Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the department from approving the placement of any sign within any urban area with a population of 5,000 or more. However existing law also requires the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Lincoln, and requires the department to report, by January 1, 2020, to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of this provision and on its recommendations as to whether the period of this authorization should be extended, and whether the authorization should be expanded to other urban areas.

This bill would additionally require the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along Interstate 80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee, as specified.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the department from approving the placement of any sign within any urban area with a population of 5,000 or more. However existing law also requires the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Lincoln, and requires the department to report, by January 1, 2020, to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of this provision and on its recommendations as to whether the period of this authorization should be extended, and whether the authorization should be expanded to other urban areas.

This bill would additionally require the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along Interstate 80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee, as specified.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the department from approving the placement of any sign within any urban area with a population of 5,000 or more. However existing law also requires the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Lincoln, and requires the department to report, by January 1, 2020, to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of this provision and on its recommendations as to whether the period of this authorization should be extended, and whether the authorization should be expanded to other urban areas.

This bill would additionally require the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along Interstate 80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee, as specified.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the department from approving the placement of any sign within any urban area with a population of 5,000 or more. However existing law also requires the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Lincoln, and requires the department to report, by January 1, 2020, to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of this provision and on its recommendations as to whether the period of this authorization should be extended, and whether the authorization should be expanded to other urban areas.

This bill would additionally require the department, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of information signs along Interstate 80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee.

CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS

CSA1 Bill Id:AB 223

Author:(Dahle)

As Amended Ver:June 15, 2015

Majority vote

Original Committee Reference: TRANS.

SUMMARY: Authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the placement of Business Logo Signing Program signs along Interstate 80 within, or at the exits leading to, the City of Truckee.

The Senate amendments limit the placement of business logo signs near Truckee to incorporated areas with a population density of less than one person per acre surrounded entirely by land of the Tahoe National Forest.

EXISTING LAW:

1. Directs the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to adopt rules and regulations for its Business Logo Signing Program – i.e., a program to allow the placement of signs near freeways identifying the presence of specific roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, or camping services, approved 24-hour pharmacy services, or specific approved attractions, under the following conditions:

   1. All business applicants must have equal access to the program; and,

   2. Caltrans is prohibited from placing business logo signs within urban areas designated by the United State Bureau of Census as having a population of 5,000 or more (except for the City of Lincoln, as described below).

2. Prohibits the removal of business logo signs placed before January 1, 2003, due solely to population growth in an urban area that results in a population of 5,000 or more but less than 10,000.

3. Authorizes a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for signs along State Route 65 within the City of Lincoln, until January 1, 2021.

FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

COMMENTS: The Business Logo Signing Program was originally created to provide motorists with information regarding specific roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, or camping services alongside along Interstate 5. The program was later expanded to rural areas generally.

Implementing regulations promulgated by Caltrans set forth criteria for businesses to be included in the program. For example, gas stations must meet the following criteria:

1. The business must be generally neat, clean, and have a comfortable appearance and an adequate scope of services.

2. For gas stations, a business must be located within one mile of the freeway interchange and it must provide vehicle services, including fuel, oil, tire repair, battery, and radiator water. It must also provide public restrooms, water fountains, and telephones and it must be open for a specified number of hours per day.

Business logo signs only accommodate six logos per type of service (i.e., food, gas, lodging or camping), and Caltrans does not install more than one sign per type of service. To address situations in which there are more qualified applicants than available logo spaces, Caltrans has developed a priority system. For lodging and camping signs, Caltrans prioritizes businesses that are closest to the highway. For food and fuel signs, priority is based on a point system that values proximity to the highway and longer hours of operation.

Last session, the Legislature passed AB 178 (Beth Gaines), Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013, to help the City of Lincoln. The city's business community had been negatively impacted by the opening of the Lincoln Bypass the year before that diverted traffic from the historic downtown and its fuel and food service providers. Lincoln is not otherwise eligible to participate in the business logo program because its population exceeds the definition of rural.

This bill was introduced to provide a similar, limited-time exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for the City of Truckee. Truckee has a population of over 16,000 and is, like the City of Lincoln, ineligible for participation in the Business Logo Signing Program.

