By Hank Stephenson | Arizona Capitol Times
As the political season begins in earnest and campaign signs start to pepper roads around the state, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is complicating cities’ abilities to regulate other kinds of signs.
The 2015 Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert leaves cities in a difficult position: State law says cities must allow political signs on the public right-of-way for roughly five months surrounding an election. But the Supreme Court says if cities allow political signs on street corners, they must allow other types of signs, too.