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SBCAG gets update on regional broadband progress, Cuyama outreach and funding opportunities
Summary
SBCAG board heard a biannual broadband update covering state middle‑mile progress, a $4.7 million Chumash Tribe last‑mile award, CASF/BEAD grant timing and outreach in Cuyama; staff flagged affordability as a continuing concern for low‑cost plans.
Vice Chair David Silva convened the board as SBCAG staff and the Broadband Consortium Pacific Coast outlined progress on regional broadband planning and funding.
The presentation from SBCAG’s Fred Luna and Shelby Arthur of the Broadband Consortium Pacific Coast revisited the 2022 broadband strategic plan, described two middle‑mile routes entering Santa Barbara County (California Department of Technology/Lumen and the Central Valley Integrated Network) and summarized local planning and environmental work that has prepared priority areas for last‑mile deployment. "We were able to obtain $1,000,000 in grant funding and complete the planning tasks identified in the strategic plan," Fred Luna said.
Shelby Arthur described state and federal grant activity that could fund last‑mile work. She told the board that the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) infrastructure grant cycle closed with at least one application…
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