EMR Health Alliance of BC

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Napa Valley Meeting on Small Cell Antennas

Aug 29, 2018

for more information http://mystreetmychoice.com/napa.html

 

Verizon using gNode Small Cells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewt6lioOfA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewt6lioOfA

https://www.kcra.com/article/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-sacramentos-5g-rollout/23557143

 

5G Small Cell SPECS – Sacramento, CA

http://scientists4wiredtech.com/sacramento/5g-cell-tower-specs/

 

eNodeB – California Opposition to SB 649 “small cells”

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Plan To Install 50,000 Cell Towers In California Faces Opposition

June 28, 2017   7:48 PM By Phil Matier

WALNUT CREEK (KPIX 5) – Up to 50,000 cell phone towers coming to cities across California.

But will you get a say on where they pop up?

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/06/28/plan-install-50000-cell-towers-california-opposition/

 

Citizens Testify Against California Senate Bill SB 649

A must see!  Most Cities are AGAINST this bill.

Published on Jun 30, 2017

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California cities have the right to block small cell permits based on aesthetic concerns

RCR Wireless News, Sep 16, 2016

California cities have the right to block small cell permits based on aesthetic concerns according to a state appeals court.

Plaintiffs T-Mobile US, Crown Castle and ExteNet argued state law gives them the right to install equipment “in such manner and at such points as not to incommode the public use of the road or highway,” meaning infrastructure should be permitted as long as it does not block traffic. The court disagreed and ruled in favor of San Francisco, which argued that the definition of “incommode” includes “inconvenience, discomfort and disturbance beyond mere blockage.”

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CA Bill SB 649 Would Force Transmitters Outside Your Home

stopsmartmeters.org/2017/04/19/ca-bill-sb-649-would-force-transmitters-outside-your-home/

https://emrabc.ca/?p=10076

 

 

 

 

 

from http://scientists4wiredtech.com/2017/04/oppose-ca-sb-649/

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Small Cell Antennas

http://server2.charityadvantageservers.com/client/ResearchAssociatesSR_A6BNQ8B2/antenna_sickness.aspx

 

 

San Francisco – “bulky and noisy (cooling fans) Not so Small — Small Cell (Crown Castle for Verizon Wireless) about 15 feet from a home”

https://medium.com/@omarmasry/sb-649-challenges-legislative-pitfalls-a61a4427651a

 

 

Letters in Opposition – California

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May 24, 2017 Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D.

To: Federal, State, and Local Governments, and Communities
From: Ronald M. Powell (retired U.S. Government scientist; Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University)1

Subject: Please OPPOSE the expansion of cellular technology, especially 5G, on health grounds.

The international biomedical research community is increasingly linking radiofrequency radiation from wireless devices to adverse health effects. Among the devices of concern are cell towers and cell phones. Most recently, in 2016, the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health linked cellular radiofrequency radiation to malignant brain tumors (gliomas) and malignant nerve tumors (schwannomas) of the heart in rats.2,3

This growing understanding of the adverse health effects of cellular radiation means that the expansion of cellular technology should be HALTED. However, the proponents of expansion, including the Federal Communications Commission, see billions of dollars of profits at stake for the wireless industries. They are pressing for ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION of cellular technology, especially the new Fifth Generation (5G) of cellular technology,4 and with no further testing for health consequences. 5G will employ higher frequencies to enable faster data rates. These frequencies are useful for short distances only, so 5G cell towers must be closely spaced. They will be placed up and down residential and business streets, spaced several houses or businesses apart, and will beam radiofrequency radiation directly into every occupant. Such placement threatens health, aesthetics, and property values. Little wonder that 5G is viewed as outrageous by so much of the public.5

The consequence of accelerated implementation is a rapid increase in the MANDATORY IRRADIATION OF THE PUBLIC, including children and adults. The proponents claim that the public is demanding such implementation. But the opponents see accelerated implementation as a last desperate effort by the proponents to profit from cellular technology before growing public awareness of the health consequences makes that impossible.

The principal method used by the proponents to accelerate implementation is to urge each level of government to pass legislation that bars the lower levels from preventing installation in order to protect their residents. This is a major assault on LOCAL RULE through cascading levels of governmental overreach. The goal of the proponents is to assure that no governmental or community entity, and no individual or business, can prevent the placement of a cell tower in front of any home or any business, including YOURS.

