These pages are meant to show what is happening in Los Angeles and thus allow anyone to see the parallels and the possible future for San Antonio. Check out the articles in the "News Happening in San Antonio" to see where some of the same players that were present in Phoenix and that city's change allowing digitals are now present in San Antonio. You will also see that one player was heavily involved in Texas's changes in billboards within the State. Compare everything to what is/has happened in Los Angeles and see if you DO NOT SEE the same thing happening again HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.  

This article below "Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy" is a case study in what a City should NOT DO.  It states that:

    *  The Los Angeles city council members, after the fact, admit that they did not understand what they were going when they allowed digitals.

    *  City staff is no match for the professionals in the billboard industry.

    *  Citizens are hopping mad because there is no effective means of redress to correct the mess created by city council and staff.

Be forewarned.  Let's follow the example of the other major Texas cities - Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin - by banning digitals, rather than become another Los Angeles.

Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy

Silver Lake resident Ric Montejano was walking Sparky, his Chihuahua-mix, when he came upon something that cut him to his "very soul.” Two blocks from his place, on the corner of Silver Lake Boulevard and Effie Street, near a sleek little Italian café and a pricey wine shop, a massive, blazing digital billboard flashed huge images of Sean Combs in his skivvies, a grinning Ellen DeGeneres and an KNBC promo. “I immediately started yelling,” says Montejano, who’s lived in the area since 1972. “Six months down the line there will be three. Then six. There will be no stopping it.” ...(click on link above for the 8 page article of what Clear Channel is doing in Los Angeles and if you believe Mark Mays has the same plans for San Antonio)

U.S. court upholds L.A. ban on billboards

From the Los Angeles Times

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower-court ruling, saying the city's 2002 prohibition of outdoor advertising does not violate a sign company's 1st Amendment right to free speech.By David Zahniser and Phil Willon

January 7, 2009

A federal appellate court issued a ruling Tuesday upholding Los Angeles' citywide billboard ban, handing a rare victory to the city in its uphill battle to regulate outdoor signs.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the city's 2002 outdoor advertising ban does not violate a sign company's 1st Amendment right to free speech, reversing a lower-court ruling.

Outdoor advertising company Metro Lights LLC had argued that the city could not prohibit new "off-site" signs -- images that advertise products not sold...

Here is a story found on National Public Radio concerning digital billboards popping up in Los Angeles neighborhoods and shining their light into people's back yard. The article will take you to a recording from the show which aired November 11, 2008. The recording is a little over 4 minutes long. Please make sure your browser allows pop-up as this link will cause a smaller window to pop-up so you can listen.

Los Angeles' LED Billboards Draw Opposition - from National Public Radio (NPR)

by Gloria Hillard     Listen Now [4 min 21 sec]
All Things Considered, November 11, 2008

Hundreds of Los Angeles' 11,000 billboards are going digital — lighting up neighborhoods with flashing LED ads selling Coke, sitcoms and designer clothing. Some are, however, complaining about light pollution. Now the City Council is considering the billboards' environmental impact.

   There is another story from NPR on page 3 of the "News Happening in San Antonio" following the "Massacre on Mulberry" article. Both stories have to do with trees being "pruned" so you can see Clear Channel's billboards.

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