{"id":444014,"date":"2010-03-18T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fb62052970c"},"modified":"2010-03-18T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T16:30:06","slug":"lawmakers-to-consider-smoking-ban-at-state-parks-and-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/444014","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers to consider smoking ban at state parks and beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.latimes.com\/daily-deal-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/labor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrew Molera State Park\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5286 \" src=\"http:\/\/travel.latimes.com\/daily-deal-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/labor.jpg\" style=\"width: 566px; height: 376px;\" title=\"labor\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p>California lawmakers will consider Thursday a proposal to ban smoking at state parks and beaches, a move\u00a0supporters say would reduce litter, limit exposure to secondhand smoke and prevent wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Violators would be subject to a fine of $100.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), who introduced the bill, said cigarette butts are the most frequently found marine debris and that cigarette waste threatens\u00a0the marine life that ingests it.<\/p>\n<p>Various local governments, including Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles and Malibu,\u00a0have passed bans on smoking at local parks, beaches and piers.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco manufacturers oppose the bill, saying a ban on smoking at beaches and parks infringes on the rights of smokers. The bill does not cover parking lots next to state parks and beaches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; My-Thuan Tran <\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Hikers and horse riders at Andrew Molera State Park in<br \/>\nCalifornia\u2019s Big Sur area. Credit: Ricardo DeAratanha \/ Los Angeles<br \/>\nTimes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>More breaking news in L.A. Now: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/man-shot-dead-on-street-in-bell-gardens.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Man shot dead on street in Bell Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/biker-gang-arrests-tied-to-extreme-threat-on-riverside-county-law-enforcement.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">A day after biker gang arrests, officials to<br \/>\ndiscuss new developments in attacks on Riverside County officers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/sepulveda-boulevard-closure-expected-to-worsen-westside-traffic-woes.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Sepulveda Boulevard closures expected to<br \/>\nworsen Westside traffic woes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/customers-of-the-los-angeles-department-of-water-and-power-get-their-first-chance-thursday-to-weigh-in-on-mayor-antonio-villa.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">DWP customers to weigh in on proposed electric<br \/>\n rate hike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmakers will consider Thursday a proposal to ban smoking at state parks and beaches, a move\u00a0supporters say would reduce litter, limit exposure to secondhand smoke and prevent wildfires. Violators would be subject to a fine of $100. State Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), who introduced the bill, said cigarette butts are the most frequently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}