Posted on 08/13/2015 3:57:10 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the offender.
It's the latest effort to address a chronic problem in a city where the public works director calls himself Mr. Clean: Walls are coated with a clear, liquid repellant material that goes on much like paint. Hit with urine, it splashes back on a person's shoes and pants.
Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco's public works department, says offenders will need to make the mistake only once to get the idea.
Nuru got the idea from Germany, where walls in Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter are painted with the material to encourage late-night beer drinkers to find a bathroom rather than an alleyway.
"We are getting calls from all over the place: Washington, D.C., Hawaii and Oakland," said Nuru, who Tweets under the handle @MrCleanSF.
Potential offenders get fair warning about the consequences of urinating on the coated walls that sit on public and private property around the city.
Signs hanging above some walls read: "Hold it! This wall is not a public restroom. Please respect San Francisco and seek relief in an appropriate place."
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Public urination is a health concern, and keeping the city clean is a 24-7 battle, said Kevin Sporer, superintendent of the building repair bureau.
The new paint is paying off.
"There's a lot less activity, and the result is noticeable," Sporer said.
Public urination is illegal, but a fine of up to $500 passed in San Francisco in 2002 has seen little success.
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They won’t legalise it yet, why... lol
Stand here, Ms Pelosi. I would like to practice
my bank shot.
Finally the makings of a TV reality show
not based in Alaska!
Wait. Someone took the time to invent a paint that causes urine to bounce off of it? ..SMH
Sounds like San Fransicko needs piss boys like in History of the World part 1.
Yeah right?
Public urination is illegal, but a fine of up to $500 passed in San Francisco in 2002 has seen little success.
DRIVER NARROWLY MISSED DEATH, WHEN THIS URINE CORRODED POLE COLLAPSED LAST WEEK
Nope it is aclear coating that is sprayed over paint.
I am old enough to remember when vagrancy was a crime.
We are seeing the results of 50 years of insane public policy. Even when it is obvious their method of “helping” the homeless just makes things worse.
When did it happen that the normal taxpaying citizens lose all rights in favor of bums?
Allowing mentally ill people to roam the streets is not compassion.
Allowing drifters and the slothful to ignore common decency is not compassion.
San Francisco, you once had a beautiful city until you moved to the dark side. I hope you enjoy the smell of urine and excrement since the people you elect refuse to admit they have been wrong for 50 years.
>> I was thinking conductive paint
...and I *like* the way you think!
You could defray the cost of the paint and electricity by having strategically-placed webcams providing entertaining video, displayed on a website that sells ad space.
I think they are spinning success .... they’d have to paint all immobile buildings, plants, and other objects to stop it, and only for those who gave a damn or were interfacing with reality.
Hey, thanks for posting this, I was going to do the same because I want to ask: How does this work?
It sounds amazing to me....could such a property have other uses?
Smarty-pants Freepers, clue me in!
LOL!
It’s currently happening in NYC.
From dogs most likely. You get legions of bums pissing on the side of a building and after a while you’ll have building collapse.
Through my childhood, Boy Scouting, baseball, fishing, hunting and golfing years... I never had the inclination to pee on a wall. ....What kinda freaks like the splatter?
I just ran into this San Francisco 1941 video on YouTube. The San Francisco my dad used to say was the most stylish city in America long before they started peeing in the streets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyAtZg3zvDA&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
We’ve certainly come a long way from civility.
They are so degenerate, they'll probably just laugh and continue on their way. Or so drunk/stoned they won't notice.
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