Since 2011, we have provided CEQA and NEPA advice to the LA-RICS Authority, a joint powers authority with representatives of more than 25 agencies in the Los Angeles area, responsible for the safety of 10 million Los Angeles County residents.  The Authority is constructing a communication network dedicated exclusively to emergency responders, managing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money to construct more than 200 individual monopole and tower sites for public safety/emergency services infrastructure.  The broadband component of this system will be incorporated in to FirstNet, a nationwide first responder network. Our work for the Authority has included review of a complex EIR for the Land Mobile Radio System, ongoing review of NEPA analyses for consideration by the federal grant managers, and ongoing advice for CEQA and NEPA compliance.  We also played an instrumental role in obtaining legislative approval of a statutory exemption from CEQA for certain sites within the LA-RICS System.