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Board approves Verizon wireless permit at 1599 Haight despite neighborhood health and disclosure concerns
Summary
After extensive testimony about cumulative and continuous RF exposure, the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal by Clayton Street Neighbors and approved Verizon's permit (17WR-315) for a personal wireless facility at 1599 Haight Street, with commissioners raising indemnification and standards-review questions.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 23 denied an appeal by Clayton Street Neighbors and approved a permit for a Verizon Wireless personal wireless service facility at 1599 Haight Street (permit number 17WR-315), after a multi-party exchange over FCC guidance, cumulative and continuous radiofrequency exposure, consultant conflicts and whether the board could require indemnification.
Ellis Raskin, attorney for Clayton Street Neighbors, urged the board to require fuller FCC disclosure and analysis. He said the EBI studies that accompanied the permit did not include all "significant contributors to the ambient RF environment" and flagged two specific gaps: cumulative contributions from facilities beyond the study's radius and the lack of an analysis of continuous exposure over years. "We just don't know whether…
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