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MyspaceEffective May 16th the City of Carpinteria will begin implementing a new law that bans tobacco use in almost all outdoor locations, becoming the first city in Santa Barbara County to do so. The law was passed to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and decrease tobacco-related litter in Carpinteria.
The new law prohibits tobacco use in the following places:
- business entryways
- outdoor worksites (except for a few designated smoking areas for employees)
- bar and restaurant patios
- public events
- public streets and sidewalks
- in common outdoor areas in multi-unit housing complexes
Carpinteria joins a list of 37 communities throughout the state that regulate smoking outdoors. The City of Carpinteria has been known for its progressive tobacco control policies and has restricted smoking in several outdoor locations since 1995, including the county’s first ban on smoking in parks and beaches in 2005.
For specific information about the law, go to www.carpinteria.ca.us.
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After reading this article I called my realtor and told her to stop our search for a home in the Carp./ SB area. I had no idea that community had decided to suspend the rights of Americans and it is no place to raise my children to believe the American dream of freedom from the Jackboot of oppression by our government. Secondhand smoke in the middle of a open park or public beach reeks of the same reason our forefathers left England.
American has increasingly become that which we hated. Our prisons are full of young people whose only crime was to smoke a little pot. We ruin their lives for some stupid puritan belief that Cannabis is harmful when in fact it is being found to be a cure for many forms of cancer among many other diseases. I grew up in SB and it is no longer the progressive community that made us so special. When will it end ?
SmileySam (anonymous profile)
May 17, 2011 at 1:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Agreed ! I Moved back to California last summer to enjoy my Beautiful home town. I think I'll be enjoying Ventura instead.
This is supposed to be a free country .All I've seen since I've been back is a systematic seizure of our liberties, Yet the real problems like gangs and chemical drugs are virtually ignored.
soldierboy425 (anonymous profile)
May 18, 2011 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
OK I was stupid. I did not know smoking was banned completely in this town. I made the mistake of renting for a month. I was informed by my elderly and demeaning neighbor that it was illegal to smoke anywhere in the city. This does appear now to be true. I called my realtor and asked him why I was not told of this before renting. This was a violation of law in my opinion as full disclosure was not followed as to conditions in the town. He basically told me it was not required to inform people of draconian laws.
I feel cheated. I know my next complaint shall go to the powers that be that discrimination is against the law and the City must require fully disclosure through all agents of this situation. Don't worry I will spend all my vacation money outside city limits. Cigarettes are legal in the United States.
ahatfl (anonymous profile)
December 3, 2011 at 12:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)