From: Jennifer LaPorta
To: City Council Public Comments; [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] FCC moves to restrict local authority on cell phone antennae Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 3:04:33 PM
Attachments: Alert Flyer Stop FCC Complete Takeover of Wireless Deployment flyer 10-14.pdf Dear Santa Rosa City Council and Mayor,
Dear Board of Supervisors for Sonoma County,
In the second of two orders released on September 30, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing reforms that purportedly would “free towers and other wireless infrastructure from regulatory burdens imposed at the state and local level.” An analysis of the other FCC order focused on wireline deployments can be found here. This second FCC order proposes rule changes that have been on the wireless industry wish list for some time and industry comments will be voluminous. It is crucial for local governments to voice their concerns about the proposed rule changes.
Please comment on the FCC's docket to say that you want to keep your local telecom ordinance in place. Their proposal would strip cities and counties of local control.
Your ordinances would mean nothing. Game over.
What You Can Do: (Docket Proceeding now open: 25-276: Deadline to be announced soon.) Submit a public comment to the FCC
. Choose express or standard filing, but standard filing preferred (you must create a document and attach it) https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard
FCC Fact Sheet: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-414414A1.pdf see more here:
https://bbklaw.com/resources/la-100825-localities-need-to-respond-to-fcc-rulemaking-proceeding-that-proposes-expanded-federal? utm_campaign=legal%20alerts&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2anqtz- 9q56gdf93ovsryo0vgdjqpckgaqinjkzgaz9egnuaydtdd8nad8lor7yc1kr43wxhvqwnjrgcsfxgoci0vnoksylcsgq&_hsmi=15422438&utm_content=15422438&utm_source=hs_email see attached flyer
Sincerely concerned,
Jennifer LaPorta