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Judge Throws Out City's Digital Billboard Settlement

By Christine Pelisek, Friday, Oct. 30 2009 @ 12:38PM
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A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today that the city's billboard settlement agreement that allowed 840 digital billboards citywide is invalid.

Superior Court Judge Terry Green ruled that the settlement agreement between the city and billboard giants Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor was invalid because it exempted the digital billboard conversions from any zoning regulations and public hearings. In other words, the city can't legislate away its zoning powers in a lawsuit settlement. The judge called his decision a "slam dunk."

Still up for debate is the fate of the 101 digital billboards that are currently flashing advertisements all over Los Angeles.

The case, which was filed by Summit Media, sought to void the lawsuit settlement that allowed the billboard giants to convert 840 of their billboards to digital. The suit claimed that the settlement agreement unanimously approved by the City Council violated the constitutional rights of Summit Media and other companies that could not convert their billboards into digital.

The 2006 settlement came about after Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor filed a lawsuit in 2002 challenging an ordinance calling for a periodic inventory and inspection of all billboards in the city.

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cbs outdoor, christine pelisek, clear channel, digital billboards, summit media, superior court, terry green
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Marcia Hanscom says:

This is such an awesome decision. It is because reporters like Christine Pelisek have continued to keep this topic in the news that a "slam dunk" decision was able to be reached. Can't wait to read the decision. And to see that visual pollution come down!

Posted On: Friday, Oct. 30 2009 @ 2:56PM
linda says:

Rocky should hang it up instead of running for state Attorney General.

The way he negotiated this billboard agreement in 06 but didn't tell the council the details until after the fact, putting them in a position where they had to ratify it blind OR ELSE be sued by Clear Channel is how he presented it to them, shows how bad a lawyer he was. The only good thing he did was start the Neighborhood Prosecutor program - near the end of his term he started talking about gangs more seriously including the illegal international ones like MS-13, but those sprouted up under his watch.

At least he was little seen when not getting in trouble over insurance problems - unlike the buffoon who's in office now and is not going anything but embarking on rightwing crusades that are getting the city sued bigtine, when he's not threatening to jail, sue and silence the entire city leadership and staff. The only good thing I can think of to say about Rocky is, his lies, egotism and incompetence were small potatoes compared to what we've got now. But that's not enough to mess up the state as Attorney General.

Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 31 2009 @ 9:22PM

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