By Rebecca Ellis | Los Angeles Times
Faced with an uptick in complaints from Los Angeles County park employees about assaults and harassment, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday allowing staff to temporarily ban unruly people from the county’s green spaces.
The code change authorizes certain county officials to hand out “exclusion orders” to people exhibiting “dangerous or threatening behavior,” barring them from county parks for a set period of time. According to the ordinance, a person could potentially be barred from one or more of the county’s over 80 parks at one time.
The ordinance broadly defines who could be subject to an exclusion order, authorizing officials to temporarily ban anyone who fails “to comply with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.” The ban could last for one month or more, depending on the severity of the offense.
Source: L.A. Times