Hams must remove repeaters from CA mountaintops or pay huge fees [pdf]
Hams at their own expense create and maintain a statewide emergency communication system and some government bureaucrat on a whim wants it all disbanded.<p>So the next time a city or state needs ham volunteers to maintain communications during an emergency they won't be able to do it.  Even for California that's pretty fouled up.<p>My local club had a partnership with the local Red Cross, had our own club station and held meetings there for over sixty years.  Then a new manager decides he can use the room we were using in the basement and kicked the club out.  Sadly there was no appeal.  I hope the California hams have better luck.