Adapted from an article by Bruce Kushnick, Sept 20, 2021 | Original Medium article here. California needs investigations into the $Billions of cross-subsidies carried out by AT&T Holding Co. to avoid paying California State taxes and boost its corporate profits. For decades, Big AT&T has transferred $Billions from its REGULATED wired State PUblic telecommunications Utility …
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Adapted from an article by Anne Thomas, May 23, 2021 | Original Santa Barbara Independent article here. Three Horrible Telecom-Friendly State Bills Would Forever Change the Landscape of California Communities for the Worse A trifecta of three Wireless Telecom California State Bills stand to negatively change the landscape of our communities forever if they pass in …
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April 6, 2021 The Honorable Ben Hueso Chair, Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee State Capitol Building, Room 4035 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: SB.556 (Dodd) Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles, Utility Poles, and Support Structures: Attachments Notice of OPPOSITION Dear Senator Hueso: As the Mayor of Petaluma, who has long championed …
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Adapted from the original BBK article here. Note: sWTFs are so-called “small” Wireless Telecommunications Facilities, which may be small in dimension, but are large in maximum power output. TO SHARE this post, please put this shortlink — https://bit.ly/3a1xB7s — on/in Twitter, Telegram, Nextdoor, LinkedIn, Reddit, SnapChat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Gab, MeWe, Minds, or other platforms …
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A. Oppose SB.556: the Decimate Local Control over . . . . . . the placement, construction and modification of so-called “small” Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (sWTFs) in public rights-of-way BILL 1. Link to League of California Cities March 30, 2021 The Honorable Ben HuesoChair, Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications CommitteeState Capitol Building, Room 4035Sacramento, CA …
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On Oct 4, 2021, Governor Newsom Vetoed SB.556! View our Sept 18, 2021 pitch to Gov. Newsom via Zoom . SB.556 History — Last Amended in Assembly June 28, 2021 02/18/21 — Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. 02/19/21 — From printer. May be acted upon on or after …
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Gov. Newsom, Please Veto AB-965 . . . for the same reasons you vetoed SB-556 in 2021. AB-965 would force unnecessary and unreasonable Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTFs) application batching requirements and deemed granted provisions on all California counties and localities’ AB-965 would effectively eliminate meaningful local review over last mile broadband and wireless telecommunications infrastructure …
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CA Legislators: Please Understand These Facts About Electromagnetically Sensitive (EMS) Californians In 2019, Michael Bevington from the Stowe School in the UK published The Prevalence of People with Restricted Access to Work in Manmade Electromagnetic Environments. The study was based on analyses of the two different types of surveys of people with Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance …
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Wire California Commentary on Senate Committee on Governance and Finance AB.965 Committee Staff Bill Analysis Senator Anna M. Caballero, Chair 2023 – 2024 Regular Local Government: Broadband Permit Applications SGF Committee Analysis: [AB-965] enacts the Broadband Permit Efficiency and Local Government Staff Solution Best Practices Act of 2023, which requires local agencies undertake batch broadband …
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