Strippers still bound by 2-foot rule
LA HABRA “”mdash; A federal appeals court refused to reconsider a
January ruling that upheld La Habra’s so-called
“two-foot rule” banning lap dances.
Strip-club owner Badi “Bill” Gammoh, who owns clubs
in Anaheim, La Habra and Arcadia, challenged La Habra’s 2003
ordinance that requires dancers to keep at least two feet away from
customers.
Strippers also joined the suit, saying the law cost them
lucrative earnings.
The suit claimed the ordinance was vague and illegally curtailed
their freedom of expression.
But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous
opinion Jan. 27, said the ordinance did not improperly limit Gammoh
or the dancers’ protected freedoms. The appellate court on
Friday denied another hearing.
L.A. County Museum of Art director resigns
Andrea L. Rich is resigning as director of the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, saying power struggles in the museum’s
board of trustees played into her decision to leave.
Rich, widely credited with strengthening the museum financially
and artistically during her 10-year reign, will step down from her
position in November.
“When you have strong-minded trustees who have deep
interests and passions and you have a strong-minded director whose
opinions may not conform, you are going to have potential
differences of opinion,” she said. “That certainly has
been true throughout my 10 years.
“Not everyone on the board always agreed on the direction
I was leading them.”
Compiled from Bruin wire services.