California cities and counties are required by law to use a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain for their public-facing websites and employee email addresses by January 1, 2029, as outlined in Assembly Bill (AB) 1637 signed by Governor Newsom

While there are still cities that have not transitioned their city websites and emails to .gov a few notables stand out, in particular the city of Pasadena using .net.

Comparable sized cities as municipalities are using .gov such as Glendale and Burbank.   And even cities like Arcadia and La Canada Flintridge are following the mandate.

La Canada https://lcf.ca.gov/

Burbank https://www.burbankca.gov/

Glendale – https://www.glendaleca.gov/

Monrovia – https://www.monroviaca.gov/

Irwindale – https://www.irwindaleca.gov/

San Marino -https://sanmarinoca.gov/

Monterey Park https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/

Cities that have still NOT implemented/migrated to the state mandate:

Pasadena – https://www.cityofpasadena.net/ – the only city using .net that I could find as their primarily public facing domain and emails.  Very odd and unusual. Although the city apparently has .gov it is not using it and starting to make the migration for some reason.

Temple City https://www.ci.temple-city.ca.us/

Rosemead https://www.cityofrosemead.org/

San Gabriel https://www.sangabrielcity.com/

El Monte https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/

Duarte – https://www.accessduarte.com/

Alhambra – https://www.cityofalhambra.org/

We will reach out to a few of these cities and see what the reasons are for not making the migration/transition.  Perhaps they think they have plenty of time.  The bill was signed in 2023. and we are two years into the period.  There’s no reason that cities should not be making the move now.