City Hopes To Boost Home Sales With Permit Program For Signs (Sign on San Diego, Nov. 4th) San Diego: "Chula Vista [is trying] to make it easier for people to advertise homes they are trying to sell. About 3,200 homes are for sale in the city of 230,000 residents. Officials are creating a permit program to allow "open house" signs in certain public rights of way, such as the space between a curb and a sidewalk. State law makes it illegal to place signs on public property unless a city specifically allows it. Chula Vista is dealing with many foreclosures. Lenders own about 750 homes. From 2001 2005, the city issued 8,919 permits for new single family homes."