Riverside ordinance re: Scientology suspended

Last week I posted about Riverside County’s ordinance which banned residential picketing to fifty feet beyond the subject’s property as a way to diminish the impact of anti-Scientology protests at the church’s Hemet facility.  

Now comes news that the County has punted the ordinance to the County counsel’s office which is to work with the Sheriff to figure out how to apply the ordinance to the Scientology situation.  The sheriff’s department was concerned that because of the way the campus is configured, the ordinance might not be enforceable.  My own suspicion is that the Counsel’s office is also reviewing possible constitutional questions with the ordinance.  Like First amendment challenges?

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Tags: First amendment, Riverside county, Scientology