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For folks that are outside of SF or didn't vote, we had a measure up for vote to prevent sitting or lying on public sidewalks. This is principally targeting the

by geuis 16y ago

For folks that are outside of SF or didn't vote, we had a measure up for vote to prevent sitting or lying on public sidewalks. This is principally targeting the homeless problem. Luckily, it passed! Go to this link and go all the way to the bottom. Its item L. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/03/MNNS1G69CV.DTL&type=politics http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/03/... Edit Additionally, it looks like Ron Conway was a big contributor to this. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/San_Francisco_Sit-Lie_Ordinance,_Proposition_L_(November_2010) http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/San_Francisco_Sit-Lie_...

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klochner 16y ago
Was that supposed to be sarcasm? If so, slightly too subtle. If not, wow.
follower 16y ago
> This is principally targeting the homeless problem. Did you miss the word "hiding"? It doesn't seem to be much of a way to "solve it".
- potatolicious 16y ago
  Seattle has the same problem. We tried to pass a measure to ban "aggressive" panhandling (criteria include talking to people or anything but sitting quietly by the side), which has done nothing to curb the homelessness problem downtown. The city government has also aggressively harassed the homeless in parts of downtown where they congregate, displacing them further. They then had the gall to proclaim proudly that homelessness had gone down, since their yearly headcount (of the popular spots, of course) decreased. All of this has served to cut the homeless off from the services that help them, and displaced them further afield.