Posted on 03/02/2007 7:55:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The ACLU alleges in a lawsuit that the city of Lake Forest violates the rights of day laborers with a law that bans solicitation on the sidewalk.
The civil liberties group also requested a temporary restraining order Friday against the city to ensure it does not enforce the sidewalk ordinance, which it says infringes on workers' First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Thursday on behalf of La Asociacion de Trabajadores de Lake Forest (Workers Association of Lake Forest), Colectivo Tonantzin and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
"They have the fundamental right to solicit work just like a business can advertise a sale ... or a Girl Scout can sell cookies outside a market," said ACLU attorney Nora Preciado. "It's illegal and discriminatory."
City Attorney Scott Smith said, however, that the city does not enforce the 1993 ordinance. The city reviewed the law and decided not to enforce it after Glendale lost a case based on a similar ordinance about three years ago, he said. Smith said someone was cited erroneously in January but the case was dismissed.
"We're absolutely committed to not enforcing it," Scott said.
According to the lawsuit, workers who gather to seek work in Lake Forest have been told by police officers they cannot stand on the sidewalk. The officers also have cited or arrested some workers and employers, the suit alleges.
The city has until Monday to respond to the injunction request. No hearing has been set.
The City Council and Lt. Jay LeFlore, chief of police services, were also named as defendants.
The real reason is that the ACLU wants to insure the solicitation of underage prostitutes for its leadership.
http://www.city-lakeforest.com/
Write to them and give them a bunch of attaboys & girls!!!
Trust me, I know it. All too well...
I just think LF needs to hear that they're not alone out there...with those creeps breathing down their necks.
The illegals are taking a lot of good jobs away from American citizens, including in the construction trades, as my son, an electrician, can certainly confirm in spades.
> I just think LF needs to hear that they're not alone out
> there...with those creeps breathing down their necks.
Lake Forest already capitulated. They swore they would never enforce the law.
Absolutely committed to not enforcing it. Well there's a good law. ACLU profanes America again.
Anybody who'd bring a total unknown, who just might happen to have a criminal record or be a gang member, into their home is a complete moron and, if they have children, should be, at the very least, arraigned on child endangerment charges.
Just let one of these 'cheap' laborers get injured on your property and you'll find you'll be talking to some activist attorney who'll be extorting medical payments, etc from you.
I only deal with licensed contarctors or tradesmen who have insurance. It's, after all, a form of insurance.
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