Appeals court sides with day laborers against wishes of residents
Kristin S. Agostoni:
A federal appeals court panel has upheld a ruling barring Redondo Beach from using its solicitation ordinance to prevent day laborers from seeking work along city streets.
In an opinion rendered late last week, a trio of judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn a preliminary injunction issued in December by U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall in response to a group of day laborers who filed suit against the city.
Redondo Beach attorneys had appealed Marshall's decision in hopes of enforcing the solicitation law while the lawsuit unfolds.
"I'm extremely disappointed," City Attorney Jerry Goddard said Monday.
Although Goddard said city officials continue to receive complaints from residents about day laborers congregating near a strip mall at Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Inglewood Avenue, he argued "the city has no enforcement mechanism that can be used to move the group from that location."
"The No. 1 problem is the traffic hazard," Goddard said. "The No. 2 problem is the intimidating effect it has on (shoppers)."
Redondo Beach's controversy over the workers began in October when, prompted by complaints from residents and business owners, police officials conducted a series of undercover sweeps. Dozens of laborers were arrested after they hopped into plainclothes officers' cars believing they were getting work.
The arrests sparked outrage from workers' advocates, drawing a large protest one morning in November at City Hall.
Lawyers for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, on behalf of the Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach, announced they had filed a federal lawsuit against the city, securing Marshall's ruling and ensuring the laborers could continue to seek work.
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posted by Adam Lawson @ 11:45 AM
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Gawds. Anyone who has seen this knows what an unsightly mess the whole congregating day laborer scene is for anyone -- resident or business owner -- who has to live or work nearby. Just having to see it driving by annoys me.
"Consuelo B. Marshall"
She's black, or appears to be. Here is a foto:
http://www.jtbf.org/article_iii_judges/marshall_c.htm
Does it matter? Let the reader decide. But as anyone who lives in or around LA knows, the 'Beach Communities' are a quiet, well-kept, mostly white sanctuary amidst what is increasingly a violent hellhole of diversity (aka LA) around them. I know people who, if they did not or could not (it ain't cheap) live there, they would leave the LA area.
And the Ninth is absolutely notorious for its anti-American rulings on immigrants and immigration. For example:
http://www.vdare.com/mann/041207_morales.htm
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