Posted 6:30 AM by Scoobie Davis

Party Crashing is NOT a Crime!!!!!!
Those of you familiar with this blog know that I love to crash parties (and that I crashed the 2002 Oscars)--my motto: "No invitation, no problemo."

California Assemblyman Anthony Portantino is trying to unleash The Man on crashers:

A proposed law set to go before California's Legislature this month would make one of Hollywood's cherished utterances — "You're not on the list" — carry grave new consequences. It's a measure aimed at making the act of party crashing a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.

The author of the legislation, Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge), said crashers at high-profile events like the Academy Awards and other awards shows pose a threat to public safety that warrants a law in addition to the 25 sections of trespassing code already on California's books. Portantino acted at the request of the Screen Actors Guild after some crashers breached security at the SAG Awards in January but were released because of legal loopholes.

This is misguided and wrong. I know there's not a lot to do in Sacramento but this is just lame.

Thanks to Gene of American Politics Journal for the link.