Antioch City Council votes in favor of sideshow crackdown ordinance NBC Bay Area [Video]

The Antioch City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed an ordinance that prohibits organizing and advertising sideshows, as well as punishing those who are spectators.

The ordinance has been in the works for years and it highlights a problem many cities are facing when it comes to slowing down illegal sideshow activity. During the meeting, Antioch residents also weighed it on a city ordinance.

Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe said that even sharing a social media post about a sideshow could get someone in trouble.

“You can be arrested, you can be fined up to $1,000 and you can spend time in jail. You will be prosecuted,” he said.

The Antioch sideshow ordinance represents the urgency of cities across the Bay Area as cities are looking for ways to crack down on illegal sideshow activity.

Over the weekend, a sideshow shut down a portion of the Bay Bridge. About two weeks ago, …