Broadband Permit Streamlining

A lack of broadband infrastructure contributes to Southern California’s digital divide—the disparities in access to high-quality internet from community to community, and individual to individual. Removing permitting challenges—such as a lack of process transparency, high resource requirements, inconsistencies in fees, and long permitting processes—would ease infrastructure deployment and help bridge the digital divide.  

SCAG’s “Broadband Permit Streamlining Report” and “Broadband Permit Streamlining Model Ordinance” provide model permitting standards and practices to help local governments and permitting agencies streamline deployment of broadband infrastructure in underserved areas.