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Jump to full article: Inside Bay Area, 2009-11-02
Author: Jessica Bernstein-Wax The Daily News
Intro: The City Council may consider a new smoking ordinance as soon as January that could ban lighting up in apartment and condominium buildings.
At a study session last week, council members agreed that the city's existing 16-year-old ordinance needs updating and should likely include more restrictions on smoking. However, most council members said they are not yet ready to go as far as Belmont, where a law banning smoking in multilevel residential buildings went into effect at the beginning of the year.
"I would like to look at that more," Vice Mayor Richard Cline said at the Oct. 27 study session, referring to a total ban on smoking in such buildings. "I think it requires a heck of a lot more work."
Councilwoman Kelly Fergusson, however, said she is ready to support such prohibitions after hearing researchers and community members speak about the dangers of secondhand smoke.
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