Hollywood Sign homeowners. Many public space advocates have contended that the city should not restrict access points to the sign from the public, suggesting that other avenues be explored to alleviate the challenges that tourism presents to the surrounding communities. They have also argued that the streets, sign, and parkland are public property and should be accessible to all since they are funded by public tax dollars. An aerial tramway to the top of Mount Lee and the sign has been proposed numerous times. In June 2018, Warner Bros. proposed to fund an estimated $100 million tramway that would run from their
Community newspapers in Hollywood, California of the "Hollywood Citizen" since 1911, purchased the "Hollywood News" from Ira Copley in 1931 and combined the two papers under the name "Citizen-News." The first issue appeared on Monday, November 2, 1931, published from the "News" building. The combined circulation was expected to reach "more than 30,000," it was said. The "Citizen" circulation was given as 20,000 and the "News" as "over 20,000." The editorial staff of the "Citizen" struck and picketed the plant on May 17, 1938, in the first walkout called by the American Newspaper Guild in California. Managing editor Harold Swisher said other workers were being