Hello - I work for the Alameda County Community Development Agency. The
top of my own agenda includes getting some solid lighting policies, and
perhaps an ordinance, in place for the unincorporated area.
Each city will need to adopt its own.
Bruce Jensen
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--- RBissinger@No-Spam wrote:
> Unfortunately this seems to be a growing trend. Over here in Pleasanton
>
> there are often such searchlights from either some furniture store or a
> Toyota dealership near or in Dublin. I suspect the idea is coming up
> from
> southern California where they are ubiquitous, along with those glaring
> freeway billboards that can cast shadows miles away.
>
> The searchlights can easily illuminate the zenith many miles from their
> source, and are worse the more humidity there is. They do, however,
> seem to
> go out after midnight.
>
> On a related note, assuming everyone reading this knows what the IDA is,
> has
> anyone proposed any kind of lighting ordinances to the local governments
> here
> in the east bay? Such ordinances could ban these da**n things. I'm
> currently looking at IDA's materials with the idea of starting a
> dialogue
> with Pleasanton, but with Dublin's illuminating abomination I don't know
> how
> much that will really help. I do know that Pleasanton is planning on
> building some new sports fields and from an earlier conversation with a
> town
> planner, they are completely clueless about light pollution.
>
> So let me know if anyone else has had any discussions with local east
> bay
> communities about light pollution ordinances. Thanks!...Ron Bissinger,
> Pleasanton
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/26/2003 8:20:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> rdcrisp@No-Spam writes:
>
> > Now for the "disturbing new trend". While watching the clouds fill in
> the
> > remaining clear sky last night I noticed that there were two bright
> > searchlights shining on the clouds from some place nearby. You know
> the
> > kind; just like you see in some WWII "Battle of Britian" kind of movie
> that
> > are looking for the enemy aircraft. Could they be from the Oakland
> airport?
> > Could they be from a new car dealership that just opened? Maybe it was
> some
> > other newly opened business? I sure hope it was a one night event,
> because
> > the last thing any of us need anywhere are searchlights zipping
> through the
> > skies at night.
> >
>
>
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Cheers,
Bruce Jensen
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