San Francisco authorities say they still can't access Twitter HQ's roof to inspect Elon Musk's 'unsafe' X sign

• San Francisco authorities say they can't access X, formerly Twitter's headquarters.
• The city is trying to inspect Elon Musk's giant light-up X sign set up on the roof.

San Francisco authorities say they still can't access X, formally Twitter's, headquarters to inspect Elon Musk's new sign.

According to complaints filed by the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the company denied a San Francisco city representative access to the building on Friday and Saturday when they attempted to inspect the new light-up structure. A Twitter representative said that the structure was "a temporary lighted sign for an event," per the complaint.

These representatives issued a notice of violation for an "unsafe sign" and for work without a permit.

This is not the first time Musk has run into issues with San Francisco city officials. Last year, the city launched an investigation into Twitter's office bedrooms, eventually telling the CEO to either label the converted bedrooms as sleeping areas or turn them back into offices, Insider previously reported.

The new giant X sign is part of Musk's ambitious rebrand of Twitter. The billionaire announced earlier this month he was changing the platform's name to X, overhauling the platform's logo and some branding.

Reaction to the rebrand has been mixed. The sign in particular has become the subject of social media speculation and upset some locals. One neighbor told local news station KTVU he was "annoyed" at the light pollution outside his home, adding it was "hard to describe how bright" the company's new sign is.

Musk took to Twitter to share a video of the illuminated sign on Saturday after joking that the building's landlord "keeps calling the police about our sign modifications."

Representatives for San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection did not immediately respond to a request for comment, made outside normal working hours. Representatives for Twitter did not respond with an answer that addressed the query.