The South Salinas Valley Broadband Authority (SSVBA) is a five-municipality JPA that was formed in May of 2022. The ultimate goal of the SSVBA is to deploy open-access municipal broadband across Soledad, Gonzales, Greenfield, King City, and unincorporated D3 Monterey County. As a public agency, the SSVBA is subject to the provisions of the Brown Act. The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) served as the Founding Executive Director of the SSVBA from 2022-2024. The current Executive Director is the City of Greenfield.
The purpose of the South Salinas Broadband Authority (SSVBA) is to maximize funding for the purpose of bringing broadband services as a utility available to all residents within the SSVBA jurisdiction - especially for unserved, underserved, and disadvantaged communities - at a low cost. This will be done by developing community broadband such as extending last-mile connections where the middle-mile fiber is available, creating an Open Access Broadband Network, and launching a broadband outreach program to provide service with the following minimum standards for connectivity:
