Posts Tagged ‘no’
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
News of the morning: The infamous Pink Diamonds Gentlemens Club in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District will close for one year, per the motion filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Jose Herrera.
Hurray! Read all about it, below.
And with the Power Exchange on Mason slowly coming back online (despite the best efforts of the East Bay Homeowning, Carpetbagging, Aging White Male Patriarchy composed of CS Nevius and Randy Shaw) the ‘Loin looks to be on the upswing.
As seen on Jones Street:
Herrera Wins Court Order Closing Violence-Plagued ‘Pink Diamonds’ Club
Site of June slaying to be shuttered for one year, with operators ordered to pay $688,500 in civil penalties plus costs
A San Francisco Superior Court this morning ordered the year-long closure of the Pink Diamonds nightclub, where a defiant pattern of lawlessness in the months following a stipulated injunction from earlier this year culminated in a brutal slaying on June 27, 2009. The order by Judge Peter J. Busch comes in response to City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s motion last month to shutter the notorious adult entertainment venue at 220 Jones Street, which required more than 230 service calls by the San Francisco Police Department in the previous six months alone, according to the City’s petition.
Illegality detailed from Herrera’s investigation and in accompanying police declarations included illicit drug sales, prostitution, extended hours permit violations, illegal alcohol consumption, noise nuisance violations, and repeated episodes of violence and disturbances of the peace in the surrounding neighborhood, which includes nearby senior housing.
More deets, after the jump
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Tags: (CASE), 2009, 2010, 484-055, city attorney, City Hall, club, county, Damone Smith, Damone H. Smith, dennis herrera, dennis j herrera, Dennis Jose Herrera, Entertainment Commission, Gentlemens Club, Mayor, nightclub, no, Pink Diamonds, San Francisco, Superior Court, tenderloin, Terrance Alan
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
This is the scene on San Francisco’s Market Street near Union Square – can you see the sign going, “NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING“?
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That’s the way San Francisco property owners do things using Municipal Police Code Section 25. A sign like this tells the cops that the person hanging out on private property hasn’t been given permission.
Distribution of “No Trespassing” Signs July 2008: The Community Guides distributed the “No Trespassing” signs to merchants,building security/concierge, and street-level businesses. The signs request enforcementof the Municipal Police Code Section 25 to all the street level businesses.After signing the forms, the merchants, street-level tenants and property representatives displayed the notices on the windows of their business and other visible places, they do not give anyone permission to sleep, lie, or in any way remain in their doorway. These notices help SFPD and Community Guides address issues of sleepers and campers inside ofdoorways. The notice expires every six months
See? This one is similar:
NO TRESPASSING REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLICE CODE SECTION 25 San Francisco Municipal Police Code Section 25 provides that no person shall willfully rema.in upon any private property or business premises after being notified to leave by the owner, lessee, or other person in charge . Notice may be oral or in the form of a written notice posted in a conspicuous place. A violation of Section 25 is an infraction. A second violation within 24 hours (Section 26) is a misdemeanor. To the San Francisco Police Department: I hereby request that the San Francisco Police Department enforce the above Municipal Police Code Sections on my beha-If and in my absence. I have given no person(s) permission to sleep, lie, or in any way remain within my doorway located at (private property) while my business is closed. _- I further state that I will notify the San Francisco Police Department in writing within 24 hours if I do give a person(s) permission to sleep, lie, or in any way remain within said doorway, providing the Police Department with the person(s) name. I agree to post a copy of this notice in a location where it will be visible to all persons within said area. I understand that this letter of request expires six months after the below-signed date. Signature of owner or agent Date: Address 2 copies: Owner AGENT TO POST JULY THRU DECEMBER YEAR.
Tags: $25, 785, 785 market, atm, automated teller machine, bank, bank of america, california, campers, camping, code, department, district 6, homeless, infraction, market, misedemeanor, municipal, Municipal Police Code Section 25, night, no, notice, overnight, panhandling, police, private, property, public, San Francisco, section, Section 25, section 26, SFPD, sign, sleeping, soma, south of market area, street, trespasser, trespassing
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
If you don’t spend a lot of time in Union Square, you miss out on things – like this bright red cable car for instance. It’s been plying the streets since last year. Look for it when you’re at next month’s troubled Bell Ringing Contest.
