California's lawmakers' calls for more oversight over the state's overdue Next Generation 911 project have been included in next year's budget.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget bill this week that strengthens oversight of the state’s troubled Next Generation 911 project by requiring an independent audit, quarterly reporting, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Julie Cunningham, a public safety dispatcher, listens intently to a call while working at the CHP 911 dispatch center in Rancho ...

Newly released internal records show insiders with California’s troubled $456 million Next Generation 911 project lost confidence in the system’s chief architect years before he left the state agency ...

California’s move to abandon a plan revamping the state’s antiquated 911 system, after spending hundreds of millions on the project, has critics fuming. In 2019, California began working toward ...

As the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) investigates the scope of public safety concerns plaguing its “Next Generation 911” network, police records obtained by the NBC Bay Area ...

A State 911 Advisory Board member said he was blindsided by serious public safety concerns regarding California’s Next Generation 911 project recently exposed in an NBC Bay Area investigation, noting ...

The Next Generation 911 system runs on digital infrastructure and allows for calls, texts, videos and location data to enhance emergency services. AFP via Getty Images The companies hired to replace ...

California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter. While the Golden State prides itself on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dispatcher Nolan Saulter answers a 911 call at the Sacramento Regional Fire/EMS Communications Center on Friday, July 3, 2026, in ...