Los Angeles Board Of Supervisors considers ban on raves

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  • The move to look at outlawing raves on civic property comes after two deaths at HARD Summer this past weekend.
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  • The Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors has voted unanimously to study a ban on raves held on county-owned land, following the deaths of two teenage girls at HARD Summer in Pomona on August 1st. That festival, whose lineup included acts like The Chemical Brothers, Caribou and Jimmy Edgar, took place at the Fairplex at the LA County Fairgrounds, on land leased from the Los Angeles County government. Two women, Tracy Nguyen, 18, and Katie Rebecca Dix, 19, died of suspected overdoses on Saturday night. The HARD deaths followed the fatal overdose of Sasha Rodriguez at Electric Daisy Carnival's 2010 event, held at the L.A. Coliseum. She was 15 at the time. EDC is now effectively banned from LA and has since moved to Las Vegas. The board made its decision on Tuesday, August 4th. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the proposed plan will be revisited in two weeks, when new steps to improve health and safety protections will also be discussed. "As we move forward, more measures need to be considered to create a safe environment for all patrons and a zero tolerance for illicit drugs," Supervisor Hilda Solis said. Mary Wickham, interim legal counsel for the county, said officials "are gathering the facts on exactly what was done." She also said the county is looking closely at the next HARD event, scheduled for September 10th at the Fairplex. "We will be operating on a timetable to address these issues prior to that date," she added.
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