“June 9th, 2009: 47th Annual Cable Car Bell-Ringing Contest. Operators of San Francisco’s world-famous cable cars make beautiful music in this annual competition.”
So mark your calendar. Now back to the special red car:
The “Bombay Roof” means it’s extra tall.
Everybody’s welcome to ride our cable cars, unless of course you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. In that case, No Ride For You!
All the deets on old #25.
“The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates the Municipal Railway (Muni), has welcomed back to our city’s streets one of the original cable cars that survived the 1906 quake. SFMTA craftsworkers have finished rebuilding an 1890 cable car in anticipation of decades of additional service and painted it in colors not seen on Powell Street since the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.
“Powell Street cable car number 25 was originally constructed 118 years ago in the shops of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway on the site of the current Muni cable car barn at Washington and Mason Streets. The cable car was heavily rebuilt by Muni craftsworkersin 1976 and rebuilt again even more extensively over the past two years. Car 25 is now virtually new, with very little of the original car remaining. To celebrate its place in San Francisco history, the car has been painted in the red and cream livery displayed by Powell Street cable cars at the time of the Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
Happy Anniversary, No. 25!
Tags: $25, Bay, bright, cabel car, cable, car, color, market, mta, Muni, municipal railway, municipal transit authority, no, number, Powell, red, San Francisco, SFMTA, street, taylor
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Here’s San Francisco MUNI Car #952 heading into Fishermans Wharf, getting ready for Sunday Streets.
It looks just like the streetcars they have on Desire in the Big Easy:
Car No. 952 came from New Orleans to San Francisco in 1998 by arrangement between Mayors Willie Brown and Marc Morial. The occasion was the world premier of Andre Previn’s opera of Williams’ novel.
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And best of all, it only costs $1.50, $2.00, $1.50 to ride.
Tags: 952, california, desire, fishermans, fishermans wharf, green, mta, Muni, named, new orleans, no, number, San Francisco, special, streetcar, wharf
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Comes word today from Quintin Mecke of Assemblymember Tom Ammiano’s office about a non-budget related vote in Sacramento. Of course Prop 8 passed by a fair margin in 2008 but judging by the pack of hyenas on the attack in 2009, it might not be around for too long a time.
Just saying. Here’s the latest:
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE PASSES RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROP 8
Ammiano Measure Supports Equal Rights
Today the members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee passed House Resolution 5 (Ammiano, D-San Francisco) by a vote of 7 to 3, which resolves that the Assembly opposes the implementation of Prop 8. H.R. 5 states that Prop 8 is an improper revision of the California Constitution.
On the job (on a State Holiday) in San Francisco, not too long ago.
“I am proud of my colleagues and their unequivocal support of equal treatment for all Californians. This resolution speaks directly to the fundamental rights of same-sex couples to have equal protection under the Constitution, rights that cannot be taken away by popular vote. I am confident that the Assembly will support the repeal of Proposition 8 and confirm the basic rights of all Californians,” said Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), author of HR 5.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, added “The Legislature again affirmed the rights of the minority to have equal protection under the Constitution. If Prop 8 is upheld, it would have a devastating effect on the hard won rights for women, minorities, and the disabled. We look to the court to extend equal protections of the law to all as the Legislature had done with the passage of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act.”
The resolution points out that a revision is a substantial change to the underlying principles of the California Constitution, or to the structure of California’s basic governmental plan. As a result, pursuant to the California Constitution, the Legislature must initiate a change of this magnitude; it cannot be accomplished through the initiative process.
A similar measure, Senate Resolution 7, has been introduced by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). That measure resolves that the California State Senate also oppose Prop 8 on constitutional grounds. It will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.
The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of the state’s gay marriage ban on March 5. On January 15, sixty-five current and former state legislators, including Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, filed a friend of the court brief seeking to invalidate Proposition 8 because it circumvents basic protections required by our Constitution and eliminates a fundamental right for a minority of Californians.
To be continued…
Tags: 8, City Hall, eight, equality, Gay, march, market, marriage, no, prop, proposition 8, protest, San Francisco, tom ammiano, yes
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Well, it’s on SFGate so it must be true: “Thousands of demonstrators” gathered in front of San Francisco City Hall this morning to voice their beef with Prop 8. That’s a big improvement over coverage from the MSM from just a week ago.