Truckee's population has exceeded the rural threshold since inception of the Business Logo Signing Program so it is not clear why business logo signs were even authorized to begin with. Caltrans was unable to determine why the signs were originally placed but it did confirm that, in 2008, at least 11 business logo sign accounts in the Truckee area were closed when the department realized the signs did not comply with the Business Logo Signing Program guidelines related to population. Following removal of the business logo signs, Caltrans installed general service signs directing traffic to exits where food, fuel, and lodging are available but that do not display specific business logos.

According to the author, businesses in Truckee were negatively impacted following removal of logo signs. The author also suggests this bill is necessary because construction of the Truckee Bypass in 2002 has resulted in a downturn in Truckee businesses.

Analysis Prepared by: Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0001190

 THIRD READING  

Bill No: AB 223

Author: Dahle (R)

Amended: 6/15/15 in Senate

Vote: 21

SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 6/23/15

AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva, McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/30/15 (Consent) - See last page for vote

SUBJECT: Highways: exit information signs

SOURCE: Town of Truckee

DIGEST: This bill requires Caltrans to permit the placement of Business Logo Signing Program signs on Interstate 80 (I-80) within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee, until January 1, 2021.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law:

1. Requires Caltrans to adopt rules and regulations for its Business Logo Signing Program, which allows signs near freeway exits in rural areas to contain information about roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, camping services, approved 24-hour pharmacy services, or approved attractions. These signs display up to six business logos for applicable businesses. Caltrans must provide equal access to all business applicants and may not approve signs in urban areas designated by the United States Bureau of the Census as having a population of 5,000 or more. Caltrans may not remove an information sign that was placed before January 1, 2003, if the population in an urban area grew to more than 5,000 but not less than 10,000 people.

2. Creates a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program and states that Caltrans shall, through January 1, 2021, allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading up to, the City of Lincoln. Caltrans must also report to the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees before January 1, 2020, on the implementation of the exception, and offer any recommendations for extending the exception period and whether or not the authorization for the Business Logo Signing Program should be expanded to urban areas with populations of 5,000 or more.

This bill creates another exemption by requiring Caltrans to permit information signs to be placed on I-80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee. The authorization in this bill shall apply only to incorporated areas with a population density of less than one person per acre surrounded entirely by land of the Tahoe National Forest.

Comments

Purpose of the bill. Around 2008, Caltrans removed at least eight business logo signs in the Truckee area following construction of the Highway 267 bypass and, according to the town, businesses have seen a decrease in business. AB 223 seeks to replace those logo signs to inform travelers of businesses that are available.

City of Lincoln exception. Last session, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB 178 (Gaines, Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013) to help the City of Lincoln. The city’s business community had been negatively impacted by the opening of the Lincoln Bypass the year before, because it diverted traffic from the historic downtown and its fuel and food service providers. Lincoln is not otherwise eligible to participate in the business logo program because its population exceeds the definition of rural.

AB 178 established a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program by allowing business logo signs along State Route 65 until January 1, 2021 and required Caltrans to provide a report on or before January 1, 2020. That report shall include recommendations as to whether or not the business logo program should be expanded, and if so, in what ways.

Why Truckee? According to the source, the Town of Truckee, Truckee is a town deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, surrounded by dense forest and national park land. This national forest land precludes private business signage for miles leading into the town. Truckee is a large incorporated area with fewer than .69 people per acre (spread over 33 square miles) and the last full-service opportunity before leaving the state (25 miles from the next town in Nevada). The source believes that informing drivers will assist public safety at night or during winter driving conditions with chain requirements and snow removal equipment.

Truckee had logo signs on I-80 until 2008 when Caltrans removed the signs and replaced them with generic fuel, lodging, and food signs, because the population did not meet the definition of rural. In fact, Truckee’s population never met the rural threshold, and it is not clear why the business logo signs were authorized to begin with. Since then, the source states that businesses in Truckee, particularly those not located in historic downtown, saw a significant drop in business. Some hotels saw a 20% drop-off in bed nights, which greatly impacts the business and town revenues.

