California: Everything Is Now Officially Illegal
I checked. I promise this is not a story from The Onion about how people can now be fined up to $1K for throwing a frisbee or a football on the beach in LA. No, sadly, it's a story from CBS/LA:
The Board of Supervisors this week agreed to raise fines to up to $1,000 for anyone who throws a football or a Frisbee on any beach in Los Angeles County.In passing the 37-page ordinance on Tuesday, officials sought to outline responsibilities for law enforcement and other public agencies while also providing clarification on beach-goer activities that could potentially disrupt or even injure the public.
...Officials warned that any activities that could potentially harm "any person or property on or near the beach" should not be allowed during the peak summer season.
Your kids could also end up costing you big bucks: the ordinance also prohibits digging any hole deeper than 18 inches into the sand except where permission is granted for film and TV production services only.
Will there be park rangers coming around with rulers?
Apparently, according to an LA Times story, they're just banning frisbees and footballs during the summer...the time people actually want to be on the beach throwing a football or a frisbee around!
I lived in an apartment three houses from the boardwalk in Venice (a strip of pavement you cross to get to the sand). People would play all sorts of games on the beach and just look out for each other. How insane is it that they make laws about this stuff?
Ah, wait -- the answer, from the LAT piece:
"The county is looking to find more revenue," he said.
Because the nitbrains we vote in to represent us spend our money like it's our money (as opposed to theirs).
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