CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE
Vehicle Code Sec. 21, which allows a city or county to adopt an ordinance establishing a pilot program to implement procedures for declaring a motor vehicle to be a public nuisance when used in commission of certain crimes and for removing the vehicle excluding forfeiture and which generally prohibits local regulation of "matters covered" by code, expressly preempted city ordinance authorizing the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used to solicit prostitution.
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