SB-1228 • 2026

Advertising displays: exemptions: redevelopment agency projects.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rubio
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Referred to Com. on G.O.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on which specific redevelopment agency projects qualify for exemptions, leaving this aspect unclear.

Advertising Displays: Exemptions for Redevelopment Agency Projects

This law allows specific advertising displays within the boundaries of redevelopment agency projects to be exempt from rules about placing ads next to freeways with landscaping or trees.

What This Bill Does

Exempts certain advertising displays developed as part of an individual redevelopment agency project from prohibitions on placing or maintaining such displays adjacent to a portion of a freeway that has landscaping or trees.

Who It Names or Affects

People who own or manage redevelopment agency projects
Advertising companies that want to place ads near freeways

Terms To Know

Redevelopment Agency Project: A project managed by a local government agency aimed at improving an area through economic development.
Landscaping or Trees: Plants and trees that are part of the design to make an area look nicer, often near roads.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify which redevelopment agency projects qualify for these exemptions.
It is unclear how this law will affect existing land use or zoning laws in different areas.

Bill History

2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-04-28 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-27 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2026-04-17 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3873.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1228, as amended, Rubio.
Advertising
displays.
displays: exemptions: redevelopment agency projects.
The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal aid highways. The act prohibits, except as provided, placing or maintaining an advertising display on property adjacent to a portion of a freeway that has a specified coverage area of landscaping or trees at the same or elevated grade of the main-traveled way, as provided. The act does not prohibit a city, county, or city and county from designating the districts or zones in which an advertising display may be placed or prohibited as part of a land use or zoning ordinance. The act also does not prohibit a local governmental entity from entering into an agreement to relocate an advertising display
for any purpose.
This bill would exempt certain advertising displays developed within the boundary limits of, and as part of, an individual redevelopment agency project from the prohibition on placing or maintaining an advertising display on property adjacent to a portion of a freeway that has landscaping or trees, a city, county, or city and county’s land use or zoning ordinance, and a local governmental entity’s relocation agreement, as those are described above.
The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to create a permanent solution for certain advertising displays formerly designated for location in a redevelopment agency.

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