RECOMMENDATION(S):
REFER the issue of banning gun shows at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds and a review of regulations governing the purchase and sale of guns at gun shows to the Public Protection Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Fairgrounds are owned and operated by the 23rd District Agricultural Association. The 23rd District is a “state institution” under section 3953 of the Food and Agricultural Code. Because the Fairgrounds are owned and operated by a state institution, the County is not authorized to prohibit gun shows held on state property. A few other counties have banned gun shows at county fairgrounds, but these bans have been at fairgrounds owned by counties themselves, rather than by the state.
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