[paul51]

How pathetic is it when a city has to take this action?

[exit82]

Darn. Now I have to find another new hobby.

[evolved_rage]

But most public bathrooms close on nights and weekends. In SF, whose fault is it that all the public restrooms close at night???

[JennysCool]

The '60s are now officially over.

[Ronin]

I don't know...

I think it is at least slightly positive in that they are doing SOMETHING.

My gut reaction, though, is that is it is too little, too late. The homeless rif-raff have been mollycoddled for so long that there is no incentive to work their way OFF the street once they land there.

[Drango]

Once again the great State of California setting a trend that will lead the nation

[lizma]

Last time I was there was about 12 years ago. The problem was evident then.

I'm just surprised to see this was considered okay til now!

[lizma]

Last time I was there was about 12 years ago. The problem was evident then.

I'm just surprised to see this was considered okay til now!

[Texasforever]

Do you mean it wasn't banned before? That explains "let it all hang out"

[Cultural Jihad]

Related post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/709537/posts

[Myrddin]

San Diego businesses were strongly impacted by "homeless" people urinating and defecating in business doorways overnight. The "gaslamp" district was particularly bad. Even the highrise buildings along B Street smelled of urine in the mornings. The nice weather in San Diego makes it a premiere spot for "homeless" people to live year round. The city even encourages the behavior by providing shelters when the temperatures drop below 40 F.

I encountered a similar problem in one of the quaint red phone booths in the city of Cardiff, Wales. I needed to make a phone call and opened the door to the booth. It was so rank with urine that I opted to get back in the car and look for a more suitable means of accessing a phone.

[Quix]

What DISCRIMMINATION! Don't they know it's just a _____ thing! I thought they liked it best when they got each other good and wet! Ah well, I guess even SF can OCCASIONALLY rise to approaching the beginning of the start of commencing of thinking about doing something rational.

[American Preservative]

Pee-ing! ; )

[tjg]

I'm waiting for this headline in a SF Paper:

SF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO BE POOR !

[Nam Vet]

Where have I been all these years? It was ALWAYS against the law to relieve oneself in public while I was growing up. I guess whatever oddball laws that have been changed in the last decade or two are coming full circle back closer to common sense. (and the way they were) Even the idiots in San Fran finally realize stepping over horse sh*t in 1890 in better than what was ok up until this vote.

Nam Vet

[weegee]

Will "golden showers" still be permissible during the gay pride parade or will that require a special permit?

[Atomic Vomit]

What San Francisco ought to ban is urinating in others' oral cavities.

Mr. Atomic Vomit

[Vidalia]

...``All you have to do to see that this is a problem is to walk down the streets of San Francisco and smell,''...
DUHHHHH CITY! This is not news. Were there EVER laws prohibiting public exhibitionist "public excretion", the pure acts of the "sheeshee" or "peepee"?

San Francisco was "reputed" to have some of the best bars and restaurants in the world. NOT ANY MORE...

Are the deep savory cooking odors masking the stench of years of accumulated human sh*t and piss emanating from all streets and parks and neighborhoods from a once habitable city?

Why would anyone in the world want to go to a town TO EAT where, in the past you may have stepped on animal manure, but now you may step in HUMAN PISS SOAKED FECES on the way to your SHRIMP COCTAILS, prepped by an AIDS INFECTED HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST, pre-cooked by another PISSED OFF (at his boyfriend) GAY Teenaged Prosti, and finally "finished off" by the boss HOMOSEXUAL CHEF who has had a tiff with the phone company (whom he believes is a straight conspiracy against him personally...)?

Too much use of the word HOMOSEXUAL ? Only used to make the point of who are the primary movers and shakers.

[Lancey Howard]

In a city rife with bar hoppers and street people relieving themselves on sidewalks, alleys and busy streets, the stench of urine has joined fresh sourdough and coffee as among the city's famous aromas. ``All you have to do to see that this is a problem is to walk down the streets of San Francisco and smell,'' said Supervisor Tony Hall

San Francisco, LOL !!!
Any parent who would deliberately raise children in San Francisco should be charged with child abuse.
What a sick, disgusting place.

[Drew68]

Violators will be subject to fines up to $500.

I hope the fines aren't that steep in Little Rock, Arkansas. I plan on visiting the Clinton Presidential Library specifically so I can take a crap on the floor. Oh well, $500 would be worth it.

[monkeyshine]

It's not pathetic that they took this action. It's pathetic that it took this long to make it illegal to urinate in public.