SB 155: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

The bill establishes the California Civic Media Program to be administered by the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. The program aims to enhance the public good by supporting a robust and dynamic California press corps. To achieve this goal, a fund will be created, and $10 million will be allocated from the general fund to support the program. The fund will be used to support the program's objectives, and the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development will establish an advisory board to provide recommendations for the allocation of private funds in the program. The total expenditure of public money from the fund cannot exceed the total aggregate expenditure of funds from private sources in any given year. The program is designed to be self-sustaining, with the goal of eventually relying on private funding to support its activities. The pr…