The Sebastopol City Council adopted a resolution on July 7, 2009 to actively seek and support federal legislation to repeal limitations on state and local authority imposed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that infringe upon the authority of local governments to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of telecommunications towers and other wireless facilities on the basis of the health and environmental effects of these facilities.
The resolution also requests the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pursue a comprehensive global analysis of best practices and scientific evidence in order to update their existing standards and to adequately measure the health impacts of wireless facilities, and calls for greater flexibility for local governments in the State of California to regulate wireless facilities in public rights-of-way.