10-29-2010, 08:07 AM
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Santa Clara, California: THREE new ordinances.
The "antis" are REALLY going all out, Omaha Beach on these ordinances. Some of which are a bit sensible, as in issuing permits for indoor smoking...but they're still coming strong.
From Glynn Loope of the CRA
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From Cigar Rights: This proposal in Santa Clara County, California is nothing short of an attempt at prohibition. Please sign the on-line petition on the CRA web site, and send a message to the Board of Supervisors. One click, and you'll get to each one of them. CRA Website
Story from The San José Mercury
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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 19 to approve the three ordinances introduced by board president Ken Yeager.
The second and final vote on two of the ordinances is set for Nov. 9; the third ordinance, Nov. 23.
Yeager said he introduced the trio of comprehensive measures to help prevent smoking among youths and to protect residents from secondhand smoke.
"The residents of this county deserve strong policies to safeguard their health," Yeager said.
At the Oct. 19 hearing, experts from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco testified about youth smoking and the negative effects of secondhand smoke.....
The most ambitious is the Tobacco Retailer Permit Ordinance requiring retailers to obtain and maintain annual permits to sell tobacco products, which will be voted on Nov. 23, taking effect 60 days later if passed.
It would require retailers to pay a one-time application fee of $340 and an annual permit fee of $425, with the monies going toward administration and enforcement of the ordinance.
The same ordinance would also prohibit permits being issued to any new retailer with a pharmacy, any new retailer located within 1,000 feet of a school and any new retailer within 500 feet of another tobacco retailer. Existing retailers will be allowed to remain, but will be required to get permits.
In addition to the monetary fines, tobacco retailers with a permit could have their permits suspended for violations. Tobacco retailers without a permit could find themselves ineligible for permits for a specific period of time.
The Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance, which comes up for a vote on Nov. 9, prohibits smoking in a variety of places, including in hotel and motel rooms, in outdoor shopping malls, in or within 30 feet of outdoor service areas, at the county fairgrounds and inside retail stores dealing exclusively in sales of tobacco and smoking paraphernalia. The smoking ban would also apply to all county-owned park lands and trails.
Additionally, it would require all employers to adopt a nonsmoking policy within 90 days of the effective date of ordinance.
The Multi-Unit Residences Ordinance, which also has a Nov. 9 vote date, would prohibit smoking in apartment, condo and townhouse complexes as well as duplexes.
Existing units will have 14 months after the effective date of the ordinance to comply.
Both the Smoking Pollution Control and Multi-Unit Residences ordinances will go into effect 30 days after the vote if passed.
All three ordinances are in keeping with findings of the U.S. Surgeon General that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke and that the only way to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke inside a building is to eliminate smoking indoors. Secondhand smoke can seep under doorways, through cracks in walls and into ventilation systems.
The findings indicate that separating smokers, operating air cleaners and good ventilation do not prevent the spread of secondhand smoke.
Funding to educate the public about the new ordinances, if they pass, will come out of a $7 million grant the county Public Health Department received from a Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Last edited by TommyBB; 10-29-2010 at 08:11 AM.
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