This "$1,000 per Party Ordinance" is brutal against the students in Santa Cruz and anyone who hosts parties of 2 or more people. In an effort to get the ordinance repealed, or at least to have its fines and definitions reconsidered, I have created scpartyordinance.org. I would appreciate anyone with concerns about the ordinance to discuss it in my forums, which I will present to the City Council when a sizable following has been established.

I feel that this ordinance is especially unfair in my case, in which I have very few neighbors and if the cops are ever called it's because (distant) neighbors call police at 1:30am when they want the noise to stop so they can sleep, not to see me incur a $1,000 misdemeanor. The police are inconsiderate to my situation and this ordinance allows them to hit me with an uncontestible ticket, because there's no denying that I had 2 or more people when they arrived. I am disturbed by my lack of representation so I am trying to unite concerned citizens to affect change.

www.scpartyordinance.org