Airtouch Cellular v. City of El Cajon

How courts have described this case

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• finding substantial evidence (letters; petition; testimony regarding aesthetics, property values, safety, and privacy; and photographs
• noting the city’s decision denying permit “mention[ed] the difficulty of ‘assuring the residents of security and safety in their own homes,’” which was “a question of police power, not merely another ‘Not in My Backyard’ complaint”
• finding substantial evidence supported permit denial where, in addition to witness testimony, “the record contain[ed] photographs of the proposed site, reports by the PC’s Staff, news articles about the site, and a petition signed by 212 residents opposing the project
• city may rely on statements when “they are based on personal experience and not mere speculation”
• accepting parties’ stipulation that city bears burden of proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).