Can weakened California net neutrality bill be saved?

The author of California’s network neutrality bill, which was watered down by an Assembly committee recently, is holding his nose as it’s scheduled to be heard by another committee June 26.  As amended, SB 822 does not have the impact that CA State Sen Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) intended. “The bill, in its current form, no longer protects net neutrality and is not worth passing,” State Sen Wiener said. “However, I am working with the Chair of the Communications Committee, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, to restore the protections that the committee removed.” Wiener said. He said he simply wants to move the bill out of committee so he and other state legislators can keep working on it. “To be clear, if the bill ultimately remains in its current form, I will withdraw it, as I have no desire to pass a fake net neutrality bill,” he said. “But my sincere hope is that we will be able to amend it in the near future back into a strong form.”