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Board adopts tighter restrictions on signs posted to lampposts and utility poles
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to amend the Public Works Code to increase restrictions on signs attached to city-owned lampposts and utility posts on commercial streets after a multi-member discussion and a Legislative Analyst Office summary of other cities’ rules.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Aug. 1 adopted an ordinance amending Article 5.6 of the Public Works Code to increase restrictions on signs posted to city-owned lampposts and utility posts on commercial streets.
Supporters and several supervisors framed the change as an effort to reduce maintenance costs and visual clutter on public rights-of-way; opponents and some supervisors urged the board to consider the effect on lower-budget political campaigns and other community postings. The board adopted the measure by roll call vote during the consent/adoption portion of the meeting.
The ordinance amends the code to tighten where and how material may be affixed to poles in the public right-of-way. Legislative Analyst Andrew Murray told the board his office surveyed other jurisdictions and…
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