LONG BEACH : Group Stalls Smoking Ban by Submitting Petitions
A no-smoking ordinance scheduled to take effect today was delayed after pro-tobacco forces presented the city with thousands of petitions in an attempt to force the issue to a citywide vote.
Organizers of the petition drive said they delivered nearly 32,000 signatures to the city clerk’s office Friday afternoon. If at least 18,149 signatures are by registered voters in the city, the City Council will put the measure on the ballot in the next city election, April 12, 1994, or rescind the no-smoking ordinance.
The city clerk’s office expects to complete its count of the signatures by Tuesday, then will send them to the County Registrar of Voters to be validated, said Deputy City Clerk Deborah Wright.
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