No Way, San Jose

This is unbelievable. The wise City Council of San Jose, California created a law that says they can shut down any nightclub on the spot.

The ordinance lets the [police] chief immediately suspend or revoke a bar's or club's permits or licenses when public safety is at risk. It increases the duration businesses can be shutdown and also lengthens the time to schedule an appeal of the police action.

They just made this up and passed it into law. That's some serious bullshit! Bars and clubs are continually discriminated against and punished for infractions more harshly than other businesses. San Francisco had a similar situation to this one in San Jose. Luckily the club owners got together, formed a coalition, and caused a wave of negative publicity against the police department's tactics. The police chief in charge of the club district was demoted to airport security because of it. Now we have an Entertainment Commission whose job it is to grant (and I think revoke) entertainment licenses. They took the power out of the hands of the police, who can't be trusted with it.

San Jose's nightlife is notoriously low quality as it was. They all drive up to San Francisco for better entertainment choices. Now the city sucks even more.