On the afternoon of April 24, Ryan Price came out of her mother --in-
Santa Ana of Law is home to her car.
What happens next will raise the price to three-
Monthly legal disputes involving her family, town hall and 1st Amendment.
There is a transportation ticket on her silver 2000 Acura Integra wiper.
The price looks up and down the confused residential street ---
She did not stop near the parking sign, fire hydrant or red area.
The car is within a allowed distance from the curb.
Tickets themselves are also mysterious.
It mysteriously pointed out that she violated 41-1301(a)at 3:27 p. m.
The confused price walked back to her mother. in-Lao's apartment
The two searched the internet and found out why the price was fined $54.
Her car was ticketed because her rear window had a sign for sale.
"I was totally shocked because I have never heard of such a thing," 30-year-
English teacher in old middle school.
In addition to her anger at the law itself, price-
People living in Covina-
Wondering: "How do I know I'm not allowed to post [the sign]
In Santa Ana?
"Prices conflict with the laws taken by many cities to deal with problems that may result from" selling "signs, as they disrupt the community and distract drivers.
However, since the Federal Court overturned similar laws in Los Angeles in 2000, they have been in the shadow of the law.
Representing a man who was fined $35 for placing two "for sale" signs on a car parked on a city street, the American Civil Liberties Union successfully argued that the law violated his freedomspeech rights.
Judge a: "The court cannot understand that the sign on the parked car is more dangerous than the same sign on the car in motion . ".
Howard Matz wrote in the ruling that Burkow.
City of Los Angeles.
"With respect to the undisputed important" aesthetic "issue, the defendant can minimize the alleged injury by far without measures completely prohibited.
Hit hard by the ruling, many other cities have abandoned similar laws.
For example, the city of Orange has asked the police department not to enforce the law because of the Los Angeles ruling and will consider abolishing the law, the city Atty said. David DeBerry.
Orange is exploring other ways-
If you post a sign "no overnight parking" on the main road--
To solve this problem, it could be serious, says DeBerry.
The street parking lot near the youth football field has been sold by cars.
"Drivers will slow down on the street and they won't pay attention to what they should do, that's driving," DeBerry said . ".
There's one on Huntington Beach.
Sign the regulations on the books, and again, their police will not issue citations.
Laurie Payne, the city's spokeswoman, said lawyers in the city were reviewing the code.
In Santa Ana, however, city officials believe their laws remain in force.
Paula Coleman, assistant city lawyer for Santa Ana, said the city felt the interpretation of the law ---
In terms of the way advertisements are displayed, the scope is wider ---
The regulations overturned in Los Angeles are "legally different ".
The Santa Ana city code states that "no one is allowed to park or place a vehicle. . .
Display such vehicles on public or private streets, parking lots or any public or private property. . .
For sale, rental, lease or other advertising purposes.
She added that Santa Ana officials strongly believe that the "for sale" sign on the window could cause problems.
Several hot spots in the city, she said, were "in fact exploited --
Parking for the weekend.
A police officer in Santa Ana recalled, she said,
On the North Fairview Street, when the driver was distracted by the signs, the injured collision occurred on the other party.
However, Price felt that the rule was unfair, so she asked her uncle, Wayne King, a traffic activist, for advice on how to crack down on the ticket.
"This is a denial of our right to freedom of speech in business," Kim said . "
King, a 65-year-old retired engineer, took over his niece's case and contacted Peter Eliasberg, a management lawyer at ACLU in Southern California.
Once in Burkow.
In the Los Angeles case, the representative Price wrote a letter to the town hall.
He asked the City Council to repeal the regulation.
"It's illegal, it's against the constitution.
"The 1st Amendment protects not only political or artistic speech, but also commercial speech," Eliasberg said . ".
"There is no reason for the city to ban it on every street in the city.
He added: "People who don't have the money to advertise in newspapers are the most difficult.
Kim said he contacted the city prosecutor's office where officials told him that tickets for his niece would be fired.
Two weeks later, Kim called Santa Ana's citation information hotline to check the status of the ticket.
The ticket has not yet been rejected and now includes an additional $50 arrears.
At a meeting of the board of directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority, several officials in the city of Santa Ana clashed with the letter at hand by ACLU, which said it would investigate the case.
After several exchanges, on July 11, Kim learned that the ticket was dismissed.
While the city has backed down in the price case, Coleman says she is not aware of any move to repeal the law or stop enforcing it.
Price did not fantasize that she and her uncle had created a legal history in the case, but said it was still worth fighting.
"This is one of the troubles in life.
"There must be something more important than that," Price said . ".
"But if it weren't for Uncle Wayne, I would have been fined $104.
"Even better, she finally found a buyer for her Acura Integra.
It sold for $9,400.