Los Angeles' LED Billboards Draw Opposition

November 12, 2008 - 12:58pm — Bibliofuture

Story on NPR:
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. Listen to full piece here.

Some articles to consider when debating the banning of billboards:

Menthe, D. Writing on the Wall: The Impending Demise of Modern Sign Regulation Under the First Amendment and State Constitutions. George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal v. 18 no. 1 (Fall 2007) p. 1-50

Burnett, D., student author Judging the Aesthetics of Billboards. The Journal of Law & Politics v. 23 no. 2 (Spring 2007) p. 171-231

Calo, M. R., Scylla or Charybdis: Navigating the Jurisprudence of Visual Clutter. Michigan Law Review v. 103 no. 7 (June 2005) p. 1877-98

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November 20, 2008 - 2:42pm — Auntie Nanuuq (not verified)

Los Angeles' LED Billboards Draw Opposition

Living in L.A., I find we have overkill when it comes to billboards...and I find that many these days are rather offensive and are visually assaulting.

The new LED billboards are nicer to look at during the day....they change every few seconds, they are more attractive, but at night Oh My! They do light up the world! During the day the lights are somewhat muted by the brightness of the sun.

If it was up to me...there would be no billboards....I believe them to be a blight on the landscape (what is left of it).