SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. A South Lake Tahoe woman and several nonprofit groups are taking their fight against cell towers to the California District Court.
Monica Eisenstecken, Tahoe Stewards, LLC, Tahoe for Safer Tech, and the Environmental Health Trust are asking the court to put a halt on the development of new cell towers and wireless antennas and facilities.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and its board and Tahoe Prosperity Center have both been named in the suit as well as Verizon Wireless.
When a cell tower was approved by South Tahoe officials to be built across the street from Eisenstecken’s home, she appealed the city’s decision. She, along with many members of the community cited health and environmental concerns from the cell towers and small cell boxes, as well as fear of a decrease in property value.