have you sf people been following the sit/lie debate? pretty ridiculous. c.w. nevius (who does not live in the city) is leading a movement to make it illegal for people to sit on the ground, specifically in the haight.
anyway nevius is now saying 71% of san franciscans support a sit/lie law. his source? a san francisco chamber of commerce poll of 500 people. the article doesn't suggest that they hired a professional organization to conduct the polling. it doesn't even suggest that they didn't just poll their members. so all this really tells us is that a pro-business, anti-progressive organization supports a law that further criminalizes homeless people. big surprise. on the basis of this very, very, very questionable poll, nevius assures the board of supes that should they vote against a sit/lie law (as they will, thank god), they will face a double digit drop in support.
by the way, newsom says he decided to support the sit/lie law after he went with a walk with his kid on haight street (no he didn't, by the way) and saw a man sitting on the ground, smoking crack. is he under the impression that you can't smoke crack while standing up? maybe he should pretend to take a walk with his daughter near 16th and mission.
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