Elevue

INTRODUCTION

Elevue, Inc.’s business is posting temporary advertising signs at construction sites. Los Angeles Municipal Code section 14.4.17 (section 14.4.17) authorizes those signs. The trial court issued a writ of mandate striking down section 14.4.17 as unconstitutional. Elevue appealed. Because the City of Los Angeles (City) amended section 14.4.17 in its entirety and reinstated the section after the writ was issued, the appeal is dismissed as moot.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Elevue erects temporary advertising signs at construction sites. The signs are authorized by section 14.4.17. The City gave Elevue a permit and renewal permit to post signs on a property. But the City ultimately revoked Elevue’s renewal permit because Elevue did not have a letter of consent from the Director of the Office of Community Beautification (Director), which was required under section 14.4.17, subdivision (C)(iii), at the time. Elevue petitioned for a writ of mandate to reinstate the renewal permit. Elevue argued subdivision (C)(iii) was unconstitutional because it did not have objective standards to govern the Director’s consent. After a hearing on May 30, 2019, the trial court…