Brea Retools Effort to Regulate Protests in Downtown and Citywide

Republican congressman Ed Royce may be planning on retiring at the end of his term this year, but that’s not stopping Brea’s efforts to regulate protests in the city that, more often than not, end up outside his downtown office. City council appeared poised to pass an ordinance right before Christmas with sweeping provisions that would’ve, among other things, limited non-permitted protests to 30 people or under while footing activists with application fees for permitted ones. Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post: https://www.ocweekly.com/brea-retools-effort-to-regulate-protests-in-downtown-and-citywide/