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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You can protest all you want with tens of thousands of people as long as it is against Trump. But how dare you go to church or have some fun. If you go to a church you will be arrested.
Go acoustic. Bring candles. Drink warm beer.
Screw them.
hmmm since....never
” Los Angeles Will Shut Off People’s Utilities For Hosting Parties”
This isn’t rocket science. The constitutional sheriff releases an edict that any LA politician who tries to shut off power will be arrested and charged with attempted murder. If any fat-ass city cops try to interfere, they’ll be met by the sheriff’s 2,000 man SWAT team.
Oh, wait. The governor can call in state national guard. Wow! He can’t. Half the guard is made up of sheriff deputies.
Oh, darn. The leftists in LA didn’t elect a constitutional sheriff. Too bad, morons. Enjoy the suck.
Wherever two or more of you are gathered in His name the California legislature has forbidden it.
All these mayors and governors need to be Mussolini’d
LA is Venezuela North.
Thus he thus stupid liberal will be Hella popular !
Electricity and running water are just a passing fad anyway, get used to it.
Given a chance, democrats will have us back to outhouses and candles, except for the elite democrats, of course.
Electricity and running water are just a passing fad anyway, get used to it.
Given a chance, democrats will have us back to outhouses and candles, except for the elite democrats, of course.
Less than 10% of voters vote in local elections. Yet the local leaders have more control of our freedoms than the president as we now see so clearly. Candidates need to be forced on the record into promising to put these decisions up for votes or promising to stick strictly to theconstitution, erring on the side of freedom over protection - for competent Americans. (Excluding illegals and people who are unable to care for themselves such as homeless mentally ill and drug addicted)
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