[TheOtherOne]

Can people still smoke dobbies in the park?

[Sabertooth]

It's very important to the L.A. City Council to make the parks here completely safe for all of the colonista children running around.

Why, it's possible the teens might burn themselves while trashing the bathrooms or scrawling graffiti.

[randog]

Good article, jb. I think Ms. Perry, however, is going to find trouble from the 'homeless advocates' on this one. Perhaps there will be a smoking exception for the city park's 'overnight guests'? Wouldn't want to trample their rights, would we?

[Red Jones]

bump

[rolling_stone]

I guess they want the people in the parks to be able to enjoy the fresh clean L.A. air without any second hand smoke..

[RikaStrom]

We tend to think of tyrants as strange little men with big mustaches or imposing generals wearing fatigues. Nowadays, though, they're just as likely to wear a tie or pantsuit and drive a Volvo. History teaches that all oppressors, ancient or new, are driven by the same malignant instinct: the fantastic, unquenchable lust for power. Thus, it's not surprising elected officials try imposing their will on others. The mystery is why so many - apparently comfortable living under a soft tyranny - don't find the will to object.

I object, strenuously!

[discostu]

Sorry JB but Tucson beat that last year. Our idiots passed a smoke free school rule. Sounds good so far right, keep the smokes away from kids. Problem comes in with the "definition" of "school grounds". "School grounds", according to this law, extend all the way to the street, and the ban isn't just on smoking but on possessing tobaco product on "school grounds". So thanks to this law, walking by the school, on the side walk, with 1 single solitairy cigarette on your persno is illegal; live on the same block as a school (happens a lot here, we've got some oddly shaped blocks) better tell your friend to leave their smokes at home, can't even have them in your car if your car is on "school grounds".

[Just another Joe]

"Going to a park is critical to the mental health of many residents, and they want to enjoy it without having to deal with the risks of second-hand smoke."

Here it is again. The fallacy of the "risk" of second hand smoke.
Why don't the people do some research of their own? Is it laziness or is it that they just don't care that someone lies to them?