Visit cadigitalequity.org and support AB 2239 to challenge the discriminatory practices that relegate our Black and brown neighbors/communities to second class digital citizenship.

Paula Sandoval finds herself without access to the internet at home despite living in the digital age. Sandoval, a 65-year-old immigrant, lives in a rented room in Oakland. When she tried to set up internet access herself, she was met with a $50 quote from her mobile carrier, T-Mobile—a cost she says is unaffordable for her. Her situation mirrors that of many Californians, a state where one in five people lack broadband internet service.

A new bill would make California the first state to put in place digital discrimination standards when it comes to internet connectivity.

As KCBS Radio's Mike DeWald reports, the effort looks to level the playing field.

On April 10, the California Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee voted to approve Assembly Bill (AB) 2239 after a hearing at the State Capitol.

Even now, in an age when most of us use the Internet, one in five Californians lack reliable and affordable service. Most are lower-income people of color and rural residents.

This afternoon in Sacramento, the Assembly Communications & Conveyance Committee takes up the latest salvo in this struggle, a bill designed to chip away at this form of digital discrimination.