California city bans smoking in own homes

[stevo]

Sliding another couple feet down that slippery slope.

http://gma.yahoo.com/california-town-bans-smoking-condos-apartments-share-walls-172256834.html

The town of San Rafael, Calif., has passed a ban on smoking that city officials have called the most stringent in the nation. The new ordinance makes it illegal for residents to smoke in their own homes if they share a wall with another dwelling.

The ban applies to owners and renters alike, and it covers condominiums, co-ops, apartments and any multi-family residence containing three or more units.

Rebecca Woodbury, an analyst at the San Rafael City Manager's office, helped craft the ban, which took effect Nov.14. "We based it on a county ordinance," she told ABC News, "but we modified it, and ended up making it the strictest. I'm not aware of any ordinance that's stronger."

Stevo

[lowthreeohz]

check the "smokes, come on!" thread.

[Trick Pony]

I'm from around there and it doesn't surprise me. Bunch of stuck up rich fucks. The median home price there is about $750k these days and the people making the laws probably consider anyone who lives in a dwelling that shares a wall with another to be a second class citizen.