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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
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County Administrator Costa
DATE*. May 14, 1987 County
SUBJECT:.
Legislation: Senate Bill 679 (Rosenthal)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AM JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of opposition to SB 679 by Senator Rosenthal
which would direct the Public Utilities Commission to develop and
implement, a plan to partially deregulate local telephone service
in one of, the state' s telephone service areas.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has conducted
a study of the feasibility of partial deregulation or open
competition in the furnishing of one or more telephone services
within one of the State' s telephone service areas. Senator
Rosenthal has introduced SB 679 which would implement this study,
probably in the Palm Springs, Riverside County area.
The General Services Department notes that the State Department
of Communications is opposed to SB 679 based, in part, on
experience in the State of Nebraska which has totally deregulated
telephone service and found the experience unsatisfactory. The
Director of General Services believes that multiple local
telephone companies cannot survive in any one area, and that the
experiment will result in a raise in base rates for all users .
Based on this prospect, this office agrees that the Board of
Supervisors should oppose SB 679.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT! YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE T OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)', le zlw
ACTION OF SOARD ON Maly 1-9, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT Jr AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES'. NOES* AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
'ABSENT: ABSTAIN* OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc County Administrator ATTESTED Y.4
General Services Director PHIL BATCH OR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Jackson/Barish & Associates SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Sena I tor I Rosenthal BY DEPUTY
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