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Fiona Ma's Quest to Ban Raves Ends with Discovery That You Can't Ban a Type of Music

Ian S. Port Oct 14, 2011 9:47 AM

Fiona Ma: Still not a rave fan
Last year, we told you that S.F. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was on a quest to ban raves in the wake of the death of a 15-year-old girl at Electric Daisy Carnival in L.A.

Turns out Ma failed -- at least to ban raves outright. "We found out later on that constitutionally, you cannot ban a type of music," she explains in a new Reason-produced video on the subject.

But Ma's efforts did result in the passage this week of the Concert and Music Festival Safety Act, a new law that requires public agencies to assess any health and safety threats of large gatherings -- not just raves -- held on public property.