Capozzi said his team in the Arizona State Broadband Office has been working on the Permit Finder for about a year and a half. The process began with conversations with providers, counties, and other stakeholders in preparation for broadband deployment. While the Arizona Commerce Authority does not issue permits directly, "We're statutorily required to coordinate across all stakeholders to ensure that we can effectively plan and deploy broadband and infrastructure projects across the state," Capozzi said.
Seventy percent of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since fall 2017, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. To understand the pace and extent of rebuilding in the most significant of these fires, The Times relied on data from state and local governments. The Times obtained data in February from the Cal Fire Damage Inspection Database, known as DINS, which documents buildings burned in wildfires.