Hollywood Sign in LA Vandalized to Read ‘Hollyweed’

The Hollywood sign is seen vandalized Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Los Angeles residents awoke New Year's Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read "HOLLYWeeD." Police have also notified the city's Department of General Services, whose officers patrol Griffith Park and the area of the rugged Hollywood Hills near the sign. California voters in November approved Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana, beginning in 2018. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

The Hollywood sign is seen vandalized Jan. 1, 2017. Los Angeles residents awoke New Year's Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read "HOLLYWeeD." AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

On Jan. 1, 1976, Cal State Northridge arts student Danny Finegood changed the sign to read “Hollyweed” after California relaxed its marijuana laws.

The sign, first put up in 1923 as an advertisement, originally read as “Hollywoodland” before it was shortened.