LA County Board

30. Enacting Bubble Zones for Sensitive Sites in Unincorporated Los Angeles\nCounty\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Horvath: Instruct County Counsel\nto draft an ordinance modeled after the State of Colorado’s “bubble zone” law to\nprotect individuals entering or exiting a hospital, medical clinic, other healthcare\nfacility, educational facility, or place of worship, thereby making it a\nmisdemeanor crime for a person to do any of the following:\nKnowingly obstruct, detain, hinder, impede, or block another person's\nentry to or exit from a healthcare facility, educational facility, or place of\nworship;\nKnowingly approach another person within eight feet of such person,\nunless such person consents, for the purpose of passing a leaflet or\nhandbill to, displaying a sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education, or\ncounseling with such other person in the public way or sidewalk area\nwithin a radius of one hundred feet from any entrance door to a\nhealthcare facility, educational facility, or place of worship;\nRequest the Sheriff to inform and train its law enforcement personnel on the\nnew ordinance upon enactment;\nDirect the Chief Executive Officer, through the Countywide Communications\nOffice, in consultation with the Sheriff, to perform the following outreach:\nConduct a forum to educate the 88 cities within the County of the new\nordinance and encourage the cities to adopt a similar ordinance; and\nCreate a toolkit consisting of fact sheets, a draft ordinance, and outreach\nmaterials for use by cities and to inform community sensitive sites of the\nnew ordinance. (24-3171)