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Great news: You can now pee on the sidewalks in San Francisco
Hot Air ^ | 1 Dec 2016 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 12/01/2016 6:32:41 AM PST by mandaladon

Since we’re talking about California in general and San Francisco in particular it’s probably difficult to surprise us anymore when some crazytown news crops up, but this item from the San Francisco Gate should still raise a few eyebrows. A Superior Court judge out there found himself explaining why he had tossed out more than 66,000 arrest warrants last year and essentially stopped issuing new ones for what are frequently described as “quality of life crimes.”

San Francisco’s chief judge says he and his colleagues discarded 66,000 arrest warrants issued over five years for quality-of-life crimes, like sleeping on the sidewalk, because it made no sense to lock people up for fines they couldn’t afford.

The crimes, which also include urinating on sidewalks and being drunk in public, are infractions punishable only by fines. But when those who were cited failed to show up in court, judges in the past have issued bench warrants ordering them to appear, with a sentence of five days in jail for failing to show up.

But San Francisco Superior Court judges stopped issuing the warrants a year ago and recently disposed of about 66,000 bench warrants issued since January 2011. The city’s police union and some members of the public have protested, but Presiding Judge John Stewart defended the court’s action Tuesday in a meeting with The Chronicle’s editorial board.

These are primarily crimes involving vagrancy, public intoxication and other low level crimes which nonetheless tend to detract from the quality of life in the community. And that’s why the generic description is so ironic here. The actual “quality of life” issue under discussion isn’t that of the defendants who were found to be urinating in front of the diner or sleeping on a park bench.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; sf; trump
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It’s the expectations of the rest of the voters and taxpayers in the community who wanted those activities outlawed in the first place.------California is hopeless...so sad to see this happen to a beautiful state...
1 posted on 12/01/2016 6:32:41 AM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Nothing like the advance of civilization!


2 posted on 12/01/2016 6:33:45 AM PST by xzins
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To: mandaladon

So, how does this change anything?


3 posted on 12/01/2016 6:33:52 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: fwdude

Great! Now I am planning a trip there.


4 posted on 12/01/2016 6:35:17 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: xzins

Yes SF is the pioneer in urine-proof paints ...


5 posted on 12/01/2016 6:36:01 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: mandaladon

Don’t let them catch you smoking, though!


6 posted on 12/01/2016 6:36:26 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: mandaladon
Great news: You can now pee on the sidewalks in San Francisco

They should make sure that they add that to the marketing information they give out for the tourist industry.

7 posted on 12/01/2016 6:36:31 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: hal ogen

That’s a relief..


8 posted on 12/01/2016 6:37:22 AM PST by AFret.
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To: mandaladon

[It’s the expectations of the rest of the voters and taxpayers in the community who wanted those activities outlawed in the first place]

You get what you vote for.


9 posted on 12/01/2016 6:37:45 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: mandaladon

Here is how you fix panhandling.

You make it illegal to give money to a panhandler. You fine people for giving them money because, obviously, they can afford it. It’s like arresting the john and the prostitute.


10 posted on 12/01/2016 6:38:22 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: mandaladon

If I visit San Francisco in the future, I will make sure to drink plenty of coffee.


11 posted on 12/01/2016 6:38:57 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: mandaladon

And eat plenty of asparagus.


12 posted on 12/01/2016 6:39:16 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: mandaladon

The streets are paved with running, liquid gold!


13 posted on 12/01/2016 6:40:27 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Hey)
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> So, how does this change anything? That's what I'm sayin'...I'm guessing there's probably a lot worse fluids all over their sidewalks there....

Maybe they like the smell of hobo pee in the morning. If you ever smell it you know what it is and it's disgusting

14 posted on 12/01/2016 6:40:32 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: AFret.

That’s a relief..

*************

Awwwwww the feeling.....


15 posted on 12/01/2016 6:40:47 AM PST by deport
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Great news: You can now pee on the sidewalks in San Francisco

Logical in San Fransicko, the toilet of America.

16 posted on 12/01/2016 6:43:23 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: mandaladon

In SF, pissing on a wall is considered “performance art.”


17 posted on 12/01/2016 6:45:27 AM PST by ScottinVA
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To: MrsEmmaPeel

“Don’t let them catch you smoking, though!”

Or asking for a paper OR plastic bag at the grocery store when you should be using your own cloth/recycled bags!

*SMIRK*


18 posted on 12/01/2016 6:45:41 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: mandaladon

I would like to pee on the California State House.


19 posted on 12/01/2016 6:45:55 AM PST by ZULU (We are freedom's safest place!!!! #BOYCOTT HAMILTON!!! #BOYCOTT NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!)
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To: baltimorepoet

Ever get a whiff of the subway in NYC?

You cannot escape the ammonia like pee odor :-(


20 posted on 12/01/2016 6:46:47 AM PST by Bobalu (See liberal MSM heads explode...make Milo Yiannopoulos Trump's new Press Secretary!)
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