Pacific Palisades riled up about cell towers

Pacific Palisades residents want to crackdown on the proliferation of cellphone towers around the area, particularly ones that block vistas and are around parks. The Palisadian-Post has details:

Earlier this year, Pacific Palisades Community Council member Chris Spitz joined her neighbors in opposing the installation of a T-Mobile cell tower near her home on Friends Street. "We wrote letters, and we really fought," said Spitz, who spent weeks researching the regulations regarding cell tower installations. She and her neighbors were concerned that the T-Mobile pole would create aesthetic blight since it would be located next to Potrero Canyon (a public park) and in a coastal zone. The residents also thought there was adequate cell coverage in the area, and they argued that T-Mobile's own Web site even indicated that was the case. Shortly thereafter, T-Mobile withdrew its application.

-- Shelby Grad

Friends Street in Pacific Palisades. Click on the map to learn more about the demographics and schools in this neighborhood in Mapping L.A.