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CA doesn't want any more raves
Anti-Raves Act of 2011 Introduced in California Assembly
California State Assembywoman Fiona Ma (D- San Francisco) has introduced a bill that would ban “raves” on public properties, and severely restrict events in private facilities. The move comes months after the death of a 15-year old girl at Los Angeles’ annual Electric Daisy Carnival due to an ecstasy overdose. Two death at another electronic music event at San Francisco’s Cow Palace were also cited. The bill makes it illegal to hold an event containing more than 3 1/2 hours of pre-recorded music during the course of a night, with fines up to “$10,000 or twice the actual or estimated gross receipts for the event, whichever is greater.”
“Raves are a state-wide problem and require a state-wide approach,” Ma said in a statement. “It’s time that the legislature says enough is enough and provide law enforcement with the tools to shut down events that have displayed a pattern of fostering youth drug use.”
The move comes after the City and County of Los Angeles lifted the temporary ban on booking rave events at the Coliseum following the post-EDC outcry. The Coliseum Commision (sic) pointed to the improved safety situation at raves following Electric Daisy Carnival, and the measures enacted by the Los Angeles County Rave Taskforce (sic) as due dilligence (sic) to lift the ban.
http://www.urb.com/2010/12/22/anti-...ampaign=Twitter
Kind of ironic since alcohol is probably (I'm still trying to find statistics on it) more costly in terms of lives and medical care than MDMA is.
inb4the17sss-spots it's a Democrat sponsoring the bill.
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my old stuff, not quite up to snuff - but I still dig it - UPDATED 9/23/2012
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