Posted on 01/28/2016 3:55:53 PM PST by BenLurkin
The cement circular urinal is out in the open, though plants and a screen offer some privacy. It's a welcome addition for the park that had just three toilets, which led many to relieve themselves in bushes and on buildings.
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San Francisco has long, sometimes creative, history of dealing with public urination. In 2002, the city increased the possible fine for the crime up to $500, but that did little to deter it.
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Solar-powered toilets roll through city streets several afternoons a week. And city crews have inspected 10,000 light posts to make sure they won't fall over from erosion, after a three-story-tall light post corroded by a likely mix of human and dog urine, and weighted down by a large banner, toppled.
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"Dolores Park has seen an exponential increase in the number of visitors, on a sunny Saturday it can host between 7,000 and 10,000 people....," said San Francisco Recreation and Park Department spokeswoman Sarah Madland.
Along with the open-air urinal, attendants are manning 10 public toilets to encourage people to use them. They clean and restock supplies and make sure people don't use drugs or sleep inside the restrooms.
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it can host between 7,000 and 10,000 people
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There is a lot of resource to solve the drought.
Use Kevin Costner’s Waterworld ‘filter’.
Win-Win
How could a city become more Progressive than SF ... all the Progressive ghettos have something to shoot for.
Or,
“Please don’t throw your toothpicks in the urinal,the crabs are learning to pole vault.”
“Hey! These big pink mints taste like wax .... “
Come on, this is San Fran. I suspect that suit was submitted the moment the urinal ‘opened for biz’ (excuse the pun)
Urinal? What is the fine for defecation?
Not to worry.
You can count on the bums cr@pping in there too.
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