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Attachment A: Current Big Blue Bus Advertising Guidelines

Santa Monica City Council
May 9, 2023

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Attachment A: Current Big Blue Bus Advertising Guidelines
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May 9, 2023
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ATTACHMENT A

BIG BLUE BUS ADVERTISING GUIDELINES
The City may change these advertising guidelines at any time and without notice to Advertiser. Advertiser may contact the Transit Community Relations Officer to obtain the current advertising guidelines.

The Transit Community Relations Officer only licenses advertising space for commercial advertisements. A commercial advertisement has as its primary purpose the promotion of a product for sale or a service for hire by the public generally.

The Transit Community Relations Officer cannot license advertising space for any prohibited advertisements. An advertisement is prohibited if it meets one or more of the following criteria:

1. Causes the vehicle, if posted individually or in combination with other advertisements, to become a public forum for the dissemination, debate, or discussion of any such issues;

2. Is not a commercial advertisement;

3. Contains false, misleading or deceptive information;

4. Contains material that is explicitly sexual, obscene, or harmful to minors as those terms as defined in California Penal Code section 311;

5. Advocates, promotes or incites violence or illegal activity;

6. Ridicules, derides, embarrasses, or defames any individual, group of individuals, or entity;

7. Contains language that presents a clear and present danger of causing any riot, disorder, or other imminent threat to public safety, peace or order;

8. Contains any direct or indirect promotion of the sale or use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco or firearms;

9. Interferes with safe and efficient provision of public transportation service; or violates any copyright or other intellectual property rights.

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