Universal Access to Middle-Mile Fiber for Wired Broadband
Substantial Evidence That Demands a Veto of SB.649 1. This is What We Are Working Hard to Prevent . . . Brain Tumors and More No one will ever forget that John McCain, just a few days after undergoing surgery to remove as much of his brain tumor as possible (a deadly Glioblastoma), on Fri …
CA Senate SB-649 April 4 Testimony Testimony by Scientists for Wired Technology during the 4/4/17 Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Hearing regarding SB.649 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Today, I will be entering substantial scientific evidence into the public record in my testimony. I have read and quantitatively evaluated many peer reviewed Supreme Court Daubert-rule-admissible, scientific …
A. 2017 Opposition: Attorney Harry Lehmann’s Exahustion of Legal Remedies 2017-0327-S19-Legal-Notice-Lehmann-to-Sen-John-McCain Faxed to all 100 US Senators Personally addressed, customized and ink-signed Personally addressed, color, two-pager from Scientists for Wired Technology hand-delivered to all 100 US Senators 2017-0512-SB649-Legal-Notice-Lehmann-to-Sen-Ricardo-Lara Hand-delivered to all 40 CA Senators Personally addressed, customized and ink-signed to each Senator 2017-0522-SB649-Financial-Catastrophe-Lehmann-to-Sen-Ricardo-Lara Hand-delivered to …
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From the League of California Cities: While over 300 cities opposed SB 649 (Hueso), the telecom bill, the Governor’s decision was uncertain until midnight on Sunday, Oct. 15. City officials were relieved to discover the Governor vetoed the measure stating: “I believe that the interest which localities have in managing rights of way requires a …
In the words of Yogi Berra, “Is this Déjà Vu all over again?” The people of CA secured a veto of an earlier version of SB.556/AB.537/SB.678 back in 2017 — SB.649 California’s Misguided Streamline so-called “small” Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (sWTFs) Bill. This is what we learned back in 2017-2018: While over 300 cities opposed SB.649 …
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 …
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 …
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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Wire California Sausalito, CA | wirecalifornia.org June 30, 2023 Honorable Senator Anna Caballero, Chair Mr. Colin Grinnell, Staff Director Senate Governance and Finance Committee State Capitol, Room 407 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-651-4119 Dear Senator Caballero, Wire California respectfully recognizes that as the Chair of the Senate Governance and Finance (SGF) Committee, every day you play …
Sources: Jan 15, 2023 data scraped from FCC’s wireless license database; area/population numbers from Wikipedia; compiled/mapped by https://specmap.sequence-omega.net/ and tabled below by https://wirecalifornia.org/ Conclusion California doesn’t need any more telecom-focused state bills, such as AB-965 or AB-1065. To close the Wireless digital divide, the CA Attorney General just needs to enforce the laws on the …
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