Compton, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

2 permits political signs, literature and advertising citywide subject to Section 7-17's conditions. 4 requires political signs to be temporary, stationary and unlighted, and bars them from going up earlier than 75 days before the relevant election, from attaching to any utility pole, fence, tree, other vegetation or public right-of-way, from sitting within 500 feet of a freeway right-of-way or being visible from one, from being placed within 50 feet of a street intersection's curbline, from attaching to any public structure or private structure without the owner's written consent, and from remaining up for a general election on behalf of a candidate who lost the primary.

5d when nomination papers are filed. Signs left up in violation are a public nuisance the Director of Public Works can remove after three days' written notice, storing them at the City Corporation Yard; unclaimed signs are deemed abandoned and disposed of after 15 days. 3 separately requires political pamphlets, circulars and posters to identify the responsible person, organization officers or a named California voter, and bars displaying political material on City buildings, vehicles or property. 6 cover signs visible from inside a building and signs on licensed outdoor advertising billboards.