Protesters will be required to keep at least 300 feet away from the private residences of city politicians.

The Tuesday L.A. City Council item needed 12 “yes” votes to pass and received 13, with the two council members who voted against the item being Mike Bonin who represents the 11th district and Nithya Raman,representing District 4.

“Those folks who have a disagreement with what we legislate here in this body… they can certainly protest outside of this building [City Hall] which is a public facility,” L.A. City Council Nury Martinez said during the council discussion Tuesday. “But to take this to our homes, to take this to our neighborhoods and to gradually start to escalate the tone in which these activists target some of us is completely out of control.”

The motion was first introduced on August 31 after a protester from an vaccine mandate rally shared the personal addresses of council members and encouraged protests at their homes.

“Sharpen your knives, get your guns, get your food now. We find out who voted yes and you show up at their house. We need to intimidate these people,” the protester said during the rally according to KTTV.

That is when Martinez and Councilman Mitch O’Farrell drew up the ordinance.

“I don’t have to tell you that this ordinance is not, this isn’t a stunt or an overreaction to what we’ve seen escalate on social media with people targeting some of us, folks showing up to our homes at every hour of the day,” Council President Martinez said Tuesday. “I think it’s clear to me that these protests are now starting to escalate more and more, and what I’m really concerned about is an escalation of an actual violent event taking place anywhere in our neighborhoods, particularly our residence.”

On Monday, a protest was held outside of Martinez’s residence with chants of, “What’s the reason we’re in these streets? No law on 300 feet.”

An L.A.-based homeless advocacy group called K-Town For All led the Monday rally and said, “… city officials have been doing everything in their power to suppress public engagement since last year’s uprisings. This 300-ft ban is the newest tactic they’re employing.”

Those in violation of the new protesting law could see up to a $1,000 fine.

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