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Shows SoCal Connected Special Series Billboards

They're popping up everywhere, and they're not all legal — billboards, digital signs, and so-called "super graphics," which cover entire buildings. Thousands of these illegal billboards have sprung up in Los Angeles, but city officials have been either unwilling or unable to enforce their own ban. Watch the full series below, and check out the extra reports, updates and opinion that accompany it.

Billboard Confidential - Part 1

Los Angeles is the billboard capital of the nation, and some say it's an environmental disaster. But city leaders don't seem to be paying much attention.
Billboard Confidential - Part 2

In the second part of our series, we take a look at the issue of digital billboards. We question why leaders approved the installation of 877 digital billboards and whether that's good for Los Angeles.
Billboard Confidential - Part 3

A third installment on the investigation of the booming billboard business in Los Angeles.
Billboard Confidential - Part 4

In the fourth installment of our investigation, we catch up with Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa. You may be surprised to hear how he wants residents to do the job of city employees when it comes to cleaning up the signs of L.A.

Features

Billboards: Blight or Art?

Ad-Buster

Opinion

Commentary with Sam Hall Kaplan

Graffiti Is The Poor Man's Advertising Campaign

Let There Be Lights

Producer's Notes

Behind the Billboards

by Karen Foshay

Now that I've done a story on billboards, I can no longer drive down the street without noticing them — big ones, small ones, bright ones, ugly ones.

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