Motion would ban animal sales on Venice Boardwalk in city code

Councilwoman Traci Park asks the City Attorney to name Ocean Front Walk as a place where selling or buying animals is barred.

City Council· posted Oct 2Motion

Selling or buying animals along the 2.5 mile Ocean Front Walk in Venice would be explicitly banned under city code, with new signs posted to warn visitors. Councilwoman Traci Park asks the City Attorney to draft the ordinance and Animal Services to report on sign costs and reviving the Illegal Animal Sales Task Force.

What happens next

Referred to the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee

Ocean Front Walk
Ocean Front Walk

Photo: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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