County

Appellant is an organization which sponsors offroad racing in the California deserts. It complains of San Bernardino County Ordinance No. 1590'which provides that no person may drive a motor vehicle over land belonging to another without that person’s written permission. Although the parties argued at length as to whether requests for written permission as to any races have actually been made, realistically the ordinance precludes offroad motorcycle racing on private land since the owners of such private land probably look upon the onslaught of several hundred motorcycles and dune buggies over their property with about the same amount of enthusiasm as did French farmers when German Panzer divisions crossed their land. The plot thickens with the appearance of the Bureau of Land Management which has apparently sanctioned such races in the past not only over federal land under its control but over private property as well. However, with the advent of ordinance No. 1590, the bureau will not issue permits for races which in part cover private property without written permission of those owners. Ergo, no permission, no races, since the vast California desert is a checkerboard…