SMC | California Regulators Deny AT&T’s Bid to Drop Landline Telephone Service: Local Officials Say Battle Not Yet Won
Redwood City – San Mateo County officials celebrated today’s California Public Utilities Commission decision that allows residents to keep their land-line phones, a critical communications tool in emergencies. “This is a victory,” San Mateo County Supervisor Ray...
Cal Chamber | US Supreme Court Ruling Allows Cities to Restrict Public Camping
Information provided by Cal Chamber: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court’s decision which held that enforcing criminal restrictions on public camping violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment unless the target of...
CA | CPUC Proposes Rejecting AT&T’s Request to Withdraw as Carrier of Last Resort; Initiates New Rulemaking Process
After hearing from consumers across the state and reviewing the evidence in the record, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today issued a proposal rejecting AT&T’s request to withdraw as a carrier of last resort (COLR) and indicating that the CPUC...
USA | Biden-Harris Administration Announces $5.5 Billion in Grants for Affordable Housing, Community Development, and Homeless Assistance to Drive Economic Growth
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $5.5 billion in funding that will go to 1,200 communities through more than 2,400 grants to States, urban counties, insular areas, DC, Puerto Rico, and...