And this is the LAND of the FREE. LOL!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] California Supreme Court denies CDOC appeal To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, July 18, 2011, 10:12 PM On Wednesday, the justices of the California Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a Los Angeles municipal ordinance requiring sterilization of dogs and cats within the city. This district's Court of Appeal ruled in Concerned Dog Owners of California v. City of Los Angeles (2011) 194 Cal.App.4th that the ordinance adopted in 2008 was a valid exercise of the city's police power and did not implicate any constitutional rights. It requires the owner of a dog or cat to spay or neuter the animal unless one of six exemptions is satisfied. Exemptions affect animals whose owners hold breeder permits, as well as show animals, service dogs, and those used for law enforcement or similar public purposes. Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson, writing for Div. One, said that there was no constitutional right to keep a pet unaltered, that requiring spaying or neutering is not a taking of property, and that the ordinance "regulates conduct not speech." The challengers had argued that requiring them to purchase breeder permits if they did not want to alter their animals was a form of compelled speech, since "breeder" is looked upon as a pejorative term in some circles. But the justice pointed out that there was no actual compulsion involved, and that there was no requirement that permit holders actually breed the animals. The ARistas win again!!! Peggy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org ; SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================