9 stated:[1] No entertainment shall be conducted in which any performer impersonates by means of costume or dress a person of the opposite sex, unless by special permit issued by the Board of Police Commissioners.Performers had to be wearing at least three items of 'properly gendered' clothing to avoid violating the ordinance.
[6] Sir Lady Java was a transgender entertainer and go-go dancer who became famous for her impersonation of Lena Horne.
[2][7][8] LAPD officers told the club's management to cancel Java's performance, invoking Rule No.
[2][9] The courts ruled that only club or bar owners could sue the police department, but Java and the ACLU could not find anyone willing to join the suit.
9 was struck down as part of a decision by the California Supreme Court in 1969 where a different cabaret law was challenged and defeated.