Huh. The San Francisco Police Department has put the kibosh on tomorrow's Dolores Park free cash giveaway care of Cash Tomato. Check it:

This Saturday 23rd February at 10am, we had planned to hide hundreds of tomatoes with cash attached in Dolores park, a tomato/cash treasure hunt if you will. Yesterday, 21st February we received an email from SFPD telling us that we are unable to do this, that by giving away money within the park we would be breaking the law. Incredible but true.

After a conversation with Sgt McDowell and the parks department we discovered it is illegal to hide/give out money in the park, and that to do so we would require a permit, an events permit, even though we do not consider this an event, merely a giving away of fruit and money. We

We were informed in no uncertain terms that were we to proceed, we would be subject to arrest, however, the police department could not / would not give us the penal code citing the crime we would be committing.

However, apparently and somewhat contradictorily it is NOT illegal to give money away on the streets, so this event will go ahead as planned, now with money being given away around the perimeter of the park, but not, for legal reasons within the park limits.

Well, we for one feel safer already.

UPDATE: Cash will still be given away "just OUTSIDE the park and not in it." Clever.