Comite De Jornaleros De Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that the Redondo Beach (“City”) ordinance is a valid time, place, and manner restriction upon speech occurring on the City’s sidewalks and other public ways — the most traditional of public fora. In the words of Redondo Beach City Attorney Gordon C. Phillips, who recommended the ordinance’s adoption to the City’s Mayor and Council Members, the ordinance “prohibits any person from soliciting from the street ‘employment, business or contributions’ from occupants of vehicles.” The ordinance is facially over-broad and thus violates…