The Hollywood Sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, was vandalized early Sunday to read “Hollyweed” , celebrating the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in California.
Robert Payan of LAPD was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying that it could be a News Year prank or a work of “thrill seeker”. So far LAPD was reviewing security footage to try to track down the trespasser but had not any suspect.
Local media believed that the modification could be a reference to Californians voting on November 8 last year to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, which joined six other states and the Distrcit of Columbia from 2017 in allowing the drug’s non-medical use.
The incident was not the first time that the sign had been changed to other words.
Danny Finegood, who passed away in 2007, was made famous by changing the sign to “Hollyweed” on Jan. 1, 1976, in celebration of the state’s then-more relaxed marijuana laws taking effect.
In 1987, some Caltech students changed it to read the name of their University.
