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LA County to consider new wireless ordinance, per proposal by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

News and commentary on wireless infrastructure siting were under the Sunroom Desk Paperweight last week.
Court says cities have the right to bar telecommunications towers, in Monday’s LA Times, discussed the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case Palos Verdes Estates v. Sprint, which Sunroom Desk reported on earlier.
The Glendale News-Press published Cell-tower ordinance could still [...]

Glendale, California does its homework and has an expert understanding of federal and state laws, and court rulings, that affect local control over wireless facilities siting. The city held the first of three community meetings to discuss its new draft wireless ordinance.

Palos Verdes Estates, California wins cell tower appeal against Sprint in Ninth Circuit Ruling, which affirms its right to enforce aesthetic zoning guidelines in the proposed placement of towers.

Glendale, California was cited in two federal tower siting petitions, one to the U.S. Supreme Court and one to the Federal Communications Commission. Both wireless industry petitions sought federal help in overriding local tower siting delays.

T-Mobile v. Anacortes, Washington Ninth Circuit case burdens local governments seeking to keep cell site installations less intrusive.