Hi again, - We're emailing one last time regarding the LA County Board of Supervisors vote on this Tuesday, January 10th to amend the LA County Code to allow for fast tracked installation of wireless infrastructure without due process or environmental review.. Children's Health Defense let us know the technical glitch with the action alert that prevented some out-of-California people from submitting comments is
now fixed. PLEASE fill out the form again if you got a message you were out of district: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/community-forum/la-county-board-of-supervisors-vote-for-wireless-safety/ We are also including an email from 5G Free California below with a request for us to take additional actions before noon tomorrow (Monday, January
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Dear Friends, Even if you have already contacted your Supervisor to voice your Opposition to Titles 16 and 22, you are encouraged to post comments to the Agenda of the next meeting until Noon, Monday Jan. 9th before the Jan. 10th vote. We also suggest asking for the reversal of the categorical exemption to CEQA; you will see this in the comment suggestions below. Note: If you live outside of LA County, your calls are still important so please join us in taking this
action. Please do this now - Must be done by Noon, Monday Jan.
9th: Submit your comments for
"County Code, Title 16 - Highways and Title 22 - Planning and Zoning Amendments" Agenda item 59 to
the portal here no later than Monday, January 9 at 12:00 noon to ensure they are accessible to the Board of Supervisors. - Complete information at the top of the comment page. (NOTE: Only required fields are First and Last name.) Upload any documents you want in the "upload"
box.
- For "Agenda Item," put in 59.
- Scroll down to Agenda #59, first click on box and then select "Oppose"
- Submit your comments into comment section. (type or
paste)
- Select “Next”
- Verify the information is correct and select “Acknowledge” when you are ready to submit.
Copy and paste these two paragraphs into "comment" section/ include personal or additional comments below:*
(You can also use these paragraphs to email the Supervisors. See email addresses below.) Don’t take away our rights and protections.
I oppose LA County's proposed
amendments to Titles 16 and 22 of the LA County Code. Please vote NO. I do not want a cell tower or small cell facility installed right outside my home or in my neighborhood without any prior notice, public hearing or opportunity to appeal, without any fire or safety provisions, and without regard to critical environmental
protections.
I want a reversal of the Categorical Exemptions to CEQA in
Titles 16 & 22, so the County Code complies fully with CEQA. I also request the Board of Supervisors adopt the proposed redline changes to Titles 16 & 22 that were submitted by Fiber First
LA. Call your Supervisor today and say: "I oppose L.A. County's proposed amendments to TITLES 16 and 22 of the L.A. County Code. Please vote NO.
I also want a reversal of the categorical CEQA exemption as it relates to Titles 16 and 22." (If necessary, leave a message with the above statement and include your name.)
If you prefer, Email the Supervisors asap with the two paragraphs we suggest above and any comments
below.
Supervisors' contacts for calls and emails:
[If you don't know what district you are in, the Executive Office can tell you.] *Here are additional / optional comments that can be inserted in the email or portal if you choose:
The redline changes from Fiber First LA provide better protection for LA County.
The LA County Planning Department must be required to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) to consider potential environmental impacts, including increased fire risk and impacts to historical resources on ALL telecom permit applications as they relate to Titles 16 and 22 of the County Code. These Amendments will increase Fire Risk. Four of the last major local fires have been initiated, in whole or in part, by telecommunications
equipment. These proposed revisions/amendments by L.A. County contain nothing about fire safety.
Do not remove our long standing protections of CEQA - California
Environmental Quality Act, NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act, and NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act, that protect us and our neighborhoods.
The claim that hundreds of new (un-backed-up) small cell antennas are required for 911 calls is false. With loss of electricity, all 911 calls will depend solely upon the macro towers that have already been backed up per the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) order. Wireless broadband uses ten times as much energy as fiber optic broadband, therefore significantly increasing our carbon footprint. Wireless is slow, easily hacked, unreliable, expensive, unregulated and hazardous for our neighborhoods and open spaces.
Fiber Optic broadband is fast, secure, safe, less expensive and
uses significantly less energy than wireless. The Supervisors should be investing resources and taking advantage of federal dollars to provide superior future-proof fiber optic broadband to the premises (home, office) for everyone in Los Angeles County. The radiation emitted from cell towers is not safe for humans or our natural world; therefore the placement of these antennas is a matter of urgent public interest. Cutting off debate, eliminating public input and ignoring
environmental laws (including CEQA) is unjustified.
It is
not true that the FCC requires these
amendments to be made to our existing L.A. County Code; this misinformation is being perpetrated by the telecoms and echoed by our own uninformed Planning Department. Why are other cities and counties adopting much better and more protective codes than these?
These Amendments would give away the County’s ability to decide whether a proposed facility is necessary and in a proper location. The LA County Board of Supervisors are citizens' first and only line of defense against any irresponsible placement and construction of telecommunications equipment; it is not true that your hands
are tied. This is supported by Congress, the FCC and the Courts. ****** Thank you. With enough of us speaking up, we can
change minds and
policy! |
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