For the first time since the laws were put in place, city officials have decided that regulations pertaining to street performers on the Promenade are sufficient and do not need any significant revisions this year. Merchants on the Promenade and the performers themselves, however, have voiced concerns that the regulation requiring performers to be 40 feet away from each other does not provide enough room, forcing performers to increase their decibel levels and risk noise-violation tickets.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Are the ordinances governing street performers on the Promenade sufficient? If not, what needs to be changed?”
Call (310) 285-8106 with your responses before Friday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in the weekend edition. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to first think about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 1, 2004. Read the original PDF.