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San Luis Obispo doubling fines for Halloween

October 30, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

The San Luis Obispo Police Department is doubling fines for rowdy parties and alcohol offenses on Halloween through the weekend.

The city’s safety enhancement zone begins Halloween at midnight and extends through the weekend. Fines are doubled for open container, peeing in public, noise violations and unruly gatherings.

The city has provided the following tips to avoid costly fines:

• Keep bottles, cans and cups of booze inside the bars and your house.
• Use a toilet, not the street. Portable restrooms will be available for use downtown.
• If celebrating at home, keep the music volume down and turn down the bass.
• Keep gatherings small. Inviting 500 people to your condo is not the best idea.
• Do not drink and drive. Designate a sober driver or use rideshare apps to get home safely.

 


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I didn’t realize police could just unilaterally and whimsically set and change fines at their own discretion. Sounds like it should be a legislative function rather than an executive function.


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It was a legislative function. Name does not check out.


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The city’s revenue enhancement zone begins Halloween at midnight and extends through the weekend. Fines are doubled for open container, peeing in public, noise violations and unruly gatherings.


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If dogs can do their thing in public, so should people.


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People do, thanks to city officials.


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They really call it “revenue enhancement zone”? Absolutely no attempt to conceal their real motive? At least they could call it “child safety enhancement zone” or something similar.. That would obscure their real belief that money is more important than safety.


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The real motive? Wtf Perhaps if you lived in a town with thousands of young adults living away from mommy and daddy for the first time and doing dumb shit all over town…..


It works to reduce the dumb shit that happens and the costs to taxpayers.


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Concern for the taxpayer’s money. I like that conservative concept.


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