Out of my bedroom but into my living room...

Two California (where else?) cities are set to vote on banning smoking in apartments and, more frighteningly, in condos.

Why is it that liberals are so fond of trying to keep the government out of the bedroom but wanting it involved so intimately in every other room of the house? If the 4th Amendment prohibits the government from regulating who can have sex with whom (a position I heartily endorse, by the way) then it certainly prohibits the government from regulating who can smoke in his home.

Two Calif. cities to vote on banning smoking in apartments
USA Today

Lawmakers in two California cities are casting votes this month on unprecedented legislation that would widen a growing voluntary movement by landlords and resident associations to ban smoking inside apartments and condos.

Today in Calabasas, the City Council plans to vote on expanding its anti-smoking law to bar renters from lighting up inside existing apartments. It would exempt current resident smokers until they moved but would require all new buildings with at least 15 units, including condos, to be smoke-free.

Next Tuesday, the City Council of Belmont is scheduled to cast a final vote on a similar measure that won initial approval last week. The ordinance, which applies to apartments and condos, which allow fines and evictions if neighbors complained and smokers didn't heed warnings.

The legislative push, which has triggered death threats against council members, is a controversial part of a mostly volunteer effort to prod landlords and condo associations to adopt smoke-free policies.