The California Channel is a public service funded entirely by California’s cable television operators as a means to provide Californians direct access to “gavel-to-gavel" proceedings ... See more of the California Legislature, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided – all without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. The network does not receive any state funding. Since assuming governance responsibility of the network in 1993, California’s cable television operators have contributed over $23.5 million to cover operational expenses of the network in addition to their own expense of providing carriage of the channel over their systems.