[eyeareque]

Exactly. Why would a city change something that would make them bring in less profit?

[sambeau]

  In October 2014, she got an email from Los Angeles city 
  council person Paul Krekorkian. He wasn’t writing to ask 
  her to stop producing LA signs. On the contrary: he wanted
  her permission to propose her design at the next council
  meeting.

I don't know. But it seems they want to.