Learning much of these stories and information I have been giving has helped me fight for buskers rights in San Diego, as well as helped me to educate buskers and even Leo's in San Diego about busker and artist rights. I have accomplished many changes in San Diego making it a very busker friendly city, yet the battle is still not done... We are getting closer though...
If you have an article on buskers rights you feel belongs here please contact me at merlinawakend@yahoo.com and send me the article....
media links that discuss or show violations of first amendment rights.
https://busklv.info/lawsuits/
- venice beach permitting system and how Judge Dean Ferguson shot them down in court stating that they were a violation of the constitution http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/27/local/la-me-venice-vendors-20101027
- Here are two articles about spray paint art from the Maryland volunteer lawyers for the arts... This explains spray paint arts and first amendment rights http://mdvla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mdvla-artsbrief-spring2012.pdf and http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-09-18/news/bs-md-oc-artist-arrested-20110918_1_ocean-city-paint-spray
- These Articles are from volunteer lawyers for the arts about street performers and their rights. http://vlaa.org/street-performers/ and http://vlaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Know-Your-Rights-2015.pdf
- This is a news article about busking in reno, and how the court gives the cities laws the brushoff http://web.archive.org/web/20140929083626/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/court-gives-brushoff-to-citys-rules-on-street-sale-of-art
- This article written about artist Stephen White who has several court cases concerning art.. Including the case which defines art and its protections http://www.humortimes.com/8291/delivering-gift-of-art-back-to-america/
- This is a San Diego City Beat about busking in san diego, which also goes into details about first amendment rights and constitutional protections of buskers and artists. http://sdcitybeat.com/article-12100-its-busk-or-bust-for-san-diego-street-performers.htm
- Couple of news Videos about buskers getting their rights violated in San Diego http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/02/11/street-performs-claim-harassment-by-san-diego-police/
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/06/09/county-considers-free-speech-regulation-at-waterfront-park/ - video and commentary by voice of san diego about buskers rights:
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/arts/culturecast-street-performers-fight-for-their-rights/ - KPBS story about Buskers meeting with city council which includes commentary from civil rights attorney Chris Morris http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/mar/13/many-buskers-want-change-rules-game-san-diego/
- These are some media videos covering the city council meeting we attended on Tuesday march 14th
http://www.cw6sandiego.com/buskers-fighting-change-around-san-diego/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CB5TUPFLk&t=26s - Here is an article about a citizen who has seen my work and enjoyed it. Which gives an idea of how tourists, and citizens of San Diego alive feel about street art. https://coolsandiegosights.com/2013/09/02/cool-spray-paint-art-on-the-embarcadero
7 this article explains why the lottory system is a violation of first amendment rights.
8 this article explains how law enforcement sees handmade items like art and handicrafts http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Explained-What-the-Law-Says-About-Street-Performers-375872211.html
NEw Ocean City Maryland Lawsuit for 1 million dollars against the city for violating buskers rights with lottery permits. http://oceancitytoday.villagesoup.com/p/buskers-first-amendment-lawsuit-allowed-to-proceed/1647471?cid=140326#.WQNpnGicX0k.facebook
more on cean city maryland,
https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/05/14/ocean-city-boardwalk-performer-restrictions-deemed-unconstitutional/599590002/
Woman wins case in palm springs, city settles out of court and plans to change municipal code.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime_courts/2017/08/21/palm-springs-pays-poet-30-k-settle-lawsuit-over-standing-sidewalk/586696001/
street muscians are asked to leave sidewalk in nashville
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/street-musicians-claim-they-were-asked-to-leave-broadway
petition in San Diego to change the laws
https://www.change.org/p/san-diego-mayor-change-sd-city-code-to-reflect-constitutional-protections-granted-to-buskers-and-artists
Liink to nbc san diego, video on busker laws in san diego.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Explained-What-the-Law-Says-About-Street-Performers-375872211.html
This article is about the unconstitutional activity in Las Vegas concerning buskers and the Fremont experience lotto for buskers.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/downtown/las-vegas-busker-lottery-plan-still-controversial-after-2-years/
This link is to connect with the street performer advocates who also have a lot of information concerning busking and the law. http://www.buskersadvocates.org/saalegal.html
This article is about how a federal judge in St Louis puts a halt to the rules on street performers. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/federal-judge-puts-halt-to-rules-on-st-louis-street/article_76991f42-96fe-533a-b3b3-4c594e2b8d8a.html
This link is another resource site for buskers.
https://busk.co/blog/busking-tips-tricks/resources-legal-cases/
A busker wrote a blog on how to be a busker
http://advensoul.com/busker-street-performers/
article about California rights
https://law.justia.com/constitution/california/article_1.html
http://harvardjsel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Juricich.pdf
https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-cities-make-street-performers-illegal
https://pacificlegal.org/victory-busking-now-legal-in-houston/?fbclid=IwAR2CCBMD0feCOi2YG8cH0gmTlEtRpLV38RcPs9DqS7VY540A1KYXLgWH4PY
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