# Who now owns the Hollywood sign?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-now-owns-the-hollywood-sign/252303 "2004-06-26T12:24:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-now-owns-the-hollywood-sign/252303/1 "2004-06-26T12:24:08Z")

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A couple of years ago, Hollywood was talking about seceding from Los Angeles and forming its own city. There was a fight over whether Los Angeles would still own the sign. How did all that ever turn out, or is it still ongoing?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-now-owns-the-hollywood-sign/252303/2 "2004-06-26T12:46:36Z")

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[http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/h/ho/hollywood\_\_california.html](http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/h/ho/hollywood__california.html)

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> In November 2002, a measure calling for Hollywood to secede from Los Angeles and form its own incorporated city failed by a wide margin.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-now-owns-the-hollywood-sign/252303/3 "2004-06-26T14:00:25Z")

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Thanks, Duck! (Where’ve ya been?)