14 thoughts on “This is not a comedy sketch. These were real regulations.

  1. As part of the consent decree, Pagedale has agreed to repeal ordinances banning sagging pants, walking on the left side of the crosswalk, barbecuing in the front yard (unless it’s a national holiday), and walking in a roadway if a sidewalk is present. Also to be repealed: ordinances banning dish antennas, basketball hoops, volleyball nets, swimming or wading pools or other recreational equipment in the front of a house.

    Oh, for fuck's sake.

  2. Back in 1969 I got nailed on one of those sidewalk violations. It actually went against my driving record. At the time I didn't even have a license, only a permit. It helped prevent me from attaining my license until I reached the age of majority. Fuckin' Lozangeles, man.

    1. Wait–they enforce those here? In my twelve years of living in Los Angeles I've never heard that before. Thanks for the heads-up!

      1. That was almost 50 years ago. It was on Pacific Ave in Playa del Rey, and for whatever reason, LA Metro was out busting heads in the affluent 'burbs. I was just an appetizer.

    1. In this way: we'll soon be too poor to keep paying those lavish Medicare, Medicaid and Soshecurity benefits. It'll be great!

  3. Yeah, I wasn't guilty either. I was walking down the sidewalk, when I got surrounded and overwhelmed by a herd of people who were spilling out into the street. We all got the same ticket, must've been a dozen of us. It was only $5, but in 69, that was a hard hit on my busboy wages.

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