Accelerate Digital Equity – Community Broadband Network 2 (South LA)

INTERNAL SERVICES DEPT

County Spending Category
1.4 Digital Divide
Federal Expenditure Category
Broadband: "Last Mile" projects
Project Launch Date
05/01/2025
Anticipated End Date
12/31/2026
Interpretation Languages
  • Armenian
  • Cambodian (Khmer)
  • Farsi
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog/Filipino
  • Thai
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Vietnamese
  • Arabic
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
Written Languages
  • Armenian
  • Cambodian (Khmer)
  • Farsi
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog/Filipino
  • Thai
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Vietnamese
  • Arabic
  • Hindi
  • Japanese

Project Contacts

Indicators & Metrics to Date

  • Total Miles of Fiber Deployed
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served Receiving 25/3 Mbps or Below (Pre-SLFRF Investment)
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served Receiving Between 25/3 Mbps and 100/20 Mbps (Pre-SLFRF Investment)
    0
  • Total Number Receiving Minimum 100/100 Mbps (Post-SLFRF Investment)
    0
  • Total Number Receiving Minimum 100/20 Mbps and Scalable to 100/100 Mbps (Post-SLFRF Investment)
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Residential
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Total Housing Units
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Business
    0
  • Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Community Anchor Institution
    0
  • Total number of Low Cost Plan Subscribers (South Los Angeles)
    0
  • Number of Completed Construction Progress Milestones
    0
  • Number of Marketing and Community Outreach Reviews
    0
  • Number of Monthly and Quarterly Service and Performance Metrics Reviews
    0
  • Number of Performance Tests
    0
  • Approved Cyber Security and Privacy Plan
    0
  • Approved Network Operations and Service Operations Plan
    0
  • Approved Core Network Infrastructure Design Document
    0
  • Approved Community Engagement and Marketing Plan
    0
  • Approved Project Control Document
    0
  • Approved Compliance Plan
    0

Target Populations

  • Small Businesses
  • Households Without Broadband Subscriptions

Project Description

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition of essential services to increasingly online (internet-based) delivery, including employment, education, healthcare, commerce, and government services. With a digital divide -- the gap between those who have access to computing devices, affordable internet service, and digital skills and those who do not -- already existing in underserved communities of Los Angeles County, the COVID-19-driven rapid shift of services to digital delivery has created a disparate, negative impact in those communities. Of particular concern is the high concentrations of households who do not subscribe to internet service in communities with lower incomes, highlighting concerns over broadband affordability and adoption. Los Angeles County's Community Broadband Networks (CBNs) are major projects to accelerate digital equity by using public-private partnerships that will provide reliable, high-quality, low-cost home internet access options in some of the County's digital divide areas where more than 20 percent of the households do not subscribe to broadband internet. CBNs will provide a low-cost plan of less than $30/month for minimum internet speed of 100 megabits per second download and 100 megabits per second upload speeds to qualifying households, along with multilingual customer support and marketing, and other consumer-friendly terms. The CBNs will enable more residents to utilize internet-based essential services by offering an affordable, reliable, and high-speed option that fits within their household budget. The Community Broadband Networks 2 Project will cover all or portions of these communities in Unincorporated L.A. County or in the City of Los Angeles: Supervisorial District 2: Adams-Normandie, University Park, Historic South-Central, Exposition Park, Vermont Square, South Park, Central-Alameda, Chesterfield Square, Harvard Park, Vermont-Slauson, Florence, Florence-Firestone, Manchester Square, Vermont Knolls, Gramercy Park, Westmont, Vermont Vista, Broadway-Manchester, Green Meadows, Watts, Athens, Willowbrook, and West Rancho Dominguez; and Supervisorial District 4: Walnut Park. The CBN will utilize a Managed Service Provider to build and operate a retail internet service provider (ISP) service that is designed to address the lower internet subscription rates in the project area.

Goals & Objectives

Goal Description Complete construction of the CBN Core Network Infrastructure by December 31, 2025, to enable full operations for the CBN in South Los Angeles.

Objective Description Ensure that the contracted Managed Services Provider completes construction of the Core Network Infrastructure by December 31, 2025.

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
3 Performance Approved Project Control Document 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
6 Performance Approved Core Network Infrastructure Design Document 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
8 Performance Approved Cyber Security and Privacy Plan 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
5 Performance Approved Network Operations and Service Operations Plan 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
25 Performance Number of Completed Construction Progress Milestones 7.00

Outcome Description Ensure that the contracted Managed Services Provider conducts marketing & community engagement activities designed to increase subscriber enrollments to the CBN throughout the project.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
25 Performance Number of Completed Construction Progress Milestones 7.00

Goal Description The Managed Services Provider will engage in marketing and community engagement activities designed to increase CBN subscriber enrollment, particularly in the Low Cost Plan.

Objective Description

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
4 Performance Approved Community Engagement and Marketing Plan 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
27 Performance Number of Marketing and Community Outreach Reviews 19.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
20 Service Delivery Total number of Low Cost Plan Subscribers (South Los Angeles) 35000.00

Outcome Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
20 Service Delivery Total number of Low Cost Plan Subscribers (South Los Angeles) 35000.00

Goal Description

Objective Description

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
2 Performance Approved Compliance Plan 1.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
29 Performance Number of Monthly and Quarterly Service and Performance Metrics Reviews 26.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
30 Performance Number of Performance Tests 2.00

Activity Description
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
10 Performance Total Miles of Fiber Deployed 0.00 0.00
11 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served 112687.00
12 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served Receiving 25/3 Mbps or Below (Pre-SLFRF Investment) 3.00
13 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served Receiving Between 25/3 Mbps and 100/20 Mbps (Pre-SLFRF Investment) 51.00
14 Performance Total Number Receiving Minimum 100/100 Mbps (Post-SLFRF Investment) 112687.00
15 Performance Total Number Receiving Minimum 100/20 Mbps and Scalable to 100/100 Mbps (Post-SLFRF Investment) 0.00
16 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Residential 182183.00
17 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Total Housing Units 182183.00
18 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Business 4251.00
19 Performance Total Number of Funded Locations Served - Community Anchor Institution 480.00

Outcome Description

Outcome Description