Fresno City Attorney's Office sends out notice about illegally placed campaign signs

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno City Attorney is putting immoderate campaigns connected announcement astir the placement of their signs.

In a missive dated January 22, the City Attorney's Office reminded each campaigns regarding their motion placements.

The City Attorney's Office is looking to instrumentality an acquisition attack with the campaigns connected wherever the signs tin beryllium placed.

"We admit the information that sometimes it's not the campaigns itself that are putting up the signs," said Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz.

"Sometimes it's volunteers. Sometimes, it's supporters that instrumentality signs from 1 spot to another. So we're precise sympathetic of that."

The City Attorney's bureau said erstwhile it comes to the motion placements, everyone is going to beryllium treated equally. But if these campaigns don't comply, they tin wage a good starting astatine $146.

On a agelong of Blackstone Avenue, 3 signs could beryllium seen connected the halfway median. One motion advertised an upcoming show, the different sold 49er crippled time gear, and the different belonged to a campaign.

Janz said his bureau received aggregate complaints from radical implicit the past respective weeks astir wherever run signs are being placed passim the city.

"Signs that are placed successful the nationalist close of way, places similar medians, sidewalks, connected inferior poles, that violates the municipal code," said Janz.

On Tuesday, the City Attorney's bureau said it sent retired 2 letters to 2 abstracted campaigns, asking them to travel into compliance. According to the city, 1 of those campaigns is Dion Bourdase. Bourdase is moving for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors successful District Two.

ABC 30 caught up with Bourdase Tuesday afternoon, who said helium had not received the letters.

Bourdase believes his signs are successful compliance with the state's outdoor advertising.

"The close to enactment retired signs for governmental purposes is simply a constitutionally protected right," said Bourdase.

"The mode we are capable to amusement our candidacy to the radical and the mainstream media."

The Outdoor Advertising Act states nary advertizing shall beryllium placed successful locations that are successful the close of mode of a highway. But the City of Fresno has its ain code, regarding motion placement.

"When you person signs that are successful the median, if you person signs that are hanging connected the inferior poles, they truly go a distraction for drivers. Janz besides adds the signs should lone beryllium placed connected backstage spot with support from the owner.

Over the past respective months, the City Attorney's bureau has been confiscating illegally placed signs. It's not conscionable run signs either

"There are folks that are advertizing concerts and events that are happening successful the city," said Janz, "they excessively person to travel into compliance."

Bourdase told ABC30 helium spent astir $1,500 dollars for his run signs and designed them truthful it's not excessively distracting.

"The lone clip you're truly expected to admit them is erstwhile you're coming to a stop," said Bourdase.

Bourdase removed his motion on Blackstone. The metropolis said campaigns tin prime up their confiscated signs. They person a period to interaction the City Attorney's codification enforcement office.

ABC30 besides reached retired to Matthew Gillian's run astir the placement of his signs. Gillian is moving for Fresno City Council District 2.

The run said determination whitethorn person been a mistake successful the placement of a sign, and it's being moved, but it didn't person immoderate circumstantial locations from the city.

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