Category Archives: Democracy

LA City Council Directs LADWP to Give the Lawsons an Analog; Seven Weeks of Living Without Electricity Apparently at an End

The Lawson family attended yesterday’s Los Angeles City Council meeting to describe their challenges with LADWP, and the utility’s failure to address the family’s urgent health issues that came about after a “smart” meter was installed on their home.   In … Continue reading

Posted in California, Changing a Meter, Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, Democracy, Los Angeles | 4 Comments

Don’t Look the Other Way; Do What’s Right

Opportunity to Speak to the California Public Utilities Commission:  Thursday, April 4th  8:45am sign in for a 9am start. California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue – Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94102 Any member of the public can speak for … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, neighborhood organizing | 6 Comments

Edison Meters Suspected in Long Beach Throat Cancer Case

StopSmartMeters.Org recently received this account from a man in Long Beach, CA. Detractors say this type of account is “just anecdotal” and does not hold scientific or medical weight.  But how many firsthand accounts need to pile up before action … Continue reading

Posted in California, Cancer, Changing a Meter, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, health effects, Installer Threats and Assaults, Los Angeles, Physicians, radio-frequency radiation, SCE | 12 Comments

CALIFORNIA: TAKE ACTION TO REMOVE CPUC PRES. PEEVEY

From the grassroots wire: Enough is enough! We can get nowhere with Peevey in office. CA Public Utility Commissioner President Michael Peevey (formerly Southern CA Edison CEO) has shown incompetence, conflicts of interest, and disdain for people he puts in … Continue reading

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Utility Blackmail: PG&E Threatens City of Sebastopol’s Service

In response to the City of Sebastopol’s recent ordinance (pdf) prohibiting “smart” meter installation, and the council’s willingness to use police powers to enforce that ordinance, Pacific Gas & Electric Company is now essentially threatening to disconnect the entire community … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Police, Sonoma County | 10 Comments