San Francisco policy of issuing “quality of life” citations


	San Francisco policy of issuing “quality of life” citations

deadcowkid

10-30-2007 3:51 PM

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<DIV class="article"><DIV><A name="more"></A>Since Mayor Gavin Newsom came into office almost four years ago, the City has spent nearly $8 million in enforcing an array of “crimes” that include sleeping on the sidewalk and urinating in public. Over 56,000 citations have been issued, most of them to people who cannot pay and thus end up with warrants that can result in the denial of Social Security benefits and federally subsidized housing.</DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D5988BBE-BDCF-4105-B989-9C26C285997F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>