{"id":3029,"date":"2011-08-24T07:46:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2011-08-24T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T20:39:00","slug":"community-groups-file-lawsuit-over-att-utility-box-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3029\/community-groups-file-lawsuit-over-att-utility-box-installations\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Groups File Lawsuit <br>Over AT&#038;T Utility Box Installations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3030\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3030\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3030\" title=\"David-Crommie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/David-Crommie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/David-Crommie.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/David-Crommie-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Paul Sakuma\/AP.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 24, 2011<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of community groups will file a lawsuit today to halt the installation of 726 AT&amp;T U-Verse utility boxes on San Francisco sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is being filed by San Francisco Beautiful and co-litigants, San Francisco Tomorrow, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association, Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association, and Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->&#8220;We really don\u2019t want to sue, but we are left no choice when the City refuses to uphold its own environmental codes and is about to give away our sidewalks for the benefit of a private company without any objective review,&#8221; said Milo Hanke, past president of San Francisco Beautiful.\u00a0 &#8220;We are confident that an Environmental Impact Report will advance commonsense mitigation methods, such as placing the equipment on private property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/att_uverse_eir_20110523\/_w2w5007_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milo Hanke.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The coalition is filing the lawsuit to compel The City to conduct an environmental review as required by CEQA, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Environmental_Quality_Act\">California Environmental Quality Act<\/a>. CEQA requires that an environmental impact report (EIR) be prepared before The City considers any project that may have significant environmental impacts, including cumulative effects on aesthetics.\u00a0 The lawsuit\u00a0 seeks to immediately halt the installation of any utility boxes while the case is pending.<\/p>\n<p>The groups say the large boxes pose a pedestrian hazard and will significantly impact public walkways.<\/p>\n<p>Following an aggressive lobbying campaign, the Board of Supervisors in July granted AT&amp;T a categorical exemption to install the boxes without an EIR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coalition is filing the lawsuit to compel The City to conduct and environmental review as required by CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act. CEQA requires that an environmental impact report (EIR) be prepared before the City considers any project that may have significant environmental impacts, including cumulative effects on aesthetics.  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