The 114th congress is about to begin and 2015 is shaping up to potential by he a busy year in telecommunication issues. So this week on the communicators we invited three Technology Reporters to join us to preview the year and look what the congress or fcc may do, what the Administration May do. Joining us, kate tummarello, brendan sass sew and brian fung. Mr. Sasso, lets begin with you, when we asked you what were the issues you wanted to talk about all three of you put Net Neutrality first. Whats going to happen in 2015. The big telecom issue 2015fcc chairman champ wheeler said he wanted rules on the books by the end of the year. Thats not going to happen. So now its an issue 20615. Im expecting the fcc will come out with final rules on Net Neutrality. President obama came out in support of reclassifying Broadband Service under title 2 of the communications act, which would essentially make it treated like a utility. The broadband Industry Groups are fiercely opposed to this. So ther
Thei own. What will the chairmano in response to that is that going to force him to move more quickly, or is it going to put him in a position where hel have to do some horse trading with Congressional Republicans. Thats not clear yet. Thats something well be watching early in the year. Host and youe written about this ho quickly do you expect a bill . Guest i think were looking at next month. Early in the year yes. Hos in january . Kate tam ril low, Net Neutrality. Guest were also talking about Net Neutrality against the backdrop of the Communications Update which is this big, multiyear that republicans in congss have undertaken. They kind of have that working as well. The rpublicans in the house have said they want to get pen to paper starting in january, so we could see some movement on that very soon, and thats a ol for the Congressional Republicans to kind of push back to thinkn any Net Neutrality rules they think are an overreach on wheelers part. Host how much groundwork has bee
Neutrality in 2015 . That is the big telecom issue of 2014 and it will continue to be the big issue for 2015. Fcc chairman tom wheeler said he wanted rules on the books by the end of this year. That is not going to happen. Now it becomes an issue for 2015. In the first few months im expecting the fcc will come with final rules on Net Neutrality. President obama came out in support of reclassifying Broadband Service under title ii of the Communications Act, which would make it treated like a utility. The broadband Industry Groups are opposed to this. Theres a lot of pressure on chairman wheeler to go that route. We will see in the first few months what happens there, and even once the rules are on the books, there is going to be lawsuits from the Industry Groups like verizon and comcast especially if chairman wheeler does what the president wants and uses title ii and then the republicans in congress will probably also have a response. Will they try to repeal it, put forward their own p
Dozens of performers drawing tens of thousands of people to Golden Gate Park along with noise, trash and traffic. Jean elle is live in the park with more on the effort to keep the peace and keep things moving. Jean . Reporter right now it is all about safety. Muni is doing its best to move thousands of people out of Golden Gate Park. So far so, good. Weve seen dozens of crowded buses moving away from the park, taking concert goers home. The concert is a lot of fun. But keeping things orderly outside takes a lot of work. A different kind of show is happening outside Golden Gate Park during the outside lands concert in San Francisco. While tens of thousands of people party at the event, city workers are whistling and waving, trying to keep things moving. Theyre blocking the driveway. Reporter parking control officers are responding to complaints and issuing tickets. People who live near the event say they appreciate the enforcement. Block my driveway, its frustrating, because we have to
Cut. The state water board approved the new regulations yesterday. They are going to go into effect on june 1. Now, on average, it is a 25 reduction in water use statewide. And in march, overall water reduction was a mere 3. 6 so the state water board has approved new regulations. This is about preparing for a drought that we now know can go beyond what we have seen in this century. Reporter the penalties for wasting water could be up to 10,000, although it is not clear yet how those fines will be imposed. Here are some of the local cities and districts with the lowest conservation standards. They include San Francisco Public Utilities commission, city of hayward, redwood city and the California Water Service Company of south San Francisco. On the other end of the spectrum the town of hillsborough has a conservation standard of 36 . The standard is 32 for the city of vacaville and the los altos suburban district. Now, some of the Water Districts have expressed concerns about what these