California Senate Urged to Reject Amendment Stripping State Regulator’s Telecom Authority
ACA 9 would make the the state's top broadband regulator more susceptible to industry capture, group warns.
June 5, 2026 – A national media advocacy group is urging California lawmakers to reject a proposed constitutional amendment it says would gut the state's primary broadband regulator.
S. Derek Turner, senior advisor at Free Press Action, sent a letter Tuesday to Benjamin Allen, chairman of the state’s Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, urging a “no” vote on ACA 9, which the group warned would likely eliminate the California Public Utilities Commission's oversight authority over broadband telecommunications services.
