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Banned in West Hollywood

By Deborah Netburn, Times Staff Writer West Hollywood's recent decision to ban foie gras (overextended goose liver), at left, should come as no surprise. WeHo has a penchant for passing what we’ll call “unexpected” resolutions and ordinances. What else has the city banned? Click through and find out.

By Deborah Netburn, Times Staff Writer

West Hollywood’s recent decision to ban foie gras (overextended goose liver), at left, should come as no surprise. WeHo has a penchant for passing what we’ll call “unexpected” resolutions and ordinances. What else has the city banned? Click through and find out.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

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Selling, foie gras, declawing a pet cat, calling yourself a dog “owner?” Not in West Hollywood!

West Hollywood bans

Banned: Being a pet ‘owner’

WeHo has clearly put animal rights among the top of its list of priorities. And in that vein, the city passed an ordinance declaring that any person with a pet should henceforth be known as the pet’s “guardian,” not “owner.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

West Hollywood bans: street parking

Banned: Parking on many residential streets

All you want is to grab a sweet and creamy Spanish Latte at Urth Café, or a fro-yo from the world’s first Pinkberry, or a drink at the Abbey — but you’ll have to find parking first. You turn up a side street, and un-metered spots abound. But no, you can’t park there, or there, or there. You can’t park in any of them. Darned permit parking!  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

west hollywood bans: sarah Palin

There are no ordinances or resolutions making it illegal to hang Sarah Palin in effigy. But when Chad Michael Morisette dressed a mannequin up as the Alaska governor and hung it by a noose in front of his West Hollywood house on Halloween, the mayor met with him privately and convinced him to take it down.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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