Broadband Adoption High, but Local Agencies Aim to Improve Access

“Internet Connectivity and the ‘Digital Divide’ in California – 2019,” is a statewide survey done by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Poll through IGS and the University of California, Berkeley for the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). The new study, released Tuesday, found broadband Internet connectivity up slightly in California households, in comparison with 2017, the study’s previous edition. The number of California households with broadband connectivity via smartphone, desktop, laptop or tablet rose 1 percent from 2017, to 88 percent, while the number of unconnected households fell 1 percent to 12 percent.