Roosters, and their owners, can live in Los Angeles for another day without fear of being hassled by The Man.
Los Angeles councilwoman Janice Hahn, who represents San Pedro and the Harbor areas, had planned on introducing a city ordinance to limit households to one rooster each. Real estate and land use blog Curbed LA wrote that Hahn had also wanted residents to embed their rooster with microchips. Warning: The Curbed items contain cheeky uses of the word "cock," but are otherwise safe for work.
The law was supposed to give homeowners recourse from incessant cock-a-doodle-dooing, prevented bird flu, and probably bust up any cockfighting rings within the city.
Rooster boosters can breathe a sigh of relief. The motion has been withdrawn, because the city's budget crunch doesn't allow animal control to effectively enforce the measure.
Homeowners seeking peace and quiet from the feathered fiends will once again feel Los Angeles has laid an egg, but urban bird owners have something to crow about.
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