Gov. Gavin Newsom has lauded the Biden-Harris administration’s funding to deploy high-speed internet access to everyone in the United States. California will receive $1.86 billion in funding from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program as part of President Joe Biden’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

“Together with the Biden-Harris administration, we’re connecting millions of Californians with reliable, affordable high-speed Internet. With the president’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, billions of dollars are headed our way, boosting our efforts to provide all Californians – regardless of zip code – access to the internet,” Newsom said. “This infusion of funding will help build on the work done in recent years with the Legislature to cut red tape around broadband infrastructure projects and get high-speed internet access to more Californians, helping make the digital divide a thing of the past.”

The allocation nearly doubles the amount of available funding for “last-mile” broadband infrastructure in California. In 2021, the governor signed legislation allocating $6 billion for achieving “broadband for all,” including $2 billion for similar “last-mile” projects and $3.25 billion for the middle-mile network. For information, visit internetforall.gov.