T-Mobile West LLC v. City and County of S.F.

*1113 By ordinance the City and County of San Francisco (the City) requires wireless telephone service companies to obtain permits to *1114 install and maintain lines and equipment in public rights-of-way. Some permits will not issue unless the application conforms to the City's established *415 aesthetic guidelines. Plaintiffs assert a facial challenge urging that (1) the ordinance is preempted by state law and (2) even if not preempted, the ordinance violates a state statute. The trial court and the Court of Appeal rejected both arguments. We do likewise.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are telecommunications…