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Supervisorial District 1Project AreaSupervisorial District 2Project Area43.5-square miles190,878 households$40,700 median household per yearSouth Los Angeles Pilot Project Areaneighborhoods: Adams-Normandie, UniversityPark, Historic South-Central, Exposition Park,Vermont Square, South Park, Central-Alameda, Chesterfield Square, Harvard Park,Vermont-Slauson, Florence, Florence-Firestone, Manchester Square, VermontKnolls, Gramercy Park, Westmont, VermontVista, Broadway-Manchester, GreenMeadows, Watts, Athens, Willowbrook, andWest Rancho Dominguez. SD 2 Project Area: These pilot project areas cover underserved communities where 20% or more households lack internet servicebased on the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Work Order Solicitation forLA County’s CommunityBroadband NetworkPilot Project Areas in East andSouth Los AngelesFor more information visit:www.deletethedivide.org/community-broadband/The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors iscommitted to improving the quality of life forresidents impacted by the digital divide in the fiveSupervisorial Districts.The County released a formal Work OrderSolicitation for qualified companies to proposesolutions that will offer free, low-cost, reliable,high-speed internet options with the CommunityBroadband Network. The first two pilot project areas include variousneighborhoods in East and South Los Angeles. About Community Broadband Networks25.4-square miles90,650 households $46,600 median household per yearEast Los Angeles Pilot Project Areaneighborhoods: Boyle Heights, LincolnHeights, Montecito Heights, El Sereno, andunincorporated East Los Angeles.SD 1 Project Area: Supervisorial District 1Supervisorial District 2@DeleteTheDivide

Qualified private-sector companies willprovide the home internet service. The County has determined companies to bequalified through a separate formal process(a Request for Statement of Qualification), todeploy and operate broadband internetservices for residential households. The County is seeking a 5-year or longer public-private partnership to deliver the CommunityBroadband Network. The County has committed at least $56M of itsAmerican Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State andLocal Fiscal Recovery Funds toward the CBNprojects and will seek additional fundingsources, including state and federal grants.Work Order Solicitation forLA County’s CommunityBroadband NetworkSpecificationsWork Order Due DateQualified proposers submit by March 24, 2023. More information on the Community BroadbandNetworks initiative is available atwww.deletethedivide.org/community-broadband/ Key Elements of the WorkOrder SolicitationResidential households must receive a minimumof 100 megabits per second download and 100megabits per second upload (100/100). This isfaster than the current national definition ofbroadband internet service (25/3) and suitablefor multiple household members to usebandwidth-demanding applications andservices at the same time. The provider must participate in the federalgovernment’s Affordable Connectivity Program,which provides a $30 discount on monthlyinternet service for qualified households. Formore information on how households can takeadvantage of ACP, please seewww.deletethedivide.org/affordable-internet/The provider must offer a low-cost service planthat will, when combined with ACP, would meanno-cost internet service to the household. The pricing plans must be without promotionalpricing, inclusive of all charges and fees, andfixed for a minimum of five years. @DeleteTheDivide