Despite the laws being on the books for a dozen years that there is to be no smoking at resorts within 25 feet of a window, pool or door, the smoking is rampant again this year. Last year there was an effort at the entrance to every event because I worked with the Sonoma County Department of Health to put the resorts and bars on notice. This year there’s some signage, but I was literally told by the manager of West Sonoma Inn that *I* should talk to the DJ about making an announcement because the shitty temporary signs that they have at the West Sonoma Inn (shown below) which are BARELY visible were not enough to stem the rampant smoking around large groups of gay men, many of which we know to be statistically immuno-compromised. After Covid and MPOX, one would think that this event, Lazybear, which was found specifically to raise money for AIDS and gay men’s health, would be a little more conscious.
These recently extinguished combustible cigarette butts in a dry FIELD say nothing of the plethora of vape devices that were used.
Only the signage of the feckless manager’s office at WSI seems to be permanent, while the signage for the event is so shitty and temporary as to imply that the law is not in effect year-round!
As you can see, there is no enforcement with the recently extinguished cigarette butts in a dry field while wildfires are raging all over northern California.
What could possibly go wrong?
