Part of the trouble is finding language that will prevent billboards from proliferating, but planners finally have a draft for public review (available in the article).
"The revived effort has been led by Tanner Blackman, City Planning employee and self-described Shepard Fairey fanboy. A few members of the L.A. City Council have also attached their names to the clever new ordinance, which separates the mural-approving process from that of billboards, by way of new time-place-manner restrictions."
"Of course, city politicians are arguably the ones who got us into this ads-versus-art mess in the first place -- by buddying up with profitable advertisers to create the billboard wasteland that Los Angeles has become. And when City Attorney Carmen Trutanich cracked down on the rogue industry, he wiped out street art as a side-casualty."
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U.S. Supreme Court: California's Impact Fees May Violate Takings Clause
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California Grid Runs on 100% Renewable Energy for Over 9 Hours
The state’s energy grid was entirely powered by clean energy for some portion of the day on 37 out of the last 45 days.
New Forecasting Tool Aims to Reduce Heat-Related Deaths
Two federal agencies launched a new, easy-to-use, color-coded heat warning system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors.
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