Tag: Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight
Communities debate limits on billboards
The debate on billboards in Los Angeles has not been resolved since the Chronicle last reported on it in July 2017. However, 20 neighborhood councils recently have weighed in by submitting Community Impact Statements advocating limits on digital signage as per the “Version B+” draft billboard ordinance advanced by the City Planning Commission. This version […]
Will digital billboards be blinking in our future?
Elected officials on a city committee have generated controversy by loosening a proposed Citywide Sign Ordinance to permit digital billboards both within sign districts and outside of them. According to the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight, if the committee members’ proposed changes are approved by the full City Council, billboards would be permitted in “commercial” […]
Questions on Paramount plan loom large
Following the close of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) comment period for Paramount’s Hollywood Project, some residents are left with more questions than answers. “Paramount’s project includes building a parking structure next to the building I live in,” says Greg DeGraf, a Bronson Ave. resident. DeGraf’s Larchmont Village apartment, where he has lived for the […]
