Bruce Gaylord and other residents at the San Rafael encampment believe the loud music was a way to get them to leave the area. On Friday, a judge granted Gaylord an injunction to stop the music.
Cornell BarnardA Marin County judge granted a homeless man an injunction to stop a business from blasting loud music during the overnight hours.In the North Bay, a legal victory for an unhoused man in Marin County. Bruce Gaylord lives in a homeless encampment. He sued a local tire shop, to stop blasting loud music during overnight hours. Residents believe it was a way to get people to leave the camp. Friday, a judge granted Gaylord an injunction to stop the music.
"The first night I got half a night's sleep, the next two nights I couldn't sleep and wound up in the hospital," said Gaylord. The judge's order says, "defendants are not to play music from any speaker or sound system outside their store between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.." East Bay Tire declined to speak to ABC7 News on Friday but told us last May the sound machine was a way to deter activity which spills over from the camp from illegal drug use to prostitution.Managers said the music was not intended to drive out camp residents, instead it was about keeping employees safe.
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