San Leandro, California, is about to get a complete tech makeover thanks to an innovative internet of things project. The city received a $1.5 million grant from the California Energy Commission and, if the outcome is successful, an $8 million investment from the state will follow in 2018. Officials want to implement the changes by using the citys 10 gigabit internet backbone after understanding that there was much more happening out there around fiber optics, and particularly, around government that we had not anticipated, said Debbie Acosta.”]
Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/california-smart-city-project-gets-1-5m-funding/