The city of San Francisco has a problem with the shiny new “X” logo sitting atop the downtown building formerly known as Twitter’s headquarters. City officials have filed a complaint and opened an investigation into whether owner Elon Musk had the proper permits to install the sign, which was erected Friday. Days earlier, Musk announced that Twitter would be rebranded to “X” as part of his ambitious plan to create an “everything app.”Twitter’s iconic blue bird logo is gone from the website, and workers were seen in downtown San Francisco on Monday removing “Twitter” lettering from a sign outside the company’s headquarters. However, police stopped the work, because someone complained that they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe from falling debris. San Francisco police later said there had been a “misunderstanding” among security, the building and the business over whether the workers had permits to take the sign down. An investigation concluded that no crime had been committed and that the incident was not a police matter. POLICE STOP WORK AT TWITTER HQ IN CRIME-RIDEN SAN FRANCISCO OVER PERMIT ‘MISUNDERSTANDING’ Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the downtown San Francisco building that housed what was
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'X' logo installed on Twitter building prompts permit complaint from San Francisco
