Occupy Protests’ Ironic Legacy: More Restrictions on Protesters
Occupy Protests’ Ironic Legacy: More Restrictions on Protesters
By Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
December 6, 2012
Life was upended briefly in affluent San Marino last year when a hundred or so Occupy-style protesters staged a demonstration on the lawn of a resident Wells Fargo executive.
The police chief declared the city’s 28-member force “overwhelmed.” So city leaders passed an ordinance that required protesters to stay 75 feet from the curb of targeted residences. Then they tightened parade permit requirements and added a measure to allow police to move obstructing protesters off sidewalks.
By the time they were finished, the only place left in San Marino where protesters could demonstrate without a permit was the median of Huntington Drive, a 60-foot-wide grassy space that runs through the center of the city.