Ban Billboard Blight Protecting the visual environment of Los Angeles

Good:  L.A. Superior Court Judge Terry Green isn’t an expert on toxic substances, but he performed an expert analysis on the city’s noxious 2006 lawsuit settlement that allowed Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor to put up 840 digital billboards by declaring the agreement that denied the public any voice “poison” and sending it to the shredder.

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Posted under Billboards, CBS Outdoor, City Planning Commission, Clear Channel, Digital Billboards, Freeway Billboards, L.A. City Government, Lamar Advertising, Michael McNeilly, Supergraphics, Van Wagner, World Wide Rush

Billboard at 5607 Melrose Ave. That Van Wagner Wants To Remove In Exchange for Credits

What’s up when a billboard company proposes to take down two full-sized billboards on a major commercial street?  If you’re cynical—and you should be where the outdoor advertising industry is concerned—your first question will be:  What’s in it for the company?  And the answer—quite a lot, potentially—should come as no surprise.

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Posted under Billboards, L.A. City Government, Supergraphics, Uncategorized, Van Wagner