is out of control, how have other jurisdictions, major cities, dealt with billboards better than Los Angeles?
The difference between Los Angeles and other cities is that other places have taken the enforcement role seriously. Every city in the United States has a sign code, including Los Angeles. The question is whether sign codes are enforced, or whether exemptions or special cases are carved out from it that weaken the overall approach to sign regulation. Places that take it seriously do not create a lot of exemptions or exceptions. If you really want to get serious about billboard control, which many communities do, the only really effective way to do so is to completely ban all new billboards within the city’s jurisdiction. If you completely ban all new signs, over time the billboard problem will be reduced. You’re also not allowing the intrusion of new technologies like digital billboards and wall wraps to come in and further obliterate the visual quality of the place. It’s an enforcement issue, it’s having strict codes, and it’s a ban on all new signs, which they did in Houston, Jacksonv
