Regency Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles California

MEMORANDUM

Regency Outdoor Advertising, Inc. and Virtual Media Group, Inc. (collectively, “Outdoor”) appeal from the district court’s order denying preliminary injunctive relief. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1) and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural background, we need not detail it here.

The district court denied Outdoor’s motion for a preliminary injunction because it concluded that Outdoor lacked standing. The court reasoned that because none of the compliance orders issued by the City of Los Angeles (“the City”) pursuant to its outdoor sign ordinance (“the Sign Ordinance”) were for mural violations, Outdoor had suffered no injury. To have standing, Outdoor must satisfy three elements: (1) injury in fact, (2) the injury was reasonably caused by the challenged conduct, and (3) likelihood that the relief requested, if granted, will redress the injury. See Desert Outdoor Advertising v. City of Moreno Valley, 103 F.3d 814 , 818 (9th Cir.1996).

Based on the alleged impact of the Sign Ordinance on Outdoor, the citation that recited the mural requirements, the response of Outdoor’s lessees, plus other alleged…