(A) This chapter is designed to regulate video service providers holding state video franchises and operating within the city.
(B) On January 1, 2007, the State of California became the sole authority with power to grant state video franchises pursuant to the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (“The Act”).
(1) Pursuant to The Act, the city shall receive a franchise fee and a fee for public, educational and/or government (PEG) purposes from all state video franchise holders operating within the city.
(2) Additionally, the city acquired the responsibility to establish and enforce penalties for violations of customer service standards, consistent with state law, against all state video franchise holders operating within the city,.
(3) The Act precludes the city from adopting its own standards, and grants to the state all authority to adopt customer service standards.
(4) The Act leaves unchanged the city's authority to regulate, in accordance with Chapter 6.34, the city's current cable franchises and any city cable franchise(s) issued prior to January 1, 2008, if any, until the expiration of any such franchise.
(Ord. 4497, passed 6-11-07)