Unlawful signs trash our village

Post no signs: drive around and take a look. Throughout Fallbrook, signs are pinned, nailed and taped to stop signs, lampposts, telephone poles, and trees. Some are old, torn, faded; unreadable. You see ‘yard sale,’ ‘moving sale,’ ‘apartment for rent,’ ‘lost dog;’ it just trashes our village.

You are not allowed to put a sign anywhere on a telephone pole that can be used as your personal billboard. California Penal Code section 556.1 says: “It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain or cause to be placed or maintained upon any property in which he has no estate or right of possess...