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Council reaffirms open-access position, asks city attorneys to engage with FCC inquiry
Summary
The council adopted a substitute resolution reaffirming support for "open access" on cable infrastructure and asked the city attorney and CLA to participate in the FCC notice of inquiry; members debated legal risks to franchise-fee revenue and potential offsets via utility-user taxes.
The Los Angeles City Council adopted a substitute resolution reaffirming the city’s prior position in favor of open access to cable infrastructure and directed city attorneys to file or prepare comments for the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of inquiry into broadband policy.
Councilman Padilla, who carried the item, said the object was to reaffirm a previous council policy and to ensure Los Angeles’ position is represented as the FCC develops national policy: "The city of Los Angeles should be involved in…
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