{"id":259369128,"date":"2013-03-21T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=259369128"},"modified":"2013-03-21T22:58:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:58:48","slug":"sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-backs-cyclist-harassment-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=259369128","title":{"rendered":"Sonoma County Board of Supervisors backs cyclist harassment law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By BRETT WILKISON, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nCritics say protections already are in place to punish those convicted of serious car-versus-bike crimes, and any ordinance targeting lesser incidents risks meddling in a murky area of law.<br \/>\nSupervisor Efren Carrillo said he understood cyclists and pedestrians already can sue for general harassment and intimidation.<br \/>\nWhile that is true, Deputy County Counsel Linda Schiltgen said, there are no laws specifically involving civil harassment of pedestrians and cyclists. A local ordinance would change that but would not necessarily require criminal enforcement, county officials said.<br \/>\nIn the unincorporated area of the county, it would prohibit:<br \/>\nPhysically assaulting or attempting to assault a bicyclist or pedestrian.<br \/>\nIntentionally injuring or attempting to injure, either by words, vehicle or other object, a bicyclist or pedestrian.<br \/>\nIntentionally distracting or attempting to distract a bicyclist.<br \/>\nIntentionally forcing or attempting to force a bicyclist or pedestrian off a street for purposes unrelated to public safety.<br \/>\nThe ordinance also would prohibit pedestrians and cyclists from physically or verbally abusing other non-motorized users of county roads.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/article\/20130312\/ARTICLES\/130319887\/1033\/news?Title=Supervisors-back-cyclist-harassment-law-&amp;tc=ar\">https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/article\/20130312\/ARTICLES\/130319887\/1033\/news?Title=Supervisors-back-cyclist-harassment-law-&amp;tc=ar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BRETT WILKISON, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT &#8230; Critics say protections already are in place to punish those convicted of serious car-versus-bike crimes, and any ordinance targeting lesser incidents risks meddling in a murky area of law. Supervisor Efren Carrillo said he understood cyclists and pedestrians already can sue for general harassment and intimidation. While that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=259369128\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sonoma County Board of Supervisors backs cyclist harassment law&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259369128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259369128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259369128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259369128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259369128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259369128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259369128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}