In Los Angeles, a law banning children from playing catch or kicking a soccer ball on the street or sidewalk is at the center of a new debate.
Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield introduced a motion on Aug. 1 to repeal a municipal code that bans playing ball or engaging in sports with a ball on sidewalks, streets, and public parks except in designated areas.
“No person shall play ball or any game of sport with a ball or football or throw, cast, shoot or discharge any stone, pellet, bullet, arrow or any other missile, in, over, across, along or upon any street or sidewalk or in any public park, except on those portions of said park set apart for such purposes,” the Los Angeles Municipal Code states….