Billboard moratorium approved

The City Council unanimously approved a three- month moratorium on billboards Wednesday, buying time to come up with new regulations for what some residents say are becoming a blight on their communities.Brandon Lowrey in the Daily News.

Many of the complaints came from Angelenos irked by bright, flashing digital signs.

We're "confronted at every turn with sales pitches," said Dennis Hathaway, president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight. "People do not want public spaces for trees, benches, fountains and other amenities ... displaced by light-and-sound shows serving the advertising industry and their clients."