Posted on 04/21/2023 11:28:35 AM PDT by grundle
Rather than vote in favor of a motion banning the unlawful possession of catalytic converters — a valuable automotive part — Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles councilwoman, voted against the measure and blamed car manufacturers for making the part too easy to steal.
“In this case, I think one of the things that infuriates me, is that we have a company — whatever, Toyota — who makes the Prius, that essentially has a device on their cars which is super easy to remove. It’s basically the value of a MacBook, right?” the Democratic lawmaker said.
“That is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and the thefts related to this issue have essentially — all of the costs of that — are given to us to bear instead of them [Toyota] having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen,” the Harvard-educated Raman added.
The motion, which passed by a vote of 8-to-4 last Tuesday, stipulated that nearly 8,000 catalytic converter components had been stolen across Los Angeles in 2022, a 728 percent spike since 2018.
“It’s a crime happening to the constituents in our community that’s hurting people and one that we are allowing, we are failing to act on, if we do not pass this today,” said Councilman John Lee, who introduced the motion.
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But steal HER converter....
What is unlawful possesion of catalytic converters?
They want to make it illegal to have a catalytic converter?
If so, then the law is gross overreach.
I have noticed a pattern amongst politicians over the last few years. Their names are far from Smith and Jones.
Why not condemn the EPA for requiring catalytic converters?
What an idiot.
Bump!
I was hoping this was the Babylon Bee.
Liberal insanity knows no bounds.
Well you wanted the criminal vote by destroying the police
Protect her converter for her.
Re pipe it so it is inside the driver’s compartment.
Up through the front floorboards, and back down in the rear.
In fact, the feds can mandate this design change.
Problem solved.
“What is unlawful possession of catalytic converters?”
If it is stolen goods is it not already illegal?
“Normal operating temperatures of a converter are 500-800°F, and up to 1200°F when the vehicle is under heavy load. To melt the catalytic converter’s substrate, the temperature inside the converter would have to exceed 2000°F.”
https://www.walkerexhaust.com/support/tech-tips/common-catalytic-converter-q-and-a.html
Mount it under her seat.
More insanity from a liberal!
Nithya V. Raman is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 4th District since 2020. Raman, a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, defeated incumbent Councilmember David Ryu in 2020.
BornJuly 28, 1981 · Kerala, India
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseVali Chandrasekaran
Children2
EducationHarvard University (BS) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
Residence(s)Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
The thing this idiot forgets is the cars getting cats stolen are 2005-2013 priuses. These cats weren’t getting stolen when they came off the line.
The world is so full of stupid people.
The world is so full of stupid people.
Exactly, which suggests to me that the intent of the law is to create a legal presumption that any convertors seized from “suspects” are stolen.
Which to me is an overreach on the part of the lawmakers.
There are too many of these ‘guilty until proven innocent’ laws out there already.
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