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# Q-Line asks residents about visible cell phone equipment in neighborhoods
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/021904-story/
- Published: 2004-02-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:50:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Cell phone companies are pressuring City Hall into allowing them the right to install antennas and other infrastructure throughout Santa Monica to improve reception. Two of them — AT &T and Verizon — have sued City Hall because it doesn’t have an ordinance in place to regulate them and therefore can’t grant them permission.

In response, City Hall has created a draft law that aims to regulate where, when and how the industry will install equipment here. The proposed law will be discussed by the City Council on Feb. 24.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Would you mind visible cell phone equipment in your neighborhood if it meant better reception?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 19, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)