California city blocks 5G deployments

Restrictions like Mill Valley’s will make it nearly impossible to deploy 5G in a timely manner.

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California city blocks 5G deployments

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Bay Area California city blocks 5G deployments over cancer concerns

Danny Crichton@dannycrich

The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the future.

The city council of Mill Valley, a small town located just a few miles north of San Francisco, voted unanimously late last week to effectively block deployments of small-cell 5G wireless towers in the city’s residential areas.

Through an urgency ordinance, which allows the city council to immediately enact regulations that affect the health and safety of the community, the restrictions and prohibitions will be put into force immediately for all future applications to site 5G telecommunications equipment in the city. Applications for commercial districts are permitted under the passed ordinance.

The ordinance was driven by community concerns over the health effects of 5G wireless…

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