Over the past few days, dozens and dozens of signs supporting Measure F – the “Housing for All” parking initiative that appears on Eureka’s current ballots – have popped up on telephone poles across the city ​​and its surroundings.

The problem ? These signs are illegal.

Eureka Municipal Code Section 155.340 specifically prohibits “signs attached to or placed adjacent to any utility pole, parking meter, street sign, traffic signal, or other traffic control device, except when installed by a governmental agency.”

Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery, who personally removed numerous “Yes on F” signs over the weekend, said the city government sent notices to national security, its attorney and to co-signers of Measure F, Mike Munson and Michelle Costantine, informing them that the signs were placed illegally and inviting them to pick them up at City Hall.

The yellow and blue signs made headlines last month, after a local resident changed the slogan “Yes on F” on the sign he received to read “No on F.” This action triggered a city-wide mailing by the well-funded, backed by national security “Yes on F” campaign.

“Cheaters always lose,” the letter read.

We have contacted the Yes on F campaign for comment and will update as soon as we hear back.