Los Angeles considers repeal of law banning playing catch
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with repealing a city law that one member of the panel described as “uncommonly silly.”
In a 14-0 vote, the council voted to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance to repeal Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 56.16, which essentially makes playing catch on some residential streets or sidewalks punishable by a fine and jail time.
The section of the law at issue states, “No person shall play ball or any game of sport with a ball or football or throw, cast, shoot or discharge any stone, pellet, bullet, arrow or any other missile, in, over, across, along or upon any street or sidewalk or in any public park, except on those portions of said part set apart for such purposes.”
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