Cocksure no more: Rooster ranks capped CRACKDOWN: L.A. adopts one-per-home limit to deal with noise, prevent cockfighting.Byline: Rick Orlov, Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. approved a plan Tuesday to limit
rooster roosterits crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility ownership, in an effort to control noise and help police prevent cockfighting cockfighting, sport of pitting gamecocks against one other. Though popular in ancient Greece, Persia, and Rome, cockfighting has been long opposed by clergy and humane groups. . The new ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been restricts people to owning one rooster per property, although those who already have multiple birds can keep up to three for now. "It was the police who first came to me and said they needed help to deal with the gangs and all the cockfighting that was going on," said Councilwoman Janice Hahn Janice Hahn is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. Hahn was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005, running unopposed. The 15th District encompasses the Los Angeles communities of Watts, Wilmington, Harbor Gateway, Harbor City, Athens on the , who authored the proposal that was approved on a 12-0 vote. "It was only afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here that people started to tell me about the noise problems. It's horrible in some areas." Those who currently have multiple roosters can pay a one-time fee of $50 each to keep up to two additional birds, but cannot replace them when they die. "This is a quality-of-life issue," said Hahn, who has been working on the proposal for two years. "It gives a tool to law enforcement and it will try to control the noise from roosters." Linda Barth of the Department of Animal Services said the city has had problems because there has been no law on the books regarding roosters and there are some areas where hundreds of them are bred for fighting. "Our biggest animal cruelty issues are dogfighting and cockfighting," Barth said. "This will help us and help the police in dealing with this." Councilman Bill Rosendahl Bill Rosendahl is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing Council District 11, including the communities of Brentwood, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, West Los Angeles and Westchester. , who owns a rooster and several hens and is known for bringing fresh eggs to his colleagues, said he recognized the conflict. "I love the sounds the roosters make, it's music to my ears," Rosendahl said. "But not everyone feels that way. The fact of the matter is roosters do not belong in an urban environment." The measure exempts breeders and agricultural areas but is still undergoing some minor reviews to exempt 4-H Club members from the fees and to create a special fund to make sure the money collected will go to enforce anti-cockfighting laws. rick.orlov@dailynews.com, 213-978-0390 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A new ordinance approved by the City Council on Tuesday would restrict people to owning one rooster per property. Hans Gutknecht Staff Photographer |
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