Nanny State Madness: California‘s Proposed ’Fitted Sheet’ Law

[Feuer Frei!]

When California’s elected officials come back from their month-long recess they face a mountain of proposed legislation (almost 900 bills are lined up and waiting), including a new law (SB432) that would require hotels to eliminate flat sheets. Not having fitted sheets on hotel beds would now be a crime in California. This is not a joke. . .

California, the state trying to deal with a massive $26 BILLION dollar debt, is considering a law that some hospitality industry experts claim would add an estimated $15 to $30 million dollars in costs to an already hurting hotel industry. The low-end estimate of fifteen million is the projected cost to purchase new fitted sheets for the 550,000 hotel beds in the state. Of course the hospitality industry is claiming that these added costs will hurt their business and put jobs at risk.

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[magic452]

Actually is is a joke.
The entire state of California is a joke.

Magic

[Platapus]

I can understand the requirement for the long handled tool. But I can't fathom the rational for the fitted sheet.

If I were a legislator and I saw a bill with these words on it

...this bill would create a new crime...

I would stop right there and vote no.

I really think that in the 21st century, we have a sufficient number of crimes we can charge people with.

[Growler]

*sigh*

Because, evidently, there's not enough to worry about in the world without first addressing the critical state of hotel sheets.

It's stuff like this that justifiably gives State Government a bad name.

[mookiemookie]

I'm not sure what's more ridiculous - that someone would propose this piece of "legislature" with a straight face, or the tabloid trash website that the story was posted on.