Consumer advocates in California are calling on state officials to fight a provision added to the BEAD program by the Trump administration that would require the state to stop enforcing its net neutrality law and consumer protections on BEAD subgrantees for 14 years.

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Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School, said that even if the CPUC ratifies the agreement, the state would still be in a good position to challenge the condition in court, as long as it’s done before the agreement is signed.

The current BEAD proposal would allow the state to spend more than $1.4 billion, but advocates said the financial cost to California consumers of losing those regulations would outstrip federal funding, while the safety issues raise an even greater concern.