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Assemblymember Lloyd Levine--Verizon President Tim McCallion

CCTA President Dennis Mangers

AB 2987 passes the California Assembly unanimously, on a 77-0 vote

The California State Assembly last night passed AB2987, the "Digital Infrastructure and Cable Competition Act of 2006," on a unanimous 77-0 vote.

You can read a copy of AB2987 in the form it passed the Assembly by clicking here.

audio interviews with all sides of this issue

California Politics Today conducted detailed audio interviews this afternoon with spokespersons for all sides involved in the passage of AB2987: California Assemblymember Lloyd Levine, Chair of the California Assembly's Utilities and Commerce Committee and co-author of AB2087; Verizon Pacific Region President Tim McCallion, who supported the passage of this bill; and California Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) President Dennis Mangers, who opposed it.

You can listen to what these three people had to say about yesterday's Assembly passage of AB2987 by clicking on their photos below, or on their names here: Assemblymember Lloyd Levine; Verizon Pacific Region President Tim McCallion; and CCTA President Dennis Mangers.

(Click on the images below to play the linked audio clips)

California Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (D-40th A.D.), co-author, AB2987



Tim McCallion, President, Verizon Pacific Region



Dennis Mangers, President, California Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA)

watch the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) "Campaign to Pass AB2987" Channel

You can watch and listen to four-and-a-half hours of video and audio interviews and other coverage of the build-up to yesterday's California Assembly vote on AB2987 on the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) "Campaign to Pass AB2987" Channel in the Brightcove Player below.

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