REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES PART...
REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES PART-2
REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES PART-2 08:11:2006
REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Filed 8/7/06
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
REGENCY OUTDOOR ) ADVERTISING, INC., )
)
Plaintiff and Appellant, )
) S132619
v. )
) Ct.App. 2/4 B159255
CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., )
) Los Angeles County
Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. YC037625
_______________________________________ )
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B. Business and Professions Code Section 5412
Regency also claims that Business and Professions Code section 5412, part of the Outdoor Advertising Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 5200 et seq.), directs that it receive compensation for the allegedly lessened value of its billboards. Section 5412 provides, in pertinent part, â€
Description
Owners and occupiers of roadside property do not possess a right to be seen that requires the payment of compensation for municipal landscaping efforts. Having no injurious effect on any property rights other than the claimed right to visibility. Planting of trees in the vicinity of billboards did not implicate the compensation requirement set forth in Business and Professions Code Sec. 5412. Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 998. It may apply to offers made by defendants in inverse condemnation actions and authorizes an award to a defendant of expert witness fees incurred before the defendant extends its offer to compromise. City's offer to remove one of the trees blocking plaintiff's billboards and pay $1,000 was a good faith offer under Sec. 998 where city was ultimately granted complete defense judgment.
