CA Officials Topple Giant 'TRUMP' Sign Overlooking 405 Freeway, Citing 'Life And Safety Hazard' Tyler Durden Wed, 10/07/2020 - 14:22 California officials were so triggered after someone erected a giant "TRUMP" sign on a hillside overlooking a Los Angeles freeway, that they promptly removed it from the private property within two hours of a caller reporting it. The sign, visible on the hills near the Sepulveda Pass as Los Angeles drivers began their Tuesday commute, was first reported just before 7 a.m. by a driver who "was apparently concerned it could spark a blaze" after the state's history of "destructive brush fires in the past few years." As such, the CA Highway Patrol noted the sign as a "traffic hazard" as drivers began to decelerate to take photos of the sign. By 9 a.m., the sign was taken down by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), which entered private property and "laid it down so it wasn’t a visual distraction." (h/t The Federalist). Update: the sign is down. — Christina Pascucci (@ChristinaKTLA) https://twitter.com/ChristinaKTLA/status/1313550424490668033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); It is unknown whether the owner of the private property was notified before the sign was toppled, or whether permission was given beforehand.