Hollywood Hills Residents Sue LA Officials Over Hollywood Sign Tourism, Citing 18-Foot Roads
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
Hollywood Hills Residents Sue LA Officials Over Hollywood Sign Tourism, Citing 18-Foot Roads
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
Summary
Multiple Hollywood Hills residents filed a public nuisance complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday against the city, Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman over tourism tied to the Hollywood sign.
The complaint says visitors and vendors have turned nearby city property into a hazard zone, citing illegal vending, dumping, regular public urination and defecation, cigarette litter and traffic that blocks residents' movement.
Residents argue the risk is acute because the neighborhood's winding roads average about 18 feet wide, lack sidewalks and could delay fire trucks if a blaze breaks out in the fire-prone hills.
The suit says Los Angeles helped create the problem by promoting lookout points and Lake Hollywood Park for years, including a 2011 brush-clearing project that established the Hollywood Sign Lookout.
The dispute caps a long-running fight over sign tourism in the hills, where residents say crowding and parking chaos have persisted for two decades and the city has already called conditions unsustainable.