From: Ben
To: [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment Item 7. 25-257, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 8:07:02 AM
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I'm writing to publicly report an illegal squirrel
feeding dish & mini-table at 7871 Warner Ave.
(Woody's Diner) for years; & to request that
this & all commercial food establishments be
prohibited from feeding squirrels effective
immediately. I want commercial food to serve
clean food, & to not be feeding squirrels as
well; that being said I have good things to say
about this resident favorite.
I also want to thank 7777 Edinger Ave. for the
quality C that folks have experienced; such as
restaurants, coffee, books, movies & coats.
What a fun place.
Squirrel feeding is completely illegal & is a big
problem in the city, it has resulted in the
squirrels becoming predatorial
to human
activity, health risk & significant financial loss
4/1/2025
7 (25-257)
to me & all affected facilities. Similar to the
Mynocks of Ord Mynock, imagine if the
squirrels were to chew on the cables & lumber
of the utility systems? This is known to be a
problem.
AI - In Huntington Beach, CA, and generally
in California, feeding wildlife, including
squirrels, is illegal under California Code of
Regulations, title 14, section 251.1, which
defines harassment as disrupting an animal's
normal behavior patterns, and feeding falls
under that.
Feeding wildlife is illegal in California.
Section 251.1 of the California Fish and Game
Code states that feeding a wild animal can be
considered animal harassment. People can be
fined up to $1,000 for feeding a squirrel in
California.
I am also writing to publicly request that the
county health inspector be called out to inspect
the 6561 Edinger Ave. (Mcdonald's) building
& from now on be equipped to test for E. coli
bacteria at all commercial food places in the
same timeliness. I question if there was an
underreported, documented E. coli outbreak at
this store location during the winter months &
that the food supply, food health, building
cleanliness & conduct is not being enforced
here according to procedure by the total
management, & would like to know if there
were similar occurrences at this location? This
was reported to the headquarters but I doubt
anything was done.
This caused me significant
health & financial loss. I refuse to return to this
store location until the food health is
investigated & changed, & confidence of food
health is restored in the city; there are many
occurrences due to various reasons.
These are a few issues folks might not realize
how important they are. Both need to stop
now. I would also like to suggest an insect,
nocturnal & amphibian house; & observatory
for the city. These are truly amazing ideas for
the city so I'm simply putting forth these ideas.
- Ben (Jean-Luc) Pickens, NWHB
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