The expansion of harmful cellular services is all the more tragic because SAFE COMMUNICATIONS ALTERNATIVES EXIST. They employ wired technologies, such as coaxial cable, shielded Ethernet cable, and optical fiber cable. Coaxial cable and shielded Ethernet cable guard against the emission of radiofrequency radiation. And optical fiber cable does not produce radiofrequency radiation in the first place. It is true that wired technologies do not support device mobility, and can be more expensive to install than wireless technologies. But wired technologies are much safer, more cyber secure, more reliable, and faster than wireless technologies. What do YOU prefer as your link to communications services: a thin, benign optical fiber cable running from the street to your home or business, and easily placed underground, OR a cell tower looming in front of your home or business?

1 I am a retired U.S. Government career scientist (Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1975). During my Government career, I worked for the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. For those organizations, respectively, I addressed Federal research and development program evaluation, energy policy research, and measurement development in support of the electronics and electrical-equipment industries and the biomedical research community. I currently interact with other scientists and with physicians around the world on the impact of electromagnetic fields, including radiofrequency radiation, on human health. Contact: Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D., 20316 Highland Hall Drive, Montgomery Village, MD 20886-4007. Email: [email protected].

2 The National Toxicology Program tested rats, not humans, because humans cannot ethically be subjected to such risks. Also, test on rats have proven useful in predicting human responses.
3 Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D., The Health Argument against Cell Phones and Cell Towers (https://www.scribd.com/document/320935636).
4 What are 5G and the Internet of Things (http://whatis5g.info/).

5 Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D., Why We Should Oppose 5G on Health Grounds (https://www.scribd.com/document/339826676/).

 

 

 

Editorial: Gov. Brown, veto the bill that lets rich telecoms use public property practically free

Gov. Jerry Brown, shown at a Caltrain event, is the last hope for California cities to keep control of where telecom antennas go. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

By MERCURY NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD | Mercury News

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2017 at 2:43 pm | UPDATED: September 25, 2017 at 2:52 pm

The California Legislature wants to give telecom companies a nice big gift: at least $30 million a year, and perhaps billions of dollars in savings at the direct expense of cities that both rely on the money and use their current leverage to negotiate improved coverage for poor neighborhoods.

Gov. Jerry Brown — or, perhaps more to the point, former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown — has to stop it. He should veto SB 649, which gives telecoms carte blanche to put their “small cell” antennas on any public property — street lights, public buildings — with a token fee, instead of negotiating with cities for the use of taxpayer-owned facilities.

It’s an outrageous giveaway to companies whose profits are in the  tens of billions. And it’s a slap in the face to California residents and taxpayers, who shouldn’t be forced to allow access to public property without just compensation. It will raise serious liability issues, but lawmakers left that up to cities to resolve, even though they took away cities’ bargaining power.

The idea is that this break will enable telecoms to fast-track communication improvements and reach more people. But telecoms, unlike nearly all California cities, are rolling in money. This is why lawmakers, looking to their own political futures, favor them.

In cities like San Jose, removing cities’ right to negotiate placement and compensation will skewer current programs to expand and improve broadband access in poor neighborhoods where telecoms have little interest in investing. Companies can make more money beefing up service in the Almaden Valley than in Alum Rock, or in Lamorinda rather than the flatlands of Oakland.

As the Greenlining Institute, which works for racial and economic justice, says: “SB 649 will not close the digital divide. Instead, it will allow phone and broadband providers to override community decisions about how those communities use public space.”

No wonder 300 cities and 47 counties opposed the bill. So did several labor organizations and, by the way, the California Department of Finance:

“Finance opposes this bill,” says its report. “While statewide uniform rules can help the expansion of new technologies, this bill goes too far by usurping city and county zoning authority for infrastructure development, and it potentially imposes reimbursable, state-mandated costs on cities and counties.”

By all but giving away public property to for-profit companies, the bill will limit cities’ and counties’ ability to locate their own communication equipment, including police and fire systems, and equipment from corporate partners helping to equalize Internet access.

So it’s up to the governor. The former mayor. Brown understands the struggle of poor communities and the importance of local control over public property. Get out the veto pen, Governor. We’re counting on you.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/25/editorial-gov-brown-veto-the-bill-that-lets-rich-telecoms-use-public-property-practically-free/

 

AT&T DAS – MountainView, CA

 

San Francisco, CA – NextG

 

 

San Francisco, CA – NextG DAS

 

 

“Sacramento 5G, could take several Years to install 4000 small cells”

According to a CBS Sacramento report,  Verizon 5G is not active in some areas said to be 5G.  CBS provides images of Small Cells for 5G in Sacramento,  similar to those in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal.

 

 

 

San Diego, CA

Poway, California

 

 

 

 

 

4G/5G  Small Cell Antennas – United States 

California • Florida • Kentucky • Maryland • Michigan • Minnesota • Missouri • North Carolina • New Mexico • New York • 

Ohio • New Jersey • Louisiana • Texas • Rhode Island • Iowa

 

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