Lodi, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Lodi's sign chapter (LMC Chapter 17.34, adopted/amended by Ordinance No. 1922) is structured as a content-neutral, time/place/manner ordinance. Section 17.34.020 expressly states that 'the provisions of this chapter do not regulate the message content of signs (sign-copy), regardless of whether the message content is commercial or noncommercial,' so political/campaign yard signs are treated the same as any other temporary, non-commercial sign on private property. They are not allowed on public property, in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, parkways, or attached to traffic signs or street trees — those prohibitions apply to all signs and are enforced regardless of viewpoint. Along state highways through and around Lodi (including SR-12 and SR-99), California Business & Professions Code §5405.3 governs temporary political signs: each sign must (1) encourage a vote in a scheduled election, (2) be placed no sooner than 90 days before the election and removed within 10 days after, (3) be no larger than 32 square feet, (4) not be placed within the right-of-way of any highway or within 660 feet of a classified landscaped freeway where visible, and (5) have a Statement of Responsibility filed with Caltrans naming the person responsible for removal. There is no city permit required for a residential yard political sign on private property with the owner's consent.