Civil Sidewalks

11/06/2013

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10/21/2013

Announced with much fanfare six months ago, the new model was based on San Diego's Serial Inebriate Program, which targets chronic offenders with a carrot-and-stick approach. After repeated offenses, subjects can choose between jail time or a sustained alcohol treatment program. Public service agenc...

10/08/2013

Be safe, be aware!

For police and prosecutors, the details of the case were troubling - they believe the suspect had been out "hunting" for a stranger to kill - but...

06/06/2013

Ever worry your phone might get jacked? Sign this petition to ask manufacturers and carriers to exercise some corporate responsibility by implementing a kill switch.

We are members of law enforcement, legislators from across the country, and consumer advocates. Collectively, we are responsible for the consumer...

05/17/2013

Congrats to our graduates! BOT is the for with less than 10% re-offending with in 2 years.

04/08/2011

Please support current District Attorney, George Gascón, by visiting his new page and stay up to date on his efforts to make San Francisco a safer place to live.

George has spent his life seeking justice for all. As District Attorney, he reduced violent crime to historic lows, prosecuted public corruption, & fought to reform our justice system.

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03/30/2011

At the corner of Haight Street and Masonic Avenue on a recent morning, about a dozen men and women smoked ci******es, drank oversize beers tucked in paper bags, shouted offers of free L*D in exchange for sexual favors,...

03/16/2011

The San Francisco Police Department vowed it would publicize the start date of its enforcement of the new ban on sitting or lying on sidewalks throughout the city after delaying it to ensure...

03/15/2011

Police quietly rolled out enforcement of the sit-lie ordinance late last week, but it appears no one has been cited for violating the law. Park Police Station Capt. Denis O’Leary said he was advising his officers “to go easy in the beginning and just admonish people.”“I haven’t seen a cite yet,” sai

03/10/2011

Four months after voters approved the sit-lie ordinance, San Franciscans still await police enforcement. So some Haight Street merchants have taken matters into their own hands, which is working but provoking a backlash.Some shop windows now display signs warning passersby not to sit or lie on the s

03/07/2011

The latest cause for pause in enforcement of The City’s controversial sit-lie ordinance? The print shop.

02/13/2011

Keep on sitting. Keep on lying. The ban on the behavior on public sidewalks citywide - approved by voters in November's election - has been temporarily delayed because of a lag in the police department's ability to get...