The Lincoln exception was intended to ease the transition for the city’s businesses following the construction of the newly opened bypass for a limited time period. The signs near Truckee were taken down in 2008, during the great recession, more than seven years ago. Caltrans did not merely take down existing signs; Caltrans replaced those signs with generic blue signs with fuel, lodging, and food symbols that provide travelers with information about the location of services. Additionally, the source states that Truckee lost two major businesses, as those businesses moved to Nevada. As a result, this bill seems less designed to assist travelers than to help businesses in an economically struggling town advertise in the public right-of-way.

Related Legislation

AB 179 (Gaines, Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013) authorized a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for signs along the State Route 65 within the City of Lincoln until January 1, 2021.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 7/6/15)

Town of Truckee (source)

Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce

2 Truckee business owners

OPPOSITION: (Verified 7/6/15)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/30/15

AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins

NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Chávez, Gomez

Prepared by: Alison Dinmore / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121

7/7/15 16:21:07

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING

Senator Jim Beall, Chair

2015 - 2016 Regular

Bill No: AB 223 Hearing Date: 6/23/2015

SUBJECT: Business Logo Signing Program: Town of Truckee exception

DIGEST: This bill requires Caltrans to permit the placement of Business Logo Signing Program signs on Interstate 80 (I-80) within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee, until January 1, 2021.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law:

1. Requires Caltrans to adopt rules and regulations for its Business Logo Signing Program, which allows signs near freeway exits in rural areas to contain information about roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, camping services, approved 24-hour pharmacy services, or approved attractions. These signs display up to six business logos for applicable businesses. Caltrans must provide equal access to all business applicants and may not approve signs in urban areas designated by the United States Bureau of the Census as having a population of 5,000 or more. Caltrans may not remove an information sign that was placed before January 1, 2003, if the population in an urban area grew to more than 5,000 but not less than 10,000 people.

2. Creates a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program and states that Caltrans shall, through January 1, 2021, allow the placement of information signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading up to, the City of Lincoln. Caltrans must also report to the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees before January 1, 2020, on the implementation of the exception, and offer any recommendations for extending the exception period and whether or not the authorization for the Business Logo Signing Program should be expanded to urban areas with populations of 5,000 or more.

This bill creates another exemption by requiring Caltrans to permit information signs to be placed on I-80 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Truckee. The authorization in this bill shall apply only to incorporated areas with a population density of less than one person per acre surrounded entirely by land of the Tahoe National Forest.

COMMENTS:

1. Purpose of the bill. Around 2008, Caltrans removed at least eight business logo signs in the Truckee area following construction of the Highway 267 bypass and, according to the town, businesses have seen a decrease in business. AB 223 seeks to replace those logo signs to inform travelers of businesses that are available.

2. City of Lincoln exception. Last session, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB 178 (Gaines, Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013) to help the City of Lincoln. The city’s business community had been negatively impacted by the opening of the Lincoln Bypass the year before, because it diverted traffic from the historic downtown and its fuel and food service providers. Lincoln is not otherwise eligible to participate in the business logo program because its population exceeds the definition of rural.

AB 178 established a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program by allowing business logo signs along State Route 65 until January 1, 2021 and required Caltrans to provide a report on or before January 1, 2020. That report shall include recommendations as to whether or not the business logo program should be expanded, and if so, in what ways.

3) Why Truckee? According to the sponsor, the Town of Truckee, Truckee is a town deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, surrounded by dense forest and national park land. This national forest land precludes private business signage for miles leading into the town. Truckee is a large incorporated area with fewer than .69 people per acre (spread over 33 square miles) and the last full-service opportunity before leaving the state (25 miles from the next town in Nevada). The sponsor believes that informing drivers will assist public safety at night or during winter driving conditions with chain requirements and snow removal equipment.

Truckee had logo signs on I-80 until 2008 when Caltrans removed the signs and replaced them with generic fuel, lodging, and food signs, because the population did not meet the definition of rural. In fact, Truckee’s population never met the rural threshold, and it is not clear why the business logo signs were authorized to begin with. Since then, the sponsor states that businesses in Truckee, particularly those not located in historic downtown, saw a significant drop in business. Some hotels saw a 20% drop-off in bed nights, which greatly impacts the business and town revenues.

