“‘Somebody has to take a stand,’ said Jeffrey Prang, West Hollywood’s mayor. ‘We don’t ban things on a whim. It’s about impacting public policy more broadly; other cities follow us, partly because it gives them cover.’
Mr. Prang said progressive groups looking to start grass-roots movements have come to realize that California’s more liberal cities — places like West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Berkeley — are receptive to activist ordinances.” (New York Times)
“Liberal” cities, in that they let the State roam free.
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“Liberals Versus Statis ‘Liberals’” by William Henry Chamberlin