New billboard plan proposed

Two Los Angeles city councilmembers on Wednesday proposed an ordinance that calls on outdoor advertising companies to voluntarily remove their signs - a welcome plea for critics who say the city is saturated with 8,000 billboards that contribute to urban blight. Sue Doyle in the Daily News.

The proposal doesn't just rely on the good hearts of outdoor advertisers, who have shown little regard for city billboard ordinances in the past.