No joke. This is serious sh!t.
Out here in Ontario (San Bernardino County) hundreds of people have beeen sickened. This is a virus. You have it for the rest of you life.
There are dead crowes falling out of the sky everywhere.
So California is the swimming pool capital of the world and they are giant mosquito farms, if not properly maintained (like the one in the back of my mothers hillbillyish neighbor)
I would not be opposed to large fines for large bodies of stangnat water on ones property. They should set up a hotline to call and report the bastards too.
I'm not making this a joke, but I heard an LA city councilwoman on the radio today saying this epidemic should give authorities the right to enter private property.
And I don't agree.
The virus is serious, as is the influenza virus. Many people die from influenza in L.A. County every year, but I have yet to hear the city council suggest changing the due process standard for entering a person's property to control influenza.
I live very close to you, having just moved to NorthEast Riverside County. We are vigilant with mosquito repellent when we go to the park. But don't lose sight of the very small incidence rate of serious complications from the virus.
Let me add that if an unmaintained pool is VISIBLE to you, then all the city needs to do is visit and cite the offender if it is against city regulations. If not, the city should pass a new law.
I'm not against enforcement of laws against poorly maintained pools. Heck, my neighbor filled his pool despite the fact there was no functional gate between his backyard and the front of his house. We reported him to code enforcement because of the danger to small children (ours).
I'm only against causelss searches. If you see cause, then it's not a causeless search.