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Board continues appeal hearing on AT&T Lightspeed exemption after hours of testimony
Summary
Supervisors heard more than three hours of testimony on whether AT&T's planned Lightspeed cabinets require an Environmental Impact Report. Planning staff recommended the categorical exemption; appellants and dozens of residents urged a full EIR. The board voted to continue the appeal to a later meeting for further review and outreach.
The Board of Supervisors closed a multi‑hour hearing on an appeal of the Planning Department's categorical exemption for AT&T's Lightspeed network and voted to continue the matter for further consideration.
The hearing, which drew neighborhood groups, labor representatives and company officials, centered on whether AT&T's plan to install hundreds of new street cabinets and related equipment is exempt from environmental review under CEQA or whether the scale and cumulative effects require an Environmental Impact Report. Planning staff recommended upholding the department's Class 3 categorical exemption; appellants urged the board to overturn that decision and require an EIR.
Appellants and many neighborhood speakers argued the scale'726 cabinets in San Francisco'could create…
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