The Lincoln exception was intended to ease the transition for the city’s businesses following the construction of the newly opened bypass for a limited time period. The signs near Truckee were taken down in 2008, during the great recession, more than seven years ago. Caltrans did not merely take down existing signs; Caltrans replaced those signs with generic blue signs with fuel, lodging, and food symbols that provide travelers with information about the location of services. Additionally, the sponsor states that Truckee lost two major businesses, as those businesses moved to Nevada. As a result, this bill seems less designed to assist travelers than to help businesses in an economically struggling town advertise in the public right-of-way.

4. Precedent and proliferation of signs. The Business Logo Signing Program is intended to help travelers find services in rural areas, where not all exits provide services. In larger towns and cities, it is assumed that travelers know that almost all exits have services. This bill is likely to set a precedent for other cities to seek similar treatment, because their businesses would equally benefit from highway advertising. Ultimately, expanding the Business Logo Signing Program will result in more highway signage. The proliferation of signs has often been of concern to this committee because it adds to driver distraction and dilutes attention to highway safety signs.

Assembly Votes:

Floor: 77-0

Appr: 17-0

Trans: 15-0

Related Legislation:

AB 179 (Gaines, Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013) — authorized a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for signs along the State Route 65 within the City of Lincoln until January 1, 2021.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No

POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on Wednesday,

June 17, 2015.)

SUPPORT:

Town of Truckee (sponsor)

Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce

2 Truckee business owners

OPPOSITION:

None received

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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2015

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Jimmy Gomez, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 223

Author:(Dahle) – As Introduced Ver:February 3, 2015

Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No

SUMMARY:

This bill requires Caltrans, until January 1, 2021, to allow the placement of business logo signage along Interstate 80 at the exits leading to the City of Truckee (Placer County).

FISCAL EFFECT:

Minor up-front costs to Caltrans to install the signs, fully offset over time by permit fees paid by businesses benefitting from the logo signage.

COMMENTS:

1. Background. The business logo program provides motorists with information signs, along freeways in rural areas with less than 5,000 population, regarding specific roadside businesses offering gas, food, lodging, camping, 24-hour pharmacy services, or approved recreational attractions. Caltrans charges each business benefitting from the program a fee of at least 25% more than Caltrans’ cost for placing and maintaining signs.

Last session, the Legislature passed AB 178, a similar bill to assist the City of Lincoln. That city's business community had been negatively impacted by the opening of the Lincoln Bypass the year before, which diverted traffic from the historic downtown and its fuel and food service providers. Lincoln was not otherwise eligible to participate in the business logo program because its population exceeds the definition of rural.

2. Purpose. This bill intends to provide a similar, limited-time exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for participation by the City of Truckee. Truckee has a population of over 16,000 and, like Lincoln, has always been ineligible for participation in the Business Logo Signing Program.

Caltrans was unable to determine why business logo signs were originally placed near Truckee. In 2008, at least 11 business logo sign accounts in the Truckee area were closed. Following removal of these signs, Caltrans installed general service signs directing traffic to exits where food, fuel, and lodging are available without displaying specific business logos.

According to the author, businesses in Truckee were negatively impacted following removal of logo signs. The author also suggests the bill is necessary because construction of the Truckee Bypass in 2002 has resulted in a downturn in Truckee businesses.

Analysis Prepared by: Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081

Date of Hearing: April 6, 2015

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Jim Frazier, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 223

Author:(Dahle) – As Introduced Ver:February 3, 2015

SUBJECT: Highways: exit information signs

SUMMARY: Authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the placement of Business Logo Signing Program signs along Interstate 80 within, or at the exits leading to, the City of Truckee.

EXISTING LAW:

1. Directs the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to adopt rules and regulations for its Business Logo Signing Program - i.e., a program to allow the placement of signs near freeways identifying the presence of specific roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, or camping services, approved 24-hour pharmacy services, or specific approved attractions, under the following conditions:

1. All business applicants must have equal access to the program; and,

2. Caltrans is prohibited from placing business logo signs within urban areas designated by the United State Bureau of Census as having a population of 5,000 or more (except for the City of Lincoln, as described below).

