Owens

Owens v. City of Signal Hill

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154 Cal. App. 3d 123·1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 1869·201 Cal. Rptr. 70
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 4, 1984Civ. 68360California1,830 words

Opinion

Opinion

Roth, J.

Plaintiff Owens appeals from an order denying her request for an injunction against the enforcement of respondent City’s Municipal Code chapters 5.16 and 5.17. Said ordinances were adopted on July 7, 1981. They regulate massage establishments and massage technicians. On February 23, 1982, Owens filed the complaint in this action and contends that certain sections of these chapters are unconstitutional. We affirm the judgment.

The Circle Massage has operated a massage parlor in Signal Hill since 1970. In April 1979 Owens commenced to operate the Circle Massage which she asserts is “a legitimate massage establishment existing for the sole purpose of offering to the public for a price a comfortable and relaxing massage treatment. ”

Declarations of several undercover investigators reveal that each had been solicited for prostitution. Officer Abe Carter declared he was told “for $60 I’ll give you the best blow job you’ve ever had”; the declaration of Deputy Paul George quotes a “masseuse” as saying, “Poor Sylvia, they arrested her for disorderly conduct and prostitution. I don’t understand it, we don’t screw here, just give head and hand jobs (acts of oral copulation and…

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