Covenant Media of California, L.LC. v. City of Huntington Park

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

On April 19, 2005, Covenant Media of California, L.L.C. filed this action against the City of Huntington Park, California, challenging the City’s rejection of Covenant’s applications to display advertising signs. Covenant contends that the City’s sign regulation, codified at Title 9, Chapter 3, Article 9, § 9-3.1201, et seq. (the “Prior Sign Ordinance”) is unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article 1, section 2 of the California Constitution. Covenant seeks (1) a preliminary and permanent injunction against enforcement of defendant’s sign restrictions; (2) an order directing defendant to permit plaintiff to display the signs that were the subject of its applications; (3) an order directing defendant to provide the necessary certification to the State of California; (4) actual, consequential, presumed, and general damages; (5) attorneys’ fees and costs of bringing suit; and (6) such other and further relief as the court deems just and equitable.

By this motion, Covenant “requests that the Court enter an order preliminary enjoining enforcement of the [Prior]…