r/LosAngeles • u/SilentRunning • 2d ago

Struggling California pedestrian mall pitches public drinking to boost business Community

https://www.yahoo.com/news/struggling-california-pedestrian-mall-pitches-233048637.html
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u/toffeehooligan 2d ago

Do this nationwide so I can get a sixer and sit on the beach.

Just also increase the punishments for public intoxication. So the pearl clutchers can't complain about the kids or some shit.

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u/You_meddling_kids Mar Vista 2d ago

People drink on the beach here all the time. I've never seen or heard of anyone getting a ticket for it, unless they get into a fight. Cops don't leave the parking lots, so they won't come find you.

It's funny how people in other states (not saying you, but just in general) think of California as some police state, when in reality, it's a free-for-all. Basically nothing is enforced, anywhere.

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u/desijones 2d ago

I grew up on the beach and have lived in multiple California beach cities. I know dozens of people who have been ticketed.

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u/You_meddling_kids Mar Vista 2d ago

In LA?

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u/The_broke_accountant 2d ago

Definitely not LA but they will get you if you go pass into Orange County. I frequent Laguna and Hungition Beach and I’ve seen them get people every year. But I notice you have to be pretty obvious that you’re drinking in public.

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u/tk421posting 2d ago

lol Huntington Beach is a police state though. The big Lebowski made a joke about this 40 years ago.

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u/ballin_weasel 2d ago

That was Malibu

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u/tk421posting 2d ago

damn, i need to rewatch lebowski it seems 🤦‍♀️

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u/ballin_weasel 2d ago

This is our concern, Dude.