Sentence examples for pass ordinances from inspiring English sources

They have persuaded Florida's two most populous counties to pass ordinances making it easier for workers to recover unpaid wages from employers.

In late March, it helped lobby the City Council in San Jose, the nation's 10th-largest city, to pass ordinances regulating dispensaries, a crucial step toward a legitimate industry.

(Activists have been urging city councils to pass ordinances requiring that city contractors disclose any historical link to slavery, with the idea that those whose predecessors profited from slave labor can be shamed into making reparations).

They led city fathers to pass ordinances forbidding the construction of wooden buildings downtown, and as a result the town center was almost entirely rebuilt in brick and stone.

There have been lawsuits, "size acceptance" talks, and a current campaign by a fat woman for bigger seat belts in cars, as well as the recent pushes in San Francisco and elsewhere to pass ordinances banning discrimination based on a person's size.

Proponents wanted a local police force and the ability to pass ordinances.

Later that year, Whitman signed a revised bill that allowed municipalities to pass ordinance prohibiting underage drinking on private property.

Last year, the cities of San Francisco and Santa Monica passed ordinances banning the surcharges.

They passed ordinances that prevented piano enthusiasts from practicing at night.

Many have enforced — or passed — ordinances that critics say criminalize homelessness.

Some cities, including Washington, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, Calif., have passed ordinances banning discrimination based on looks.