Costa Mesa to put moratorium on enforcing solicitation ordinance

From the Daily Pilot

The city of Costa Mesa will put a halt to enforcing its solicitation ordinance, City Atty. Kimberly Hall Barlow confirmed on Tuesday night.

Earlier in the day, an attorney with the ACLU had said that the city has agreed to a moratorium on enforcing its controversial ordinance, until the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on another case challenging a similar ordinance.

In exchange, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of their clients claiming that Costa Mesa’s ordinance is unconstitutional, will temporarily hold off on pursuing the case, the ACLU lawyer said.

Costa Mesa agreed to a moratorium on its solicitation law pending a decision by the federal appellate court on a case challenging the city of Redondo Beach’s solicitation ordinance, officials with the ACLU and MALDEF said in a news release.

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