Articles, features, letters

Excellent podcast about Sao Paulo's 'Clean City' law, and the secrets revealed via its billboard ban

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secrets-sao-paulo-uncovered-outdoor-advertising-ban/

Utah governor signs billboard-friendly legislation

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/03/14/utah-lawmakers-embraced-billboard-friendly-legislation-with-the-yes-votes-more-likely-to-come-from-those-who-took-industry-donations/

Editorial: Mayor Biskupski is conspicuously silent on Billboard bill

https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/editorial-mayor-biskupski-conspicuously-silent-billboard-bill/

Cities say big-donor billboard firms push sneaky bill to allow bigger, lighted displays without local OK

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/19/cities-say-big-donor-billboard-firms-push-sneaky-bill-to-allow-bigger-lighted-displays-without-local-ok/

High Country News: Billboard corporations use money and influence to override your vote

https://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/44.1/billboard-corporations-use-money-and-influence-to-override-your-vote?b_start:int=2

Southern Utah town has starring role in dark-sky movement

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5133034&itype=CMSID

Orem restricts electronic billboards

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2058318&itype=CMSID

Ralph Becker Op-Ed: Billboard legislation represents the worst of Utah politics

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900011276/ralph-becker-billboard-legislation-represents-the-worst-of-utah-politics.html

Letter: Utah billboards are a form of visual junk

http://www.standard.net/Letters/2018/03/30/Utah-billboards-letter-Francis

Letter: Utah views obscured by politics and billboards

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3979237&itype=CMSID

Meet Ralph Becker: a public advocate for America the Beautiful

http://www.scenic.org/blog/263-meet-ralph-becker-a-public-advocate-for-america-the-beautiful

Lawmakers to consider 'grand boulevard' entrances to Salt Lake City from I-15

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=39824931