20250AB__077094CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-18 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-03-03 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-06-13 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-09-04 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-12 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-09 ENROLLED 2025-09-16 CHAPTERED 2025-10-13 APPROVED 2025-10-13 FILED 2025-10-13 2025 AB CHP CHP 0 Introduced by Assembly Member Mark González (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Elhawary) (Principal coauthors: Senators Durazo and Smallwood-Cuevas) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bryan, Calderon, Caloza, Carrillo, Fong, Gabriel, Gipson, Haney, Harabedian, Lackey, Lowenthal, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Quirk-Silva, Celeste Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Schiavo, Schultz, Solache, Wicks, and Zbur) (Coauthors: Senators Archuleta, Gonzalez, Pérez, Rubio, Strickland, Umberg, Valladares, and Wahab) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Mark González PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Elhawary PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR SENATE Durazo PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR SENATE Smallwood-Cuevas COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bryan COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Calderon COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Caloza COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Fong COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gabriel COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gipson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Haney COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Harabedian COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lackey COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lowenthal COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY McKinnor COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Muratsuchi COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Quirk-Silva COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Celeste Rodriguez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Michelle Rodriguez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Blanca Rubio COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schiavo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schultz COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Solache COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wicks COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Zbur COAUTHOR SENATE Archuleta COAUTHOR SENATE Gonzalez COAUTHOR SENATE Pérez COAUTHOR SENATE Rubio COAUTHOR SENATE Strickland COAUTHOR SENATE Umberg COAUTHOR SENATE Valladares COAUTHOR SENATE Wahab

An act to amend

Section 5272.2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to outdoor advertising, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. outdoor advertising, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Advertising displays: City of Los Angeles: exemption: ordinance.

(1) The Outdoor Advertising Act, a violation of which is a crime, provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways.

Existing law exempts from certain provisions of the act advertising displays located in specific geographic areas in the City of Los Angeles if those displays meet prescribed conditions and requirements, including the condition that the advertising display is authorized by, or in accordance with, an ordinance adopted by the City of Los Angeles that regulates advertising displays by identifying the specific displays or establishing regulations that include, at a minimum, specified restrictions, as provided.

This bill would authorize the ordinance adopted by the City of Los Angeles to authorize a framework of allowable signage that preserves flexibility in the ultimate placement, sizing, and scope of advertising displays, and define a range or maximum signage capacity, as specified. The bill would also authorize the City of Los Angeles to adopt implementing ordinances that sequence or phase the authorization of advertising displays over time.

(2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. TWO_THIRDS NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 5272.2 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 5272.2. (

a) With the exception of

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 5300) and Sections to 5404, inclusive, this

chapter does not apply to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles bounded by Wilshire Boulevard on the northeast, S. Figueroa Street on the southeast, Interstate on the southwest, and State Route on the northwest, or to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles on the westerly side of State Route bounded by West 8th Place, James M.

Wood Boulevard, and Golden Avenue and bounded by 7th Street, South Bixel Street, West 8th Street, and Garland Avenue, or to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles on the westerly side of State Route bounded by West Sunset Boulevard, North Bronson Avenue, Harold Way, and North Van Ness Avenue, and bounded by State Route 101, Vista Del Mar Avenue, Yucca Street, and Argyle Avenue, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) (

A) The advertising display is authorized by, or in accordance with, an ordinance, including, but not limited to, a specific plan or sign district, adopted by the City of Los Angeles that regulates advertising displays by identifying the specific displays or establishing a set of regulations that include, at a minimum, all of the following: (

i) Number of signs and total signage area allowed. (ii) Maximum individual signage area. (iii) Minimum sign separation. (iv) Illumination restrictions and regulations, including signage refresh rate, scrolling, and brightness. (

v) Illuminated sign hours of operation. (

B) The ordinance adopted by the City of Los Angeles described in this paragraph may authorize a framework of allowable signage that preserves flexibility in the ultimate placement, sizing, and scope of advertising displays, so long as those displays remain within the adopted limits and conditions described in this section. (

C) The ordinance adopted by the City of Los Angeles described in this paragraph may define a range or maximum signage capacity with which the City of Los Angeles and its designated partners may subsequently determine the final placement, size, and configuration of advertising displays.

(2) The owner of the advertising display has submitted to the department a copy of the ordinance adopted by the City of Los Angeles authorizing the advertising display and identification of the provisions of the ordinance required under paragraph (1) and the department has certified that the ordinance meets the minimum requirements contained in paragraph (1).

(3) The advertising display will not advertise products, goods, or services related to tobacco, firearms, or sexually explicit material. (4) (

A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), there shall be at least feet between any two advertising displays located on the same side of the freeway unless the advertising displays are separated by buildings or other obstructions in a manner that only one of the advertising displays is visible from any given location on the freeway. For purposes of determining compliance with the spacing requirement, the distance between advertising displays shall be measured along the nearest edge of pavement between points directly opposite the advertising displays along each side of the freeway. (

B) The spacing requirement in subparagraph (

A) does not apply to an advertising display that advertises only the business conducted, services rendered, or goods produced and sold upon the property upon which the advertising display is located and that, accordingly, is not subject to the requirements of this chapter. (

C) When counting the number of advertising displays and measuring the distance between them for purposes of subparagraph (A), the advertising displays described in subparagraph (

B) shall be excluded from the count, and no measurements shall be made relative to the excluded advertising displays for purposes of subparagraph (A).

(5) This

chapter does not limit the City of Los Angeles from adopting ordinances prohibiting or further restricting the size, number, or type of advertising displays permitted by this section. The City of Los Angeles may also adopt implementing ordinances that sequence or phase the authorization of advertising displays over time, provided that the total number, size, and area of those displays do not exceed the maximum limits certified under this section.

(6) If the advertising display is a message center, the owner of the display shall do one of the following: (

A) Make the message center display available on a space-available basis for use by the department or the Department of the California Highway Patrol for public service messages, including Emergency Alert System (Amber Alert) messages disseminated pursuant to

Section of the Government Code, and messages containing, among other things, reports of commute times, drunk driving awareness messages, reports of accidents of a serious nature, and emergency disaster communications. (

B) Make a message center display not subject to this

section that is under the control of the owner of the advertising display available on a space-available basis for public service messages in a location acceptable to the department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. (

C) Provide funding to the department for the installation of a message center display to accommodate those public service messages, which may include funding as part of mitigation in connection with the approval of development of the property on which the message center display is located by the City of Los Angeles. (b)

(1) Before the advertising display authorized pursuant to subdivision (

a) may be placed, the department shall determine that the display will not cause a reduction in federal aid funds or otherwise be inconsistent with any federal law, regulation, or agreement between the state and a federal agency or department.

(2) If the department is unable to make the determination required pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall request the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation to make the determination. Upon receipt of a determination by the FHWA that makes the finding described in paragraph (1), the advertising display may be placed. (

c) The City of Los Angeles shall have primary responsibility for ensuring that a display authorized pursuant to subdivision (

a) remains in conformance with all provisions of the ordinance and of this section. If the City of Los Angeles fails to ensure that the display remains in conformance with all provisions of the ordinance and of this

section after days of receipt of a written notice from the department, the City of Los Angeles shall hold the department harmless and indemnify the department for all costs incurred by the department to ensure compliance with the ordinance and this

section or to defend actions challenging the adoption of the ordinance allowing the displays.

SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of

Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: There is an urgent public health and safety need for economic revitalization in downtown corridors of cities.