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SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard | 2016-06-27 | 8 | 2. Broadband is definitely a key to regional economic development. It affects companies' decisions to locate and remain in the region, significantly impacts companies' ability to grow, enables the emergence of Broadband related industry clusters, and is required for robust research, development, and technology transfer. 3. The Public Policy Institute of California publishes a study on the demographic breakdown of the digital divide in California. According to this study, the percentages of people on the wrong side of the digital divide include: Asian - 27% Black - 24% Latino - 42% White - 16% Low-income - 40% Disabled - 44% Over 55 - 37% Naturalized - 36% Noncitizen - 49% The geographic breakdown for the percentage of people on the wrong side of the digital divide in the East Bay is as follows: Alameda - 23.5% Contra Costa - 17.4% Solano - 24.5% East Bay - over 20% CA - over 25% 4. Digital Medicine is the future of health care and the East Bay is a leader in Telehealth, with Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and John Muir all taking leadership. However, Digital Medicine and Telehealth all require a digitally literate clientele. 5. Social Services are also increasingly relying on Broadband, online applications, and records, but this reliance also requires a digitally literate clientele. 6. Broadband is transforming education with flip class rooms where students view teacher's presentations on line, new curriculum, self-directed learning, parent portals, and other approaches, but these innovations require Broadband devices in students' homes, digital literacy, parent engagement, and multi-institutional support. 7. Broadband is essential for community participation, public safety, and emergency services and progress is being made, but this requires a digitally literate community and the addressing of inter-agency operability, record access, and other issues. 4 | SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-06-27.pdf |