U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 12, 2019
Wireless carriers have big plans for city streets: are cities powerless to stop them?
With SB 649 defeated and a recent California Supreme Court ruling, it would seem it is settled law in California that localities are free to regulate wireless facilities in the public rights of way based on aesthetics. Don’t count on it
Gail A. Karish
Partner
Best, Best & Krieger LLP
Phone: (213) 605-1603
Email: gail.karish@bbklaw.com
Gail focuses her practice on telecommunications, assisting clients in California and across the country with a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters involving broadband and fiber networks, cable and telecom franchising, wireless communications and public-private partnerships. Her clients are mainly public agencies, such as local governments, water districts and municipal utilities.
Chances are high that nearly every city council in California has had wireless antennas on its agenda recently. They likely appear as an appeal hearing for a permit application, new ordinance adoption, a contract approval for street lights use, or a closed session on litigation. This is because wireless carriers are increasingly seeking to place "small cell" antennas and equipment on existing utility poles and street lights and other new poles in city streets. These a...
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