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Gig workers could gain employee status with California Supreme Court ruling (San Francisco Chronicle)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/01/2018 - 06:26Editorial: If FCC won’t regulate Internet, California should (San Francisco Chronicle)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 17:35Mayor of San Francisco: California must preserve net neutrality FCC repealed (San Francisco Chronicle)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/12/2018 - 19:27Net neutrality proponents, opponents square off online (San Francisco Chronicle)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 17:55
San Francisco Asks Vendors for Citywide Broadband Proposals, Mandates Net Neutrality
San Francisco’s (CA) attempt to bring affordable, high-speed Internet service to every home and business in the city is set to take a major step forward Jan 31 as city officials begin choosing private-sector partners to build the network at the lowest possible cost.
Wireless carriers must deliver emergency alerts more precisely
[Commentary] Many officials, from California’s US senators to state public safety representatives, believe that the system for sending emergency alerts to phones needs to be improved. I agree. That’s why, on Jan 30, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on making the wireless emergency alert system more effective.
Editorial: A legal and political push builds to save net neutrality (San Francisco Chronicle)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 10:42Net neutrality fight heads to California capital
The battle over network neutrality rules that were overturned in Washington in Dec moved into Sacramento (CA) on Jan 3. CA State Sen Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill to require telecommunications companies doing business in the state to guarantee equal Internet access. “We will protect a free and open Internet in our state,” State Sen Wiener said. “We won’t let the FCC undermine our democracy.” SB822 would try to use state Public Utilities Commission regulations governing telecommunications companies to force them to adhere to net neutrality rules.