SFist: Day Around The Bay

RinconHillSF

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:48:55 -0800

Hmm... maybe we should forget about ticketing the litter bugs (homeless or well-to-do-yuppy alike) and just go ahead and hand them a broom, dust pan, and garbage bag and say "Start sweepin', starting with that trash you just threw down in our neighborhood park."

suckafree

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:17:48 -0800

that's what he community court is all about mariconsoy. chris daly doesn't want to have any of his constituents accept responsibility so it will be a struggle to implement as long as he and the green party are allowed to continue destroying our city.

mariconsoy

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:14:46 -0800

Dearest Suckafree [4], It's not the "homeless" that are taking the recycling. It's the professional bums for the most part. Also a small group of apparently very poor Asian old women. If bums can't pay tickets, let the fine be community service time. Have them do the nastiest of jobs like scooping dead rats out of the sewers...

suckafree

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:22:21 -0800

aj, what are the homeless going to pay with? used needles? doh! maybe stolen recycling? on that note, i'm cross-posting this since it's quite relevant i think: -- speaking of garbage, is it me or are we being taxed by letting the homeless and indigent chinese take the recycling out of the garbage cans? here's my theory: the recycling being taken from the garbage would have gone to our waste management company, sunset, bfi, wmi, whomever. these folks taking it out are selling it to them when they should have gotten it for free. (our local waste management company employs plenty of people to pull all recycling materials out of our trash on a conveyor belt) that increased cost gets passed on to us the customer of the trash company. not only is this disgusting, a public health hazard but it's also stealing. should we pass a law saying it's illegal to take recycling out of any container?

aj

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:32:32 -0800

Maybe if we actually made them pay the littering tickets, something might change. But since the DA won't prosecute, and the Coalition for Homelessness is in the counrts every day getting the tickets thrown out, nothing will change. Welcome to our world, Rincon.

suckafree

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:18:52 -0800

i can't believe we still spend money (3 million/year) on needle exchange programs. i thought that stopped in the 80's. what the fuck? we are never going to solve these problems with the current (green) mindset at city hall. it's pretty much a lost cause i'd say to try and do anything about the city wide homeless problem and the 6th street corridor/tl until we get rid of all the folks in power that are so sympathetic. we should not spend a dollar of public money on any of these folks, in my opinion, and they will leave for other cities naive enough to think they can make a difference with cash.

RinconHillSF

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:09:21 -0800

The folks with the bad luck to have to live in Golden Gate Park may have been evicted from that park, but it was more like a transfer to other parts of the City. There are suddenly 5-7 new inhabitants of the sidewalk and Rincon Point Park along The Embarcadero. I wouldn't mind so much if they didn't litter all over the place when there are multiple trash cans all over the area.