By Joshua Sabatini
A proposal to relax the rules for AT&T and the installation of its controversial utility boxes in San Francisco suffered a setback Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors and was referred back to a committee.
In 2011, the board voted to allow AT&T to install the boxes, and years later in subsequent legislation, mandated certain requirements such as landscaping and art murals.
But AT&T is threatening to sue The City over those requirements after permit applications to site some of its boxes were rejected by the Department of Public Works and are being appealed to the Board of Appeals.
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