Ventura, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest posting, national election
- 6 months before election day
- Earliest posting, other elections
- 3 months before election day
- Removal deadline
- within 10 days after the election
- Right-of-way placement
- treewells, sidewalks, parkways only, not medians or roadways
- Private property
- requires property owner's permission
Summary
Ventura allows temporary political signs without design review, but they cannot go up more than six months before a national election or three months before any other election, and must come down within 10 days after the election, under Municipal Code Section 24.420.050(J). Placement on private property needs the owner's permission.
J. Temporary Political Sign. Temporary political signs shall not be installed more than six months prior to any national election or more than three months prior to any other election, and shall be removed within 10 days of the completion of the subject election. Temporary political signs identifying campaign headquarters shall not be subject to Sections 24.420.100 through 24.420.250. Temporary political signs located on private property shall have the permission of the property owner. Temporary political signs may be located in a public right-of-way, such as within treewells, sidewalks, or parkways but not within medians or roadways. No temporary political sign on private property or in a public right-of-way shall be located in a manner that may constitute a traffic hazard or create a hazardous condition for persons using the public right-of-way.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-008, passed May 12, 2026).
Full Breakdown
250, which otherwise govern residential, commercial, and other zone-specific sign allowances, giving campaign headquarters signage more flexibility than an ordinary commercial sign. The section also allows temporary political signs in the public right-of-way, specifically within treewells, sidewalks, or parkways, but never within medians or roadways, and bars any political sign, on private property or in the right-of-way, from being placed in a manner that creates a traffic hazard or hazardous condition for people using the right-of-way. 050(J). Because the ordinance ties placement to the election calendar rather than to a flat number of days, a resident wanting to post a sign for a June primary and a November general election in the same year must track both election dates separately to know when signs can legally go up and must come down.
Violations & Fines
Code Enforcement and Community Development can require removal of any political sign installed earlier than six months before a national election or three months before any other election, or left up more than 10 days after the election, and can require relocation or removal of any sign in the right-of-way placed within a median, roadway, or any spot creating a traffic hazard. Persistent violations can result in a citation to the property owner or the sign's sponsor and removal of the sign by the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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