Yesterday, presidential hopeful Joe Biden released details of his plan for the health care system, and coincidentally, we spotted this sign in an area of San Francisco that our 2001 Muni map calls "Apparel City."

Political candidates have asked us to help them before: we’ve voted for them, given them money, put posters in our window, walked the precincts… and we’re certainly willing to loiter for a worthy candidate. But we’ve always felt these were optional activities—we’ve never been told to do them by law.