LA to shut off water and power to party houses
Source: BBC
The mayor of Los Angeles has said the city will be authorised to shut off water and power to properties where large parties and gatherings are held in defiance of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Eric Garcetti said house parties had become "nightclubs in the hills" and that the focus would be on gatherings "posing significant public dangers".
The rule comes into force on Friday.
California is the worst-affected US state with over 532,000 cases.
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chowder66
(9,098 posts)calimary
(81,565 posts)For the life of me I can't understand why the party houses and the big crowded indoor gatherings.
Do you really wanna get sick and maybe die? 'Cause that HAPPENS! Just ask Herman Cain!
Oh wait...
cynical_idealist
(362 posts)How will they wash their hands if the water is shut off?
chowder66
(9,098 posts)I just posted in a reply that there is a 48 hour notice before the shut it off which baffles me on how that is a deterrent.
"If the LAPD responds and verifies that a large gathering is occurring at a property, and we see these properties reoffending time and time again, they will provide notice and initiate the process to request that [the Department of Water and Power] shut off service within the next 48 hours," Garcetti said.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/05/899636766/los-angeles-mayor-says-city-may-shut-off-water-power-at-houses-hosting-large-par
chowder66
(9,098 posts)How is that a deterrent?
"If the LAPD responds and verifies that a large gathering is occurring at a property, and we see these properties reoffending time and time again, they will provide notice and initiate the process to request that [the Department of Water and Power] shut off service within the next 48 hours," Garcetti said.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/05/899636766/los-angeles-mayor-says-city-may-shut-off-water-power-at-houses-hosting-large-par
Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)Initech
(100,129 posts)C Moon
(12,225 posts)They'd have to start writing ticketsbut the police don't have the people power for that.
Initech
(100,129 posts)Hell I wouldn't use a portable toilet *BEFORE* the pandemic and I'm usually not a germophobe ither.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Shutting off power and water seems more legally sketchy to me, but I'm no expert.
What if there's someone inside who's on an oxygen machine that needs plugged in or something like that?
RockRaven
(15,063 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)What if it's a scenario where grandma lives in the guest house thus isn't involved in the party?
Just kinda seems to me like the cops breaking up the party makes more sense, esp. if you can come up with an excuse like 'excessive noise complaints'.
Mr.Bill
(24,354 posts)Maybe she's bedridden grandma upstairs in her bedroom while the younger ones are having the party downstairs.
Bottom line is, cutting off utilities can be a health hazard. Possibly they will only do it long enough to break up the party. Most medical equipment does have some battery back-up that will run it for awhile.
stopdiggin
(11,404 posts)So if someone (illegally) invites a bunch of guests over to their house -- it's alright for the city to kill them? But police brutality and violent tactics against protesters is bad?
You might want to rethink some of this?
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RockRaven
(15,063 posts)The city has made it clear they're gonna cut off electricity and water to these properties under these circumstances. If you're dependent on that electricity or water, don't act like a selfish fool, or you're gonna have to deal with the explicitly clear and pre-warned consequences.
There's no need to be overly dramatic. Law enforcement arrest or evict oxygen dependent people all the time, they can do it without endangering anyone. And this is no different, a little advanced notice of an immovable deadline and the person will have to deal with it. In the hypothesized scenario, any such person will have invited the resulting hassle. And that is even granting that there's even anyone at these properties when they get cut off, which is by no means certain, never mind a person with such needs.
stopdiggin
(11,404 posts)I was envisioning an immediate action in response to disorderly gatherings (the first link wasn't really that great). I looked further, and the city is actually proposing something like 48 hours (and suggesting that it will mostly go against repeat offenders). Nuisance property enforcement rather than action against an ongoing gathering.
So, I misread, and misunderstood the proposal -- and I stand corrected.
dalton99a
(81,678 posts)KS Toronado
(17,425 posts)generators. Maybe he should follow trumpie's lead and teargas peaceful partyiers.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)There are some who are hard-headed and don't get that it only prolongs the nation's pain.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)They've been holding gatherings while breaking CDC rules for quite some time.......
Plus, they're a bunch of criminals!
MichMan
(12,001 posts)Community organizers in Detroit are arguing that shutting off water (for non payment) is a public heath hazard and there needs to be a moratorium.
Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)of us, we'll end up locked up for months due to their selfish behavior spreading the disease!
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)In the unlikely case they actually go through with it, it will just add to fun.