Los Angeles has passed an ordinance to ban the production and sale of fur in the city from 2021, which will make it the largest US city to do so.
In September, Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on a proposal for the city attorney’s office to draft an ordinance outlining the ban. The ban applies to all apparel and accessory items.
The ordinance was proposed by Councilmen Paul Koretz and Bob Blumenfield. Last week it was reportedly approved by a 13-1 margin, with only council member voting against it.
A second vote will now be required because the vote was not unanimous and the ordinance will need to be signed by the mayor to make it official.
Today the @LACityCouncil voted to support my ordinance to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur throughout Los Angeles. This arcane and vile practice must end and today we said loud and clear, fur will not have a future in Los Angeles. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/SUEhnST4al
— Bob Blumenfield (@BobBlumenfield) 12 February 2019
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Thank you to @PaulKoretzCD5 for your partnership and advocacy on this issue as well as Marc Ching and the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation for your dedication to animal welfare. Together we are making Los Angeles a more humane place for all. 2/2
— Bob Blumenfield (@BobBlumenfield) 12 February 2019
Lisa Lange, senior vice president at campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said in response: “Thanks to kind-hearted council members Paul Koretz, Bob Blumenfield, and Mitch O’Farrelll, countless animals will now be spared the horror of being beaten, electrocuted, and skinned alive for environmentally toxic products that kind shoppers don’t want and top designers won’t use. When Los Angeles speaks, the world listens, and it’s now the largest and most notable city to tell the world that fur is dead.”
In recent years several major brands have pledged to cut fur from their collections including Diane von Furstenberg, Burberry and, most recently, Coach and Jean Paul Gaultier.
