chairperson maxwell: teddy veerhez, diana scott, leslie valiander. >> i strongly support this legislation as a first step in addressing the issue of wireless telephone equipment being installed over public rights of way in commercial and residential areas of the city. commenting on all of this wireless equipment on utility poles undermines this policy since wireless transmission cannot operate underground. the number, size, and wait along with upsized pg&e power cans are being added to polls that were not -- poles that were not built to hold them. several of the old wooden poles are not sufficient for them. at a specific address in our block, they could not get all of the equipment on their pole and decided unilaterally to run a cable across the street to install more equipment there. dpw has been contacted to investigate and demand to remove that equipment. this example shows a disregard for the existing committee process. finally, it seems the telecom community is putting all their resources into miniaturizing the loans but do not put the same focus on minimizing the size of support equ