What are some stupid laws/ rules that are in California ??? (house, cost)

[Harrier]

RE: 2 AM last call - Yes it is simply a tool for law enforcement to pump more money into municipal and state governments so they can say they balanced budgets without raising taxes - which would be much more visible - and bring negative consequences on the politicians - like being re-elected.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by RaymondChandlerLives

2am last call = lame, lame, lame

Especially because the reason for the 2 AM last call no longer exists.

There's no risk of people being on the street late at night in case Japanese Zeros decide to do to L.A. what they did to Oahu. The risk of aerial bombardment by Japan is no longer extant.

(Actually, we now know that a "West Coast Blitz" would have been impossible due to the limitations on the range of the Zero. But during WW2 that information was not widely known.)

[escilade18]

Originally Posted by Charles

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Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street. [i](San Francisco)
(Walnut)

Someone care to let me know if this is a real law or what? How can there be a law against looks which are 100% objective. If this is true, it is something that the Supreme Court and the ACLU should hear about

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by escilade18

Someone care to let me know if this is a real law or what? How can there be a law against looks which are 100% objective. If this is true, it is something that the Supreme Court and the ACLU should hear about

Might not be such a bad thing, as long as you're ugly and fast.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by escilade18

Someone care to let me know if this is a real law or what? How can there be a law against looks which are 100% objective. If this is true, it is something that the Supreme Court and the ACLU should hear about

I think you meant to say subjective.

As for how it would be enforced, simple. The city council would create an Ugliness Designation Commitee. This commitee would recieve reports of ugly person from citizens, review the report, determine if someone is too ugly to walk on the street, and then file an injunction against them, with the only exception for them to be allowed on the street being if they are walking to the city limits. This all of course would be worded in legalese with the intent that it be only understandable to lawyers, policy wonks, and readers of Latin. San Francisco would have the most beautiful people walking on it's street - no other major city could compare (except for Walnut, which is not a major city!). Mission accomplished!

[ucbedge]

1. Proposition 13
2. Speed limits on rural freeways

[Curbed Enthusiasm]

How about cities like Calabasas where smoking is basically banned everywhere in the city and not allowed on sidewalks, vast parks, outdoor patios, or anywhere where there might be a chance of getting even a whiff of smoke. Laws like that make it all the easier for me to enjoy the fumes and carbon monoxide of passing diesel trucks without it being ruined by a person's cigarette smoke. I understand people not wanting to eat a meal next to someone smoking, and that indoor smoke lingers, but all these outdoor smoking bans are pretty silly. And now it looks like the newest crop of laws are banning smoking in condos and apartments, as if the government should have any say in what you do in the privacy of your own home.

[ehcsrop]

Is there a law in CA about train wrecks? Because this thread certainly is one on its way.

[Harrier]

CAL. PEN. CODE § 219 : California Code - Section 219

This California's law for train wrecks. Causing a train wreck is punishable with life inprisonment.

[eastontracks]

last calls in california at 2am begin so much sooner than other places ive noticed. theyll begin last call at 115 or so and start kickin people out at 130. so silly.