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Los Angeles City Hall on March 24, 2018. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) Demonstrators in Los Angeles will no longer be able to protest within 300 feet of a target’s home, according to an ordinance passed today by the city council after Angelenos protesting the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate showed up at two councilmembers’ homes.
On Sept. 14, the city council voted 13-2 to pass the ordinance, with Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Mike Bonin dissenting, though they declined to comment at the final vote. A unanimous vote was required to pass the ordinance on first reading; on second reading, ordinances usually require a simple majority to pass, but because this ordinance included an emergency clause, it requires a three-fourths majority to pass. The final vote on Sept. 21 passed, again with a 13-2 vote.
Currently, the city’s law states that people may not protest within 100 feet of a target’s private residence. The ordinance changes that law to 300 feet and states that the target of a protest may sue violators of the ordinance for damages; violators may also be fined $1,000.
Council President Nury Martinez and Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell introduced the motion last month after an anti-vaccine mandate protestor shared councilmembers’ home addresses and encouraged people to show up at their homes and protest.
While those in favor of the ordinance express concern for the city councilmembers’ safety, some Angelenos worry the ordinance restricts their First Amendment rights. Los Angeles City Hall on March 24, 2018. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) When she introduced the motion, Martinez said a group of people gathered at her house one evening, banging on her doors and windows, harassing her neighbors and family members, and “threatening my life,” she said.
“I think it’s clear to me that these protests are now starting to escalate more and more and what I’m really concerned about is the escalation of an actual violent event taking place anywhere in our neighborhoods, particularly our residents,” Martinez said at the final vote.
Martinez said that protestors should gather in public places such as councilmembers’ offices or City Hall, not to their homes.
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