Instructions to Apply for a Video Franchise

Application and Instructions

• Current Application
• Current Application Data Template
• 2020-2022 Household and Low-Income Household Estimates by Census Tract
• Note: Estimates use the DIVCA definition of Low-Income (less than $35,000 annually)
• 2020 Census Shapefiles for California

Application Instructions: Applicants must file one paper original and one digital copy of the application to the contact information listed below. Pursuant to CAL. PUB. UTIL. CODE § 5840(e)(1)(D), the applicant must concurrently deliver a copy of its application to the appropriate contact person for each local entity where the applicant will provide service. For questions and application submission, please contact:

Video Franchising and Broadband Deployment Group
Communications Division
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
videofranchising@cpuc.ca.gov