Bill > AB770

This bill amends the Outdoor Advertising Act to create a specific exemption for advertising displays at convention centers in a defined area of Los Angeles. The bill allows advertising displays on convention center premises that meet certain criteria, including having a capacity of at least 15,000 seats and exceeding 700,000 square feet. These displays must comply with specific city ordinances regulating signage and are prohibited from advertising tobacco, firearms, or sexually explicit material. If the display is a message center, the owner must either make space available for public service announcements or provide funding for such displays. The bill requires that if a federal agency indicates the display might reduce highway funding, the display owner must remove advertising within 60 days unless a remediation is negotiated. The City of Los Angeles will have primary enforcement responsibility and must indemnify the state transportation department for any compliance issues. Additionally, the bill requires the state transportation department to include support for convention center advertising displays when negotiating federal highway agreements. The bill is declared an urgency statute, citing the need for economic revitalization in downtown urban corridors, and will take effect immediately.

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