Orange County is meant to help local and regional government leaders promote broadband deployment and adoption. It includes a sample policy aimed at local communities seeking to deploy broadband and close the digital divide.

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This report from the California Emerging Technology Fund provides a summary of literature that examines the potential for broadband-enabled applications to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The authors find that the research indicates that broadband infrastructure deserves a place in long-term policy and planning because it enables technology to mitigate climate change.

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This overview from the California Emerging Technology Fund summarizes the future of mobile networks and 5G. It details what 5G is, why it's important, and how it will impact rural broadband and rural areas.

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This report outlines a plan for California’s San Joaquin Valley to achieve the goal of broadband availability in 98 percent of its households. The plan includes using State and federal funds to build infrastructure, deploying a hybrid fiber-wireless model, and using water districts for easements and rights-of-way.

Valley Vision, in partnership with the California Emerging Technology Fund, reports on the unserved households in the Sacramento metropolitan area and evaluates the estimated costs of reaching the preferred scenario of broadband availability in 98 percent of the region’s households.

This report outlines the preferred scenario in helping to achieve the goal of attaining 98 percent broadband deployment in San Bernadino and Riverside Counties in California. The report includes maps identifying unserved areas; describes the public assets, programs, permits, and existing infrastructure needed for deployment; and recommends a path forward.

This resource guide is a starting point for local and regional governmental leaders across California who are looking to advance access, deployment, and adoption of broadband. The guide includes an overview of select broadband policies, case studies including 5G investments, and a list of additional resources from broadband agencies.

This resource in intended to help support the Southern Border Broadband Consortium’s mission of identifying broadband connectivity issues in Imperial and San Diego Counties. It includes strategic, step-by-step plans—along with mapping and analytics—to help the consortium achieve its goal of 98 percent broadband deployment.

This report provides data analysis, mapping, and charts as an overview of CENIC’s current and prospective broadband network efforts within the catchment area for both Central Sierra Connect and Gold Country Broadband of the California Public Utility Commission’s broadband consortia. This includes four phases of broadband project deployment: evaluation, planning, implementation, and production.

This checklist offers best practices for various local government leaders (including policy leaders, planners, regulators, and more) to achieve digital equity in their communities through their work.