The Los Angeles city council is cracking down on cyber cafes following a string of shootings.
They approved an ordinance Wednesday that would require cafes with at least five computers to obtain police permits, install security cameras and ban minors during school hours.
Cafes that allow kids to rent the computers to play video games during school hours could lose their permits. The regulations will take effect later this summer.
The ordinance was proposed after two people were injured in a fight at a Northridge cafe in 2002, and a man was followed home from the same cafe and killed.
Several other cities have enacted cyber cafe regulations, including Diamond Bar, Santa Ana and Orange Grove.
– Associated Press
Um … right.
