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Board approves settlement in CTIA lawsuit over cellphone health warnings, Avalos votes no
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an ordinance settling a lawsuit brought by CTIA against the City and County of San Francisco, with a 10–1 roll‑call vote on first reading.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by CTIA (the wireless industry association) against the City and County of San Francisco, voting 10–1 to pass the measure on first reading.
The settlement, presented as an ordinance on the consent calendar as Item 8, drew a single formal dissent. Supervisor Avalos said he would "not be supporting this settlement," criticizing what he described as a Ninth Circuit legal standard that, in his view, required the City to prove “without a shadow of a doubt” that scientific consensus shows cell phones are harmful before restricting speech. "I can't support the settlement based on a ruling I believe was just way too extreme," he told…
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