Politics & Government
Reader Poll: How Do You Feel About the Apartment Anti-Smoking Bill?
A California bill regarding smoking in apartments could have a major impact in West Hollywood by giving landlords ammunition to evict smokers.
If passed, Senate Bill 332, which allows landlords to declare a rental unit or an entire apartment complex as "nonsmoking," would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012.
As currently written, the bill has a provision that if a city already has a local ordinance regarding apartment smoking in place prior to that date, the city’s law would stand. West Hollywood currently does not have an apartment smoking ordinance.
The City Council is scheduled to meet in the new library's Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Monday to hear an ordinance that would preempt the new state law.
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