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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2756
Author: Blumenfield (D) & Feuer (D)
Amended: 8/2/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-1, 6/29/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
NOES: Huff
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 47-19, 4/26/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Mobile billboard
SOURCE : City of Los Angeles
DIGEST : This bill defines "mobile billboard advertising
display" and allows a local authority to regulate these
displays.
ANALYSIS : The California Vehicle Code provides that its
provisions are applicable and uniform throughout the state.
A local authority may not enact or enforce any ordinance
on matters covered by the Vehicle Code unless it expressly
authorizes a local authority to do so.
Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by
ordinance or resolution regarding the following matters:
1. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on
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the highways.
2. Licensing and regulating the operation of vehicles for
hire (e.g., taxis), drivers of passenger vehicles for
hire, tow trucks, and tow truck drivers.
3. Regulating traffic by means of traffic officers,
official traffic control devices, persons authorized for
that duty by the local authority, and at the site of
road construction or maintenance.
4. Operation of bicycles and of electric carts by
physically disabled persons or persons 50 years of age
or older on the public sidewalks.
5. Providing for the appointment of nonstudent school
crossing guards.
6. Regulating the methods of deposit of refuse in streets
for collection.
7. Regulating cruising, closing streets to vehicular
traffic, and diverting traffic under certain
circumstances.
8. Regulating or authorizing the removal by peace officers
of vehicles unlawfully parked in a fire lane on private
property.
9. Designating any highway as a through highway and
requiring that all vehicles observe official traffic
control devices before entering or crossing the highway.
10.Prohibiting certain vehicles from using particular
highways.
11.Closing particular streets during regular school hours
for the purpose of conducting driver training.
12.Temporarily closing a portion of any street for
celebrations, parades, local special events, etc.
13.Prohibiting entry to or exit from any street by means of
islands, curbs, traffic barriers, or other roadway
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design features to implement the circulation element of
a general plan.
The Vehicle Code also prescribes specific fines and
assessments for numerous violations of the code. For
violations for which the code does not prescribe a specific
penalty, the Vehicle Code provides a maximum fine in which
case the Judicial Council may establish the exact fine to
be assessed.
This bill:
1. Defines "mobile billboard advertising display" as an
advertising display that is attached to a wheeled,
mobile, non-motorized vehicle that carries, pulls, or
transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary
purpose of advertising.
2. Allows a local jurisdicition to regulate mobile
billboard advertising displays, including the
establishment of penalties as specified.
3. Allows for the removal of a mobile billboard adversting
display that is parked or left standing in violation of
a local resolution or ordinance if the registered owner
of the vehicle was previously issued a warning citation
for the same offense.
4. Allows a local jurisdiction, rather than posting signs
noticing the local resolution or ordinance, to provide
notice by issuing a warning citations advising the
registered owner that he or she may be subject to
penalties upon a subsequent violation.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/2/10)
City of Los Angeles (source)
Chatsworth Neighborhood Council
Valley Industry Commerce Association
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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
portable advertising signs on unhitched trailers have
surged in many communities across the state. They are
driven to a location where they are detached and parked on
city streets for hours or even days. Not only are they a
visual blight, but they pose a significant safety hazard
when motorists are forced to veer around them into the next
lane of traffic. They also reduce available on-street
parking and impair visibility of pedestrians and drivers.
The City of Los Angeles has attempted to regulate mobile
billboards by way of local ordinance, but the effort has
been mired in litigation and difficult to enforce. In
February the Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution
in support of statewide legislation that would help local
jurisdictions address this problem.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee,
Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Galgiani, Hall,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Portantino,
Ruskin, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada
NOES: Anderson, DeVore, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva, Smyth, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Arambula, Bass, Tom Berryhill,
Caballero, Conway, Cook, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller,
Furutani, V. Manuel Perez, Salas, John A. Perez, Vacancy
JJA:do 8/2/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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