Remote surveillance trailer in Stockton, CA

The Stockton Community is located at the northern end of the SJVAPCD. Sources impacting the community include major freeways such as Interstate 5 and Highway 99, the Port of Stockton, industrial facilities, and railyards offering a wide array of opportunities for emission reductions. The Stockton Community has a high cumulative exposure burden, a significant number of sensitive receptors, and the census tracts of the entire community have been designated as disadvantaged communities. The community was nominated in 2018 by the local community and environmental justice groups. CARB has received similar support for nomination this year as well. SJVAPCD held public workshops to provide the methodology for community identification and prioritization and solicited community input on 2019 community nominations. This public process was used to identify Stockton as a recommended community and was approved by the SJVAPCD Board on September 19, 2019.

In 2019, Stockton was nominated by the District and selected by CARB as a monitoring community. In 2020, the District published the community air monitoring plan for the Stockton AB 617 community.

The Community Air Monitoring Plan identifies areas of interest for AB 617 monitoring such as stationary and mobile sources, monitoring site locations, sampling schedules, and types of equipment and strategies. The plan was designed to obtain detailed air pollution levels through the Community, determine areas in the community of highest risk, quantify sources of air pollution within the community, and to position the Community to develop emissions reduction strategies and monitor the effectiveness of those strategies.

CARB and the District have historically implemented air monitoring which includes regulatory monitoring in San Joaquin County. The AB 617 community air monitoring plan is specifically designed with the community steering committee input to measure and collect localized and elevated air pollution levels data. The District considered health statistics, air quality concerns from residents in multiple communities, as well as screening tools that combine environmental, health, and socio-economic information to calculate community-wide risk factors in the planning and implementation of community air monitoring. Community-level expertise through steering committee meetings and input from a broad range of stakeholders supported the District's development of this plan.

The collection of comprehensive air quality data is essential to develop emissions reduction plans and strategies. The monitoring data will be provided to CARB once available and can be downloadable on AQView where monitoring data from other AB 617 community air monitoring plans are also included.

Under AB 617, the District’s role includes the development and adoption of a community emission reduction plan, or CERP, for each selected community, in consultation with CARB, and residents, affected sources, and local governmental bodies in the affected community. The timeframe for adopting the CERP is short: the District is required by AB 617 to adopt a CERP for each selected community within one year of that community’s selection by CARB. A community emission reduction plan may include additional regulatory efforts by the District, if appropriate. However, CERPS will, at a minimum, itemize clean air projects and identify funding for those projects, including investments in replacements of fireplaces, trucks, automobiles, and other polluting equipment and vehicles with cleaner equipment. Significant funding has recently been made available for investment in community-level clean air projects, and CERPs, developed in consultation with the community steering committees, will identify where those funds will be spent.

The District published the Stockton community emissions reduction program in March of 2021 and approved by the CARB Board in July of 2021.

Community engagement is a key part of the AB 617 program. Air districts are responsible for convening a community steering committee using an open and transparent nomination process. Community steering committees create new, and foster existing, local partnerships which drive the AB 617 program. In this advisory role, community steering committees oversee the development and implementation of the program such as in community identification, community air monitoring, and community emissions reduction programs. The steering committee aims to identify metrics, track progress, solicit, and share information with the Stockton community. The current Community Steering Committee was selected representing a diverse range of community viewpoints.

The current Community Steering Committee charter describes the Stockton Community Steering Committee membership process, how meetings are conducted, and how information is made available to its members and the public.

What is the best internet provider in Stockton, California?

AT&T Fiber is Stockton's best internet service provider, offering fast, symmetrical speeds at reasonable prices. This fiber internet has the highest customer satisfaction scores of any national ISP, and unlike many other internet service providers, your price won't automatically increase after a promotional period ends.

While Xfinity has the cheapest internet plans in Stockton, your bill will increase significantly after one or two years. Xfinity doesn’t require contracts on its plans, so you can always switch before the increase kicks in (or try to negotiate with customer service), but that’s an extra step we’re not crazy about.

T-Mobile and Verizon offer wireless internet in Stockton, and while there are no automatic price increases, its plans don't reach the same great upload and download speeds as Xfinity, and they're more vulnerable to network congestion. Still, they're great for smaller households, and you can save by bundling with a T-Mobile or Verizon cell phone plan.

Best internet in Stockton, California

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

How to find internet deals and promotions in Stockton

The best internet deals and top promotions in Stockton depend on what discounts are available during a given time. Most deals are short-lived, but we look frequently for the latest offers.

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Stockton internet providers, such as Xfinity and Verizon 5G Home Internet, may offer lower introductory pricing or streaming add-ons for a limited time. Others, however, including AT&T Fiber, run the same standard pricing year-round.

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What’s a good internet speed?

Most internet connection plans can now handle basic productivity and communication tasks. If you're looking for an internet plan that can accommodate videoconferencing, streaming video or gaming, you'll have a better experience with a more robust connection. Here's an overview of the recommended minimum download speeds for various applications, according to the FCC. Note that these are only guidelines -- and that internet speed, service and performance vary by connection type, provider and address.

For more information, refer to our guide on how much internet speed you really need.

How CNET chose the best internet providers in Stockton

Internet service providers are numerous and regional. Unlike the latest smartphone, laptop, router or kitchen tool, it’s impractical to personally test every ISP in a given city. So what’s our approach? We start by researching the pricing, availability and speed information, drawing on our own historical ISP data, the provider sites and mapping information from the Federal Communications Commission at FCC.gov.

But it doesn’t end there. We go to the FCC’s website to check our data and ensure we consider every ISP that provides service in an area. We also input local addresses on provider websites to find specific options for residents. We look at sources, including the American Customer Satisfaction Index and J.D. Power, to evaluate how happy customers are with an ISP’s service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent changes; all information provided is accurate as of publication.

Once we have this localized information, we ask three main questions:

While the answer to those questions is often layered and complex, the providers who come closest to “yes” on all three are the ones we recommend. When selecting the cheapest internet service, we look for the plans with the lowest monthly fee, though we also factor in things like price increases, equipment fees and contracts. Choosing the fastest internet service is relatively straightforward. We look at advertised upload and download speeds and consider real-world speed data from sources like Ookla and FCC reports. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)

To explore our process in more depth, visit our how we test ISPs page.