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Garden Grove council delays vote on parks smoking ban after hours of debate
Summary
After extended public comment and council debate over enforcement, civil liberties and cost, the council voted to postpone consideration of a broadly written parks smoking ban for six months so staff can provide more legal, enforcement and comparative-city analysis.
The Garden Grove City Council voted to postpone — for six months — consideration of a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking and vaping in city parks, following lengthy public testimony and debate over enforcement and potential legal exposure.
The ordinance, introduced as an addition to the municipal code, would have defined "smoking" broadly to include tobacco, electronic smoking devices, cannabis and other combustible substances and would have made disposal of smoking waste in parks a violation. City Attorney Omar Sandoval told the council the measure includes…
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