No big deal. My buddies got their money!-----CA spent over $450 million on a new 911 system. It’s now scrapping the flawed design.

But when the time came to turn that system on, it didn’t work. - William Melhado

Between 2019 and 2025, California paid four technology companies over $450 million to build out its Next Generation 911 system, a more advanced emergency communication tool that would provide dispatchers with enhanced location services and other ways for the public to communicate with first responders operators.

• But when the time came to turn that system on, it didn’t work...
• Ultimately, Cal OES decided to scrap the regional design and go back to the drawing board...