Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Police Code Repeal topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board repeals outdated police-code provisions including lamppost dog tethering ban
Summary
Supervisors approved amendments to the police code to repeal several dated provisions, including one that prohibited tethering a dog to a lamppost, and other obsolete regulations affecting luggage carriers and travel-agent bonds.
The Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance amending the police code to repeal a set of outdated provisions, including a prohibition that effectively barred tying a dog to a lamppost, and other archaic restrictions.
Supervisor Wiener told colleagues the police code contained several provisions "that were passed quite some time ago and that have outlived whatever usefulness they used to have." He cited examples including historical limits on how much could be charged to carry luggage between specific streets, an obsolete bond requirement for travel agents and a provision that made some informal street vendors vulnerable to criminal penalties. Wiener said the amendment would repeal those provisions and urged support.
The item was passed on first reading "without objection."
Why it matters: Sponsors characterized the changes as housekeeping — removing provisions that no longer match contemporary practice and that unfairly penalized routine, lawful activity. The board approved the change on the first reading.