Famous blogger Phil Bronstein now makes light of the erroneous estimate of 1000 souls from the Chronicle / SFGate / the Associated Press at last week’s march down Market Street. Apparently, being off by an order of magnitude or two on crowd estimates is par for the course in the mainstream media. (Be careful, else you’ll wind up on the “Gay Enemies List,” and you don’t want to be there.)
Count for yourself:
What’s interesting is that there appears to be no effort to figure out what went wrong with the 1000 person estimate. It was a mistake made by one person that didn’t get caught by the vaunted multi-layer vetting process that separates newspapers from the Internets. Oh well.
Watch ABC News play it safe here:
One of the largest rallies was on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, considered ground zero in the battle for same sex marriage. Lesbian activist Carole Migden whipped the crowd up as she declared, “They hate us. Let’s just acknowledge it.” Then she pushed the crowd “to turn our rage into action.”
A partial speakers list:
Senator Carole Migden
Senator-Elect Mark Leno
Assembly Member-Elect Tom Ammiano
Amos Brown
Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis; Plaintiffs in the California marriage case
Mark Oliver and Clark Pingree; Representing “Mormons for Marriage”
Rev. Dr. Penny Nixon
Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
And speaking of SFGate, let’s take a look at a charming comment contained therein:
Oh well.
Off the protesters went up Market Street.
To be continued…
Tags: 8, castro, City Hall, eight, equality, Gay, march, market, marriage, no, octavia, prop, proposition 8, protest, San Francisco, yes
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Things were a little hateful around the area of 606 Sanchez Street in San Francisco a few days back when people could see a large, fuchsia “F*CK MORMONS” banner from all around. While some caution against starting a holy war, others aren’t as circumspect.
The whole affair is still the talk of the town.
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via Daniel R (MisterDarcy)’s photostream
But lo, the offending message got taken down lickedy-split post-haste, even on a quasi holiday. Here’s the same scene from this afternoon:
See? The houseboat house is now message-free. Credit for getting the sign down might go to Michael Thomas, a blogfather who seems to have a lot of pull in the area.
[UPDATE: Joe Vazquez burns the shoe leather and basically confirms the above here, but he also garners a flurry of quotes from the engineer in question.]
On to new bidness, the next big rally. They’re calling it the Million Gay March, or something. It should be under sunny skies, regardless.
No on Prop 8 Rally
When: November 15, 2008 – Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
Where: City Hall, San Francisco
What: Protest against Prop 8
Tags: 8, banner, church, eff, eight yes, f*ck, fuck, fuck mormons, lds, mormons, no, prop, Proposition, San Francisco, sanchez, sign, stop, utah
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
This march looked like it was going to be huge before it even began at 5:30 PM tonight, what with eight choppers above the staging area.
As was seen with the recent candlelight vigil, there’s a lot of energy left in San Francisco to fight 2008’s Proposition 8.
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Local pols Bevan Dufty, Jose Cisneros and Carole Migden were last seen heading towards the march. This one had the look of having tens of thousands of participants, when all is said and done.
To be continued…
UPDATE: CHeck out the Comments section for the test of some of the signs, courtesy of petshop grrl:
“- IT’S ABOUT C-I-V-I-L MARRIAGE, STUPID
- WANT ACCESS TO 100% MARRIAGE NOT 90% CIVIL UNION
- STOP READING THE BIBLE W-R-O-N-G
(STOP READING THE BIBLE G-N-O-R-W)
- THE COURTS ARE THERE TO PROTECT MINORITIES
- EVERYONE STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
- SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
- WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY, CALIFORNIA
- RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY HAS NO PLACE IN CIVIL LAW
- MY MOMMY IS “CIVIL-UNIONED”… GREAAAT 
- “I’M MARRIED” “I’M CIVIL-UNIONED”:
IT SURE FEEELS DIFFERENT, DOESN’T IT?
- MARRIAGE ALWAYS WAS A CIVIL CONTRACT — NOT RELIGIOUS
- STILL WANT MY TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, PLEASE
- STILL WANT MY “WEDDING” PRESENTS — NOT CIVIL UNION PURCHASES
- SEPARATE CAN NEVER BE EQUAL
- SECOND-CLASS CIVIL UNIONS — NOT!
- I CAN’T TALK ABOUT MY TWO MOMMYS IN KINDERGARTEN CLASS
- SHARