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Calabasas introduces ordinance to regulate mobile billboards and authorize tiered fines
Summary
The council introduced ordinance 2025-417 to expand Calabasas’s definition of mobile billboard advertising to include motorized vehicles on public streets, citing Assembly Bill 436 as enabling authority, and adopted a tiered fine schedule; the introduction passed 5-0.
The Calabasas City Council introduced an ordinance to amend the municipal code definition of mobile billboard advertising and to adopt an updated, tiered fine schedule for signs attached to vehicles on city streets.
Community Development Director Michael Klein said code enforcement discovered regulatory gaps that prevented citation or impoundment of vehicles bearing signs. Code Enforcement Manager Ray Sorya said the proposed change relies on a recent state law—Assembly Bill 436—to treat signs on motorized vehicles the same as other mobile displays while remaining content-neutral and focused on safety and right-of-way concerns.
Sorya showed photographs of vehicles currently outside enforcement authority and proposed a tiered penalty structure (the draft schedule cited penalties starting at $100 for a first violation and escalating on repeat or ongoing violations). Several council members expressed support; one suggested revising daily penalties upward so enforcement would be more of a deterrent. There were no public speakers during the hearing.
The council approved introduction (first reading) of ordinance 2025-417 and associated resolution updating parking and penalty schedules; the matter will return for a subsequent reading. Ray Sorya summarized the intent: to close gaps that left vehicles with attached signs unenforceable under the prior definition of mobile, non-motorized displays.
Vote: Motion to introduce ordinance 2025-417 passed 5-0.
