Alarming news
Law firm threatens city over false alarm ordinance
A law firm representing both the California Alarm Association and the Sacramento Area Alarm Association has sent a letter to the city of Chico that warns of possible court action over the City Council’s recent vote to fine alarm companies, rather than users, for false alarms.
Los Angeles-based Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp charges that the ordinance the council passed in October “violates and is pre-empted by the Alarm Company Act and other state laws, improperly imposes a special tax, and violates equal protection and due process rights of the members of the Associations.”
An accompanying notice from the Sacramento Area Alarm Association cites a similar ordinance passed in Fontana that was overturned in court when challenged. “In that case Fontana wound up paying its own legal fees as well as approximately $350,000 in legal fees incurred by the alarm industry,” the notice warned.
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