Leaf Blowers: Scourge of Humanity

by Janet Cox Leaf blowers are everywhere in Sacramento. I’m glad I moved away from there because it is not a quiet place. Where I used to live and work I would listen to leaf blowers 3 hours a day, seven days a week. On Thursday, it would be all day–from 6:30 in...

Privatizing Noise Enforcement

by Louis Lawent I believe that noise enforcement needs to be privatized to be effective. This would not be necessary if there were a will to implement a public “horn honk” brigade that would be managed by the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD could...