Negotiations to take place next week in bid to save California's net neutrality bill

Last week, SB 822, a tough net neutrality bill written by California State Senator Scott Wiener, was gutted by Democrat Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, who attached a number of amendments to the proposed legislation. The result was a bill that Wiener himself called "not worth passing." Why would Santiago do such a thing, especially since net neutrality has become a major campaign issue for the 2018 mid-term elections? While we can never know for sure what someone else is thinking, we can tell you that AT&T contributed multiple times to Santiago's campaigns.

Even though a majority ...