LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council voted Feb. 8 to instruct the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance that would prohibit people from assembling, disassembling, and selling their bicycles in the public right-of-way. The motion, introduced by Councilman Joe Buscaino, passed 10-4, with council members Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Curren Price, and Mike Bonin opposed. Harris-Dawson said the potential law could have gotten him arrested as a child. The motion calls on the city attorney to prepare an ordinance similar to one already in effect in Long Beach to prohibit the assembly, disassembly, sale, offer of sale, distribution of bicycles and bicycle parts on public property or within the public right-of-way. Buscaino said it would prevent “bicycle chop shops,” in which people allegedly disassemble stolen bikes and sell the parts on sidewalks. Buscaino said his district, which borders Long Beach, “has seen a proliferation of bicycle chop shops.” Councilman …