It's amazing that the city of Oakland has time for this but no time to enforce the law or hold arrested criminals accountable with actual charges. They've made

It's amazing that the city of Oakland has time for this but no time to enforce the law or hold arrested criminals accountable with actual charges. They've made no real progress on the streak of crimes against Asians committed by what seems like mostly African American suspects, and have been hesitant to use the 'hate crime' label which they use generously in other situations. Meanwhile, police chief LeRonne Armstrong arrested an Asian shopowner who legally used his firearm in defense (https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-cops-reluctant-to-arrest-store-owner-who-opened-fire-to-stop-robbery https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-cops-reluctant-to-arrest-s...). Even though the shopowner was later released with no charges (https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/03/02/no-charges-for-oakland-chinatown-shop-owner-whose-gunfire-broke-up-robbery-attempt/ https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/03/02/no-charges-for-oakla...), it gives away the lopsided politics and priorities of Oakland. And now here we are, with the city leadership spending time on minutia instead of the real problems that plague the bay. Regarding this ban - I can understand upholding noise codes, but the reality is that electric leaf blowers and trimmers are nowhere near as good and have limited run times. They are simply not a good substitute. Rather than banning them, I would rather see the cost of the externalities priced in or maybe a tighter number of hours when such equipment can be used. In general, the government should not get into the habit of controlling individual actions via widely-scoped hard bans.