In California, Bill SB 649 would place small cell towers in front yards and on rights of way and Californians are outraged. In fact over 230 cities are in opposition to this Bill. Check out these pictures from a protest in front of California Governor Jerry Brown's Office.
In The Press
- Times Standard, Capitol tracker: Cities, counties oppose telecom bill, July 17, 2017
- East Bay Times Editorial, California should butt out of cities’ deals with telecom companies, July 16, 2017
- UCLA Daily Bruin Editorial, SB 649 needs to be vetoed to preserve local government power, July 16, 2017
- CBS 13 (Sacramento), Cities, Counties Line Up Against Bill Removing Limits on Cell Transmitters, July 12, 2017
- KCAL 9 (Los Angeles), story on SB 649, July 12, 2017
- ABC 7 (San Francisco), story on SB 649, July 12, 2017
- KERO ABC (Bakersfield), story on SB 649, July 12, 2017
- KPIX CBS (San Francisco), story on SB 649, July 12, 2017
- Op-Ed, Rosemead City Council Member Sandra Armenta, San Bernardino Sun, Telecom bill would hurt California’s poorer, inland cities, July 11, 2017
- KQED, Morning Edition story on SB 649, July 11, 2017
- KFI Radio, Coast to Coast AM story on SB 649, July 11, 2017
- KNX Radio, story on SB 649, July 10, 2017
- Public News Service, Hearing Wednesday on Spread of High-Power Cell Towers, July 10, 2017
- Pleasanton Weekly Editorial, Wireless facility bill will circumvent local control, July 10, 2017
- George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, AT&T and Verizon want free rein to put up new wireless transmitters in your neighborhood. Here’s why that’s a bad idea, July 10, 2017
- 48 Hills, Cell-phone companies try to ram through bill blocking local control of transmitters, July 10, 2017
- Sacramento Bee Editorial, Democratic legislators take bold stands, except when they don’t, July 9, 2017
- San Jose Mercury News, Cities fight bill to streamline cell antenna installations, July 6, 2017
- Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor represented the 180 cities and dozens of counties opposed to SB 649 on Southern California Public Radio’s Air Talk with Larry Mantle, July 5, 2017
- Editorial, An audaious 5G power (pole) grab, Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2017
- League Executive Director Carolyn Coleman, CSAC Executive Director and RCRC Executive Director Greg Norton op-ed, Why wireless industry bill is a triple rip-off for Californians, Sacramento Bee, June 27, 2017
- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board, California lawmakers must reject telecoms’ cell phone power grab, June 27, 2017
- San Diego Union Tribune, Proposed state law would shrink control cities have over cell tower installations, David Garrick, June 27, 2017
- Sacramento Bee op-ed, Why wireless industry is a triple rip-off for Californians, League of California Cities Executive Director Carolyn Coleman, California State Association of Counties Executive Director Matt Cate and Rural County Representatives of California Executive Director Greg Norton, June 27, 2017
- San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, Bill seeks to bypass city controls on where telecom equipment goes, San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan L. Kelly Jr., June 26, 2017
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