REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES PART-2
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.
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