L.A. City News · @lacitynews
18th Feb 2011 from Twitlonger
DOWD/DOGG vs L.A. City on "BEACH CURFEW" (OH NO, part of summary judgment!)READ/WEEP, CITY HALL: Bill Rosendahl on City of L.A.'s beach curfew vs Coastal Commission: “The reality is that we can't have officers patrolling the beach all night long; we don't have that luxury,”
# ZD vs City of L.A.'s BEACH CURFEW: Not being able to afford LAPD to patrol beach is not reason to deny state beach and free speech access!
# SORRY LOS ANGELES CITY: You are not going to deny me my STATE right to beach access cause you can't afford LAPD from 12m-5am. YOU'LL LOSE!
# If you have to sleep during day; and are up overnights; and want to walk beach 12m-5a, YOU ARE DENIED STATE ACCESS by L.A.'s illegal curfew.
# CURFEW LAWSUIT: My favorite time to walk the beach is at midnight, even 3a & 4a in the morning. The most quiet, peaceful AND SPIRITUAL time!
FULL STORY:
From "The Argonaut"
California Coastal Commission, city of L.A. at odds over city beach curfew law:
HALPERN of COASTAL COMMISSION: In a Feb. 3 letter to the city attorney's office, Helperin said that according to a recent review, the city's beach curfew ordinance has received no such authorization, making the law “of no legal force or effect.”
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Councilman Bill Rosendahl said the city's curfew law is primarily about safety and was put in place for a reason.
“The reality is that we can't have officers patrolling the beach all night long; we don't have that luxury,” he said.
(Sorry, Bil...just because you can't afford to patrol, doesn't mean DOWD/DOGG, et al are denied are legal rights. There are a lot of areas the police can't patrol at night.)
Helperin said the commission understands the city's desire to ensure public safety and is interested in working on a solution that achieves that goal while preserving public coastal access, but the city “refuses to recognize our jurisdiction.”
[But like Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, Trutanich and City Attorney's office is "Tumbling Dice" on DOWD/DOGG.]