Action Alert: Attend the upcoming City Council meeting
The digital kiosks proposal will be heard by the San Diego City Council during the 2 pm session of their meeting on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. It is vital to voice your opposition to this drastic expansion of outdoor advertising. Here is how:
The proposed system, comprised of 50 digital kiosks positioned throughout downtown San Diego, would bring intrusive digital advertising to the center of the city, in violation of the historic ban on new outdoor advertising (San Diego Municipal Code §142.1201-142.1293). These signs would create a proliferation of garish advertising that would harm quality of life for the people of San Diego and would bring ugly visual pollution to our city.
The proposal for this system is not legally or economically sound. A report issued on November 25, 2022 by the Office of The Independent Budget Analyst (IBA Report Number 22-31) cautioned against the plan and advised that the proposal would undermine the current sign regulations, and that revenue potential for the city would be limited. The report identified many more viable options for pursuing revenue opportunities.
We plead for the City Council to vote NO on this proposal. Authorizing this wayfinding system will undermine the sign regulations that have protected the visual beauty of San Diego, and which have made it a beautiful and attractive place to live, for more than 50 years.
- Attend the June 6 City Council meeting in person at City Hall downtown.
Speak or cede time to our coordinator Pam Wilson, so she can speak for more than one minute. The item number #334 calendared for the afternoon session beginning at 2 pm. View agenda and instructions for providing testimony. Get driving directions | Download parking info. - Join the meeting virtually by Zoom or telephone (1-669-254 5252, meeting ID 160 114 3486). Launch Zoom .
- Submit written comments on the city council website. You may write your own message or use the sample language below. Submit your comments.
The proposed system, comprised of 50 digital kiosks positioned throughout downtown San Diego, would bring intrusive digital advertising to the center of the city, in violation of the historic ban on new outdoor advertising (San Diego Municipal Code §142.1201-142.1293). These signs would create a proliferation of garish advertising that would harm quality of life for the people of San Diego and would bring ugly visual pollution to our city.
The proposal for this system is not legally or economically sound. A report issued on November 25, 2022 by the Office of The Independent Budget Analyst (IBA Report Number 22-31) cautioned against the plan and advised that the proposal would undermine the current sign regulations, and that revenue potential for the city would be limited. The report identified many more viable options for pursuing revenue opportunities.
We plead for the City Council to vote NO on this proposal. Authorizing this wayfinding system will undermine the sign regulations that have protected the visual beauty of San Diego, and which have made it a beautiful and attractive place to live, for more than 50 years.
San Diego Planning Commission
Phone (619) 517-4193 or email PDS.PlanningCommission@sdcounty.ca.gov.
San Diego City Council
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