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 …
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We Need Your Help! The reasons to oppose AB-965 are on the home page of WireCalifornia.org and in our AB-965 Opposition Letters from June 14, 2023 and June 26, 2023. Draft a letter to oppose AB-965 and submit the letter (as a pdf) into the CA legislative portal here. Set up meetings with staff …
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6. SB.556: the “Destroy Local Control & Child Endangerment” Wireless Bill 7. AB.537: the “Deemed Approved, Deemed Permit-Issued” Wireless Bill 8. SB.378: the “Cheap Micro-Trenching & No Public Access to Fiber” Bill Other 2021 CA Broadband Bills . . . Please complete some reading/analysis of the following bills and submit your work here. Thank you. …
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SB.378 History — Last Amended in Assembly, June 29, 2021 02/10/21 — Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. 02/11/21 — From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13. 02/17/21 — Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C. 02/22/21 — (Ayes 32. …
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Legend EMF = Electromagnetic Fields ERP = Effective Radiated Power RF-EMR = Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Microwave Radiation In the text of the bill, I have included the additions and subtractions from the latest amendments to AB-537 from May 27, 2021. I have added emphases in bold and highlighted text. Longer form comments are inside the colored …
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Assembly Bill No. 537, ENROLLED CHAPTER 467 Source An act to amend Section 65964.1 of the Government Code, relating to communications. Approved by Governor October 4, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State October 4, 2021. Legislative Counsel’s Digest AB 537, Quirk. Communications: wireless telecommunications and broadband facilities. Pursuant to existing federal law, the Federal Communications …
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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 …
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Governor Newsom . . . Please Veto AB-965 Assemblymember Juan Carrillo’s AB-965 aims to override significant local control re: wireless infrastructure. AB-965 would allow Wireless Telecommunications Facility (WTF) applicants to BATCH 25, 50 OR MORE applications at the same time AND it would establish an unnecessary DEEMED-APPROVED ratchet, which is CONTRARY to Federal …
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