Anti-Loitering Law Goes Before Board of Supes
San Francisco nightclub owners are lobbying for a law that would make it illegal for "troublemakers" to spend more than three minutes hanging out within ten feet of a nightclub. The owners went before the Board of Supervisors' City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee today to argue their case, saying they want more police presence to remove hooligans from their sidewalks.
Though the idea hasn't made it out of committee yet, they did vote to continue the proposal until the Police Department has weighed in.
Supervisor Chris Daly, who will always be first in line to defend the rights of everyone seeking to hang out, or camp on public property, has already vowed to fight the measure.
Listen to KCBS' Barbara Taylor give her full podcast report. Valid measure, or just a slippery slope to Giuliani-style homeless disappearing acts? You decide (in the comments).