The state should continue to put money in the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) and support a new initiative to add $500 million into the fund over the next 10 years, writes former Assemblymember Lloyd Levine.
The overall broadband adoption rate has increased significantly since 2008, climbing from 55 percent in 2008 to 84 percent as of July 2016. However, that 84 percent figure is illusory, writes former California Assemblymember Lloyd Levine.
A new technology-focused public policy institute in California is developing prototypes and pilot programs in an effort to solve real-world problems instead of the more traditional approach of writing reports and white papers, founder and former Sen. Sam Blakeslee said.
The Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy recently opened at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. According to its web site, the "mission of the non-partisan, interdisciplinary organization is to develop practical solutions to societal issues by informing and driving public policy through advanced technology."
As more and more of our lives migrate online, congress, state legislatures, and local governments are grappling with how to address the issues and challenges this presents. The problem is that by the nature and structure of the internet itself content and commerce on the internet are virtually impossible regulate.
People have often asked me, "If you could repeal one law, what would it be?" My answer is always the same: "The law of gravity, I find it very limiting."
