If tossing a football or a Frisbee on the beach sounds like a perfect summer pastime, you might want to think twice about doing it on Los Angeles County beaches.
Those two activities will get you fined up to $1,000 if you do it between Memorial Day and Labor Day, thanks to the county's Board of Supervisors.
Sounds un-American doesn't it?
Summers are all about barbeques and beaches, but folks who head to Malibu, Santa Monica or Hermosa Beach when the weather heats up are advised to leave their footballs and Frisbees at home.
The ordinance – all 37 pages of it – actually contains updated rules purportedly intended to protect the public from being injured, although it still permits beach-goers to play volleyball or toss around beach balls.
The essence of the rule forbids anyone to "cast, toss, throw, kick or roll" any object other than a beach ball or volleyball "upon or over any beach" between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Ball throwing can still be done in designated areas, although a permit is required.
That's not all. The same ordinance prohibits digging a hole deeper than 18 inches in the sand except where permission is granted for TV or film production. So your kids with their sand pails can forget about having fun out there, too.
Did the Board of Supervisors miss the mark on this one?
Absolutely. If they want to ban something, how about middle-aged men in Speedos? Or babies in the buff? Or women who try to squeeze too much flesh into too little bikini?
