SECC & ACCESS SACRAMENTO INTEGRATION
What Is Being Proposed?
The Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium (SECC) and Access Sacramento will be integrated into a single, modern media organization. SECC remains the principal governing and fiscal entity, and Access Sacramento’s staff, programs, and assets are brought into SECC’s structure.
Why Integrate?
· Create a unified, stable, education and community-centered media organization.
· Preserve SECC’s school-focused services while expanding community media, news, and storytelling.
· Modernize from a cable-only model to a digital-first, streaming and app-based model.
· Build a kindergarten-to-career media education and workforce development pipeline focused on jobs in the Creative Economy.
· Strengthen hyperlocal journalism and civic storytelling.
Key Benefits
· Students: More opportunities to learn production, storytelling, and media/digital literacy skills.
· Teachers: Expanded training, curriculum support, and access to equipment and platforms.
· Community Members: Greater access to share stories, cover local issues, and engage in cultural events.
· Employers: A clearer pipeline of work-ready talent in media, communications, and digital content fields.
· County & Cities: Stronger local journalism, more impactful community connections, and increased civic engagement.
Core Focus Areas
· Media Education (K–Adult): SEVA programs, teacher PD, after-school media labs, community workshops and training.
· Workforce Development: Internships, pre-apprenticeships, certifications, and paid production opportunities.
· Hyperlocal Journalism & Community Storytelling: Neighborhood news, people profiles, and community voices.
Funding & Transition
· Short-term goal is financial neutrality while integration occurs.
· Request to maintain 100% of SECC and Access Sacramento PEG and operating funding for FY 2025–26 and FY 2026–27.
· Retain existing reserves and key Access Sacramento assets (equipment, facilities, channels, digital platforms).
· Gradual shift toward diversified revenue (grants, sponsorship, memberships, events, production services).
How You Can Help
· Email the Commission Clerk – Danielle Beshears – boardclerk@saccounty.gov
· Let her know that you are submitting public comments in favor of the integration of SECC with Access Sacramento and our funding request.
· This funding is necessary if we are to build out the capacity to launch the Core Focus areas and provide the key benefits as noted above by the end of the 2027 fiscal year.
