If you read through board avenue peels against cell phone towers every person there alleges that they were given improper notification. I dont think its a winning argument because i dont think the board of appeals has overturned a permit on improper notice. I think its true. Verizon in particular has gone to great length to avoid giving notice to people and notice was required to be given to owners or tenants and you have mr. Albred here today. Verizons position was they could chose to notify owners or tenants but not both. Right. If i have in charge of running a race and i say, person who comes in first or second gets a medal. I dont ex fact you to chose the person and not give the person a medal. Its unreasonable interpretation. Hundreds of permits were issued with this background. So, i just want to highlight we need to have notice. If neighbors dont know what is going on, they cant fight back. When we go to our politicians, they always say, well, you know, you need come up and infl
Rate in the population of San Francisco. This includes heart disease, diabetes, cancer and a host of neurological diseases in children and adults including particularly the rate of. Al in San Francisco. We are at a ross roads in San Francisco. We can either reject this roll out and lay the foundation for a safe wired city or we will risk being one of the most toxic cities in the world. I urge you to take the first step to blocking this ordinance. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you. My name is linda smith and i lived in San Francisco since 1985 and im a former editor of the San Francisco chronicle. I have a different story for you today. Earlier this year, seven neighbors got together to impose the permitted installation of a wireless antenna on a light pole outside their building at pacific avenue and webster street. In their appeal, which i have here, and will leave with the clerk, they documented the dpw and Planning Department made incorrect determinations regard north permi
Ronen absent. Commissioner safai . Safai absent. Commissioner walton . Present. Commissioner yee . Present. Yee present. We have quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. Could you please call the next item. Clerk item number. Citizens advisory report. Commissioner stefani is amongst us. Mr. Larson. Good morning, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and commissioners. Im here to report on the november 20th meeting of the c. A. C. Starting with item 5, allocation of 3. 3 million for better Market Street. Critical to the success of the project. Smta noted the project working group, which included business along Market Street and the planned turnaround. As well as coordinating with developers on large projects for midmarket. C. A. C. Members also reacted favorably to the elimination of private vehicle traffic on all of Market Street, in the project area below 10th street. Seeing this as an advantage to reducing congestion and moving transit in this crowded area. The c. A. C. Recommended approval
Heard from countless individuals in the public about their concerns ranging from Health Concerns, anesthetic concerns, underground conditions and private concerns and i think many of these are quite legitimate expressions to members of this board. Its been a frustrating topic of discussion. Ive had the pleasure and pain of participating in these discussion and appeals over the last two decades. Largely in part because the Telecom Industry has, as i said to ms. Blackstone, fairly and squarely purchased a lot of influence at the federal and state levels to tie local governments hands and our ability to regulate this industry responsibly and commence rat with the desires of our citizens. Beginning when i was twoyearsold, with the federal Telecommunications Act, im sorry, i just missed that by 32 years. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, it was the first overhaul of Telecom Regulations in a half century and extending to changes to our state Public Utilities code and Public Utilities commi
Just for the 5th to 8th segment, which is most immediate. But more broadly i think this is if we can get as far ahead of this as possible, i think it will be hugely helpful, especially in light of what weve seen in light of the other large projects, central subway, van ness in particular to have a plan in place to have that outreach and to be able to because this is going on for years. So this and this is right in the heart, obviously core of our city. It couldnt be more important to get this right. But thank you for your work. Chair peskin thank you. Seeing no other questions from members, are there members of the public who would like to testify on this item . Please come up. If youd line up to your right, your left. First speaker, please. First and foremost, lets take the central subway, started with 600 million. And now its about 2 billion. Take the van ness corridor. You dont give a damn how many businesses left the city and county of San Francisco. And you dont give a damn that m