{"id":382451,"date":"2010-03-02T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f540e6f970c"},"modified":"2010-03-02T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T19:54:16","slug":"talkback-l-a-readers-respond-to-alleged-supergraphic-violator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/382451","title":{"rendered":"Talkback L.A.: Readers respond to alleged supergraphic violator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/talk-back\/\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Talk back L.A.\" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a7ff41ff970b-500pi\" style=\"margin: 7px; float: left;\" title=\"Talk back L.A.\"><\/img><\/a>Yesterday we asked readers to respond to the jailing of businessman Kayvan Setareh, 49, of Pacific Palisades on $1-million bail. The city attorney&#8217;s office accused him of illegally erecting a supergraphic on Hollywood Boulevard.\n<\/p>\n<p>We posed the question: What do you think about Trutanich&#8217;s action? Is he finally cracking down? Or it this overkill? Share your view.\n<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 50 comments so far, overkill seems to be winning. A sampling:\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Atkins said<\/strong>: &quot;One Million Dollars to keep a businessman from fleeing the potential consequences of 3 misdemeanor convictions, if he is convicted, is a blatant misuse of the bail process and a violation of the defendant&#8217;s due process rights.&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carol said<\/strong>: &quot;Intellectually, I know that $1M is overkill. Emotionally, it&#8217;s payback time! Why are supergraphics still going up? Why haven&#8217;t ones already up been taken down? What are the safety issues re fire?&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randall said<\/strong>: &quot;Are you kidding me!!! $1,000,000 for a misdemeanor city code violation charge! This is just another example of a City Attorney gone very wrong. Even some of the most serious felonies are less bail than this case. &quot;\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antoniomous said<\/strong>: &quot;This &#8216;businessman&#8217; was warned, IN WRITING, by the City Attorney that converting his building into a billboard was illegal. He went ahead and installed his supergraphic anyway&#8230; a bail of $1 Million does not seem excessive: if he takes his billboard down and forgoes his illegal profits, he can get his bail back.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>By the way, Setareh agreed to take down the sign.<\/p>\n<p>To join in on the conversation, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/is-1-million-bail-for-allegedly-supergraphic-violator-justice-or-overkill-share-your-view.html\">go here<\/a>, or join us on Twitter @<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/latimescitydesk\">latimescitydesk<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Other L.A. Now posts getting a lot of feedback are:\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/oc-city-sues-couple-for-removing-front-lawn-grass-in-effort-to-save-water.html\">O.C. city sues couple who removed front lawn to save water<\/a>, with more than 30 comments.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/student-apologizes-for-ucsd-noose-says-no-racist-intent.html\">Student apologizes for UC San Diego noose incident, claims no racist intent<\/a>, with more than 60 comments.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/02\/marie-osmonds-son-died-near-downtown-la-fashion-institute-he-attended.html\">Marie Osmond&#8217;s son died near downtown L.A. fashion institute he attended<\/a>, with more than 40 comments.\n<\/p>\n<p>Look for another Talkback question later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we asked readers to respond to the jailing of businessman Kayvan Setareh, 49, of Pacific Palisades on $1-million bail. The city attorney&#8217;s office accused him of illegally erecting a supergraphic on Hollywood Boulevard. We posed the question: What do you think about Trutanich&#8217;s action? Is he finally cracking down? Or it this overkill? 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