A Three-Year Project Will Help Approximately 3,200 Residents of Los Angeles County’s Southeast Cities Get Ahead with High-Speed Broadband Internet Access and Education
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and the City of Vernon today presented grant awards of $476,000 and $301,000 respectively to the Southeast Cities Technology Collaborative for a three-year initiative to close the growing Digital Divide among residents in the southeast cities of Los Angeles County. The event was attended by Michael Peevey, president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and chairman of CETF, Ronald Garcia, president of the Southeast Community Development Corporation (SCDC), Leonis Malburg, mayor of Vernon, former State Senator Martha Escutia, and Leticia Chacon, associate director of Human Services Association (HSA) Bell Gardens.