San Francisco Loses Round in Legal Fight Over “Mom and Pop Store” Billboards

Contest Promotions sign in L.A. advertising movie "Repo Man." Sign has city permit for "on-site" advertising.

In 2002, voters in San Francisco overwhelmingly approved a no-exceptions ban on all new billboards and other forms of off-site advertising.  However, last week an L.A.-based sign company won a ruling in federal court that could seriously undermine that ban, and may have implications for the effort to limit outdoor advertising here in Los Angeles.

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May 23rd, 2010 Posted to Billboards,Contest Promotions,Gary Shafner,National Promotions & Advertising | Comments (0)

Contest Promotions Signs: Helping Mom & Pop Stores, Or Creating Illegal Blight?

Sign, left, on outside wall of laundromat, right

Going to a laundromat to buy cottage cheese or sour cream isn’t something most people would think of doing, and in fact those products aren’t for sale in the  laundromat pictured above.   Nevertheless, the sign on the side of the building advertising Knudsen dairy products is permitted as an on-site sign, defined by city code as one directing attention to a product or service offered on the premises.

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March 22nd, 2010 Posted to Billboards,Contest Promotions,Gary Shafner,L.A. City Government,National Promotions & Advertising,Uncategorized | * Comments (1)