Bill > AB770

This bill amends the Outdoor Advertising Act to provide the City of Los Angeles with more flexible authority to regulate advertising displays in specific geographic areas near highways. The bill allows the city to create an ordinance that establishes a framework for signage with more adaptable guidelines, including defining a range or maximum signage capacity while maintaining specific restrictions. The ordinance must address key parameters like the number and total area of signs, maximum individual sign size, minimum sign separation, illumination regulations, and operating hours. The bill requires that advertising displays cannot promote tobacco, firearms, or sexually explicit material, and must maintain certain spacing requirements between displays. Additionally, if the display is a message center, the owner must make the display available for public service messages or provide funding for such messages. The bill also mandates that the California Department of Transportation verify the display's compliance with federal regulations and that the City of Los Angeles bears primary responsibility for ensuring the display's ongoing conformance with the ordinance. The urgency of the bill stems from a stated need for economic revitalization in downtown urban corridors, and it is designed to take effect immediately.

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