The city of Morgan Hill has taken a very tough stance on illegal fireworks, including the "safe & sane" due to the hills prone to wildfires. In fact, parts of the city lies on the hills near the Anderson Reservoir and the dry grass in parts of the unincorporated areas of Morgan Hill are prone to fires. Morgan Hill has a much tougher stance on preventing fires from happening within their city, and in social media posts, remind people that setting any type of fireworks would lead to a $5000 fine, jail time, and/or probation. But remember that this is a maximum fine (minimum fine multiples by $500 times the number of times a resident is caught setting off illegal fireworks).
So how does the city of Morgan Hill compare to other cities in Santa Clara County when it comes to addressing fines for illegal fireworks?
The city of San Jose only imposed a minimum of $500 fine and a maximum of $1000 for setting off illegal fireworks within their city limits. That is only 1/5 of the fine that residents in the city of Morgan Hill would be paying.
The city of Santa Clara is a bit lighter on the issue, at $300.
The city of Gilroy has a fine up to $1000 for repeat offenders, despite that "safe & sane" fireworks are allowed in that city.
The cities of Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, and Mountain View have not addressed the max fine they imposed when I tried to look up information of similar sorts.
The rest of Santa Clara County, which includes Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, San Martin, Saratoga, and all unincorporated parts of Santa Clara County are under jurisdiction of the Santa Clara County Fire Department.
At the time of publication of this blog, the cities of Los Altos, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Mountain View and the County of Santa Clara have not responded with the maximum fine for illegally setting off fireworks.
So far, out of all the cities I tried to reach in regards to illegal fireworks and the fines for using them, only the city of Morgan Hill has the most intense punishment, especially for the most repeat offenders. In all, only four cities in Santa Clara County have stated their fines for illegal firework use. I'll update as soon as the cities listed above have a set minimum and maximum fine.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let's all work together to ensure our celebrations are free of fireworks this year! <a href="https://t.co/QFXkww9Ni6">https://t.co/QFXkww9Ni6</a> <a href="https://t.co/tOvp6OgoVe">pic.twitter.com/tOvp6OgoVe</a></p>— City of Morgan Hill (@CityofMorganHil) <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofMorganHil/status/1278462680416821251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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