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9A Page 14 Court of Appeal Upholds City Ban on Mobile Biilboard Advertising The California Court of Appeai eaNier this week upheld the City of West Hoilywood's ordinance prohibiting ail mobile biliboard advertising within the city. The case is Showing Animals Respect and Krndness v. City of Wesf Nollywood. Showing Anirnals Respect and Kindness(SHARK)is a nonprofit organization that campaigns against animal cruelry. The organization opera#ed a truck with four 100-inch video screens mounted on the outside, which showed scenes of animals being injured or killed. This truck also had signs protesfing animal cruelty and broadcasted the cries of animals being abused.A driver of the truck was cited for violating the city ordinance which SHARK chaiienged the ordinance as a violation of the First Amendment righ#to free speech. The Appea!Court determined that the city ordinance was a"content-neutral" regulation, in that it reguEafed the manner of speech, not(ts content. it also aiso found that the ordinance regufated both commercial and noncommercial speech, as it applied to all vehicles that drove through city streets for the primary purpose of advertising,whether fhey carried commercial or noncomrrtercial rnessages. In addition, the court found that the city's stated purposes for the ordinance—to promote the safe" movement of vehicular traffic, re�uce air�ollution, and impr�ve the everalk aesthet�cs of the city— were significant government interests.The ordinance left SHARK with numerou5 alkernative ways to effectively communicate its messages. Based on these findings, the court concluded that the city's ban against mobile billboard advertising did not violate SNARK's First Amendment right to free speech. ARB Requests Participation in Sept. 23 Scoping Plan Meeting on Recycling and Waste The California Air Resources Soard(ARB)is holding a meeting on Sept.23 in Sacramento as part of its AB 32 mandated Climate Change Scoping P1an.The 5ept. 23 meeting is designed for professionais in the recycling and waste management sectars.Although the recycling and waste management sector is not direc#ly incEuded in the proposed cap,ARB is affenng those in the sector the opportunity to talk with staff about the inter�ace between fhe cap and trade progrsm and efforts to reduce emissions. Background: ARB's Office of Climate Change (OCC)siaff is seeking farmal cemment on ths draft to help inform the final Scoping P1an, scheduled to be released in October. In addition to these more formal settings,AR8 wanted to give each sector the opportunity to meet informally with OCC staff to discuss the next steps in the process and to hear from iocal govemments directly. Meeting Details Caiifarnia Environmental Protection Agency Building, Room 230 1001 I Streef Sacramento, CA Sept. 23, 9:30 to 3:30 p.rn. *check in at front desk for room confirmation RSVP Piease RSVP by contacting Mihoyo Fuji,Office o#Climate Change,via e-mail at mfuii Ccr�arb.ca.qov. 5