Journal roman_mir's Journal: Can you play ball on a beach? 5
Now there is a new type of police force to prevent people from playing a ball on a beach unless it is a 'beach ball' or a 'volleyball'.
One can't dig a hole that's deeper than 18 inches, but government now can hire people as defined in section 13 of that document:
"Each member of the Beach Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors.
A. The term for each Commission member shall be four years...
Section 16: Code enforcement officer - an employee of the Department of Beaches and Harbors who has been authorised to enforce any and all statues, ordinances, regulations, or policies pertaining to the beaches....
Section 17: Director
New licenses must be acquired as described in section 20.
Fines for violation are described in section 28 - a violation of sections
(And government insists there is no inflation?)
Some of the regulations:
Section 30: digging prohibited of a hole deeper than 18 inches, and vertical sand structures are prohibited (unless there is a license)
Section 42. License required to set canopies or tents or to 'use amplified sound'.
Section 43: something about nudity and disrobing.
Section 44: smoking prohibited.
Section 45: model operation prohibited (so can't float a toy boat).
Section 49: It is unlawful for any person to cast, toss, throw, kick or roll any ball, tube, or any light object other than beach ball or beach volleyball (unless there is a license).
Section 51: prohibition to swim beyond 200 yards seaward.
Section 53: A person shall not use, POSSESS, or operate in the Pacific Ocean opposite to any beach regulated by this Part 3 a sailboat, kite board, surfboard, paddleboard, ocean kayak, surf ski, rigid hull surf-craft or similar device other than a surfmat or bodyboard, at such times when the ocean is restricted for swimming and bathing only (and except within 200 yards from shore or 750 yards seaward of the point at which the farthest wave is breaking, whichever distance is greater, or when used by a skin diver)
Section 54: No person shall hand glide, paraglide, or parasail on, from, or above any beach, cliff, or bluff adjacent to a beach that is owned, controlled or managed by the County (unless with a license).
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I thought you favored state and local governments being strong and able to pass laws as they see fit
- that's because you lack ability to think, even though it seems to you that you possess such a rare quality.
Federal Constitution prevents (or is supposed to prevent) federal government from stealing individual freedoms and liberties that are delegated to the States, but it absolutely does not mean that the States themselves are immediately GRANTED these powers, it only means that the Federal government is not authorised to take these powers away from the States.
This absolutely does not mean anything beyon