Posted on 08/07/2020 3:48:21 PM PDT by karpov
In Los Angeles, you can have your power turned off for having parties at your house, but not for failing to pay your power bill.
On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that he was authorizing the city-controlled Department of Water and Power (DWP) to shut off utilities to homes and businesses that host unpermitted gatherings in violation of county and city stay-at-home orders.
The order comes in response to reports of large parties being held at residences across Los Angeles, including one on Tuesday night that ended in the shooting death of one attendee.
"The consequences of these large parties ripple far beyond those parties. They ripple throughout our community," Garcetti said in a press briefing Wednesday evening. "While we have already closed nightclubs and bars, these large parties have become nightclubs in the hills. Beyond the noise, traffic, and nuisance, these parties are unsafe and can cost Angelenos their lives."
The mayor said that if Los Angeles Police Department officers discover a property that is hosting a prohibited gathering, they will request that DWP shut off service to said property within the next 48 hours. The order goes into effect this Friday.
Los Angeles County's public health order bans family gatherings and parties of any size. The City of Los Angeles' public health order bans gatherings of any size outside of residences, save for several listed exemptions, including protests.
In his remarks Wednesday evening, Garcetti said that enforcement of this utility shutoff order would be focused on the most egregious violators.
The state of California has barred investor-owned utilities from shutting off service to customers for non-payment until April 16 of next year. This doesn't affect public utilities like DWP, although The Los Angeles Times reports the department has voluntarily agreed to suspend service shutoffs.
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Yeah, people will die.
“bans gatherings of any size outside of residences, save for several listed exemptions, including protests.” How about churches?
The Governor declares an emergency and they can do whatever they want. Why didn't they think of this sooner?
And it’s illegal and a landlord will be put in jail if they do that to a non paying tenant....
Tyrant.
IMO most...if not all...of the orders issued by Rat Party Governors in recent months are a violation of the United States Constitution.
Hail, Garcetti!
Dictator of Lost Angeles.
Which parties will be targeted?
The ones with the bullets flying (as usual), or Grandma and Grandpa’s 70th wedding anniversary?
Because you know how Lawrence Welk can really wind up the old folks.
Anna one anna two...
Wonder if the mayor can’t hold staff meetings in the mansion.
Wouldn’t it be a hoot to monitor the traffic flow in and out of there and be standing by with a fire axe on the powerlines going in as soon as the net “ins” exceeds the magic number!!!?
If that doesn’t terrify a citizen he will order police officers to put their knee on the person’s neck. Oops, that was tried once before.
All your civil liberties are belong to us.
Call it a DNC fundraiser and you are fine.
Stupid control bastard. This guy deserves to be in jail for ruining the city. Trash on every corner, homeless taking over sidewalks, underpasses, empty lots, on and off ramps, and rat infestations spreading disease. That is OK, but “the right of the people to peaceably assemble” is not unless it’s to protest and burn down buildings. Health insurance for illegals, this clown is an alien’s best friend. FU Garcetti, FU and you horse,
Garcetti - a POS of the first order.
"And nobody invited me. If the girls who used to work in the strip clubs I closed are good looking and come on to me, I'm willing to make exceptions---IF you invite me to the parties." --Garcetti.
But they let prisoners out of jail
California is so lucky. They have MDs running their utilities, not mere engineers.
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