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Taft council advances code update to expand public-safety prohibitions and enforcement tools
Summary
The Taft City Council on Oct. 7 introduced Ordinance No. 854-25, revising several Taft Municipal Code chapters to add prohibitions on certain conduct in public spaces and broaden enforcement options for police and code enforcement; council approved first reading 4-0 with one absence.
The Taft City Council on Oct. 7 advanced a package of municipal code changes intended to give city officials more enforcement options for conduct the council described as affecting public peace, health and sanitation.
Valerie Escalante Troch, outside counsel with Civica Law, told the council the ordinance — listed as No. 854-25 — updates five main categories of the Taft Municipal Code, including conduct on public ways and property, disorderly conduct and loitering, aggressive panhandling and door-to-door commercial solicitation, loud/offensive noise and party regulations, and provisions addressing criminal gang activity. "This ordinance is updating and making laws for the community,"…
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