2. Prohibits the removal of business logo signs placed before January 1, 2003, due solely to population growth in an urban area that results in a population of 5,000 or more but less than 10,000.

3. Authorizes a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for signs along State Route 65 within the City of Lincoln, until January 1, 2021.

4. Requires Caltrans, on or before January 1, 2020, to report to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of the exception for the City of Lincoln. The report is to include recommendations as to whether or not the period of this exception should be extended and whether or not the authorization for the Business Logo Signing Program should be expanded to urban areas having a population of 5,000 or more.

FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriation Committee's analysis of a similar bill last session, AB 178 (Gaines), Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013, the bill will likely have minor costs to Caltrans, which would be offset by fees.

COMMENTS: The Business Logo Signing Program was originally created to provide motorists with information regarding specific roadside businesses offering fuel, food, lodging, or camping services alongside along Interstate 5. The program was later expanded to rural areas generally.

Implementing regulations promulgated by Caltrans set forth criteria for businesses to be included in the program. For example, gas stations must meet the following criteria:

1. The business must be generally neat, clean, and have a comfortable appearance and an adequate scope of services.

2. For gas stations, a business must be located within one mile of the freeway interchange and it must provide vehicle services, including fuel, oil, tire repair, battery, and radiator water. It must also provide public restrooms, water fountains, and telephones and it must be open for a specified number of hours per day.

Business logo signs only accommodate six logos per type of service (i.e., food, gas, lodging or camping), and Caltrans does not install more than one sign per type of service. To address situations in which there are more qualified applicants than available logo spaces, Caltrans has developed a priority system. For lodging and camping signs, Caltrans prioritizes businesses that are closest to the highway. For food and fuel signs, priority is based on a point system that values proximity to the highway and longer hours of operation.

Last session, the Legislature passed AB 178 to help the City of Lincoln. The city's business community had been negatively impacted by the opening of the Lincoln Bypass the year before that diverted traffic from the historic downtown and its fuel and food service providers. Lincoln is not otherwise eligible to participate in the business logo program because its population exceeds the definition of rural.

This bill was introduced to provide a similar, limited-time exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for the City of Truckee. Truckee has a population of over 16,000 and is, like the City of Lincoln, ineligible for participation in the Business Logo Signing Program.

Truckee's population has exceeded the rural threshold since inception of the Business Logo Signing Program so it is not clear why business logo signs were even authorized to begin with. Caltrans was unable to determine why the signs were originally placed but it did confirm that, in 2008, at least 11 business logo sign accounts in the Truckee area were closed when the department realized the signs did not comply with the Business Logo Sign Program guidelines related to population. Following removal of the business logo signs, Caltrans installed general service signs directing traffic to exits where food, fuel, and lodging are available but that do not display specific business logos.

According to the author, businesses in Truckee were negatively impacted following removal of logo signs. The author also suggests the bill is necessary because construction of the Truckee Bypass in 2002 has resulted in a downturn in Truckee businesses.

Committee concern: The exception provided for the City of Lincoln was intended to ease the transition for the city's businesses following construction of the just-opened bypass. The exception is for a limited duration (7 years). The Truckee Bypass, on the other hand, was opened over 12 years ago, well beyond what could arguably be considered a reasonable transition period.

Previous legislation: AB 178 (Gaines), Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013, authorized a limited exception to the Business Logo Signing Program for signs along State Route 65 within the City of Lincoln, until January 1, 2021.

AB 1923 (Dickerson), Chapter 576, Statutes of 2002, was originally introduced to expand the Business Logo Signing Program to areas up to 15,000. AB 1923 was subsequently amended, and eventually signed to prohibit Caltrans from taking down business logo signs in areas with populations that exceeded 5,000 but did not exceed 10,000.

SB 599 (Knight), of 1997, would have required Caltrans to allow business logo signs in areas with populations larger than 5,000 if the city submits a written request to the department for such placement. SB 599 failed passage in the Senate Transportation Committee.

AB 1257 (Chandler), Chapter 560, Statutes of 1992, expanded the business logo program beyond rural areas alongside of Interstate 5 to other rural areas of California.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce

Truckee Town Council

2 private citizens

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093