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Lincoln council repeals outdated fortune-telling ordinance after legal review

City of Lincoln regular city council meeting · January 14, 2026

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Summary

Citing First Amendment concerns and a California Supreme Court ruling, the council voted to repeal a long-standing municipal chapter that regulated fortune tellers and so-called occult arts, removing special criminal-background requirements for those businesses.

Lincoln ' The City of Lincoln voted on 2006-01-13 to repeal a decades-old municipal ordinance that regulated "fortune telling and occult arts," after staff warned it likely violates First Amendment protections.

Deputy city attorney Christy McKinney briefed the council on legal risks, citing the California Supreme Court's decision that fortune telling can be protected speech and explaining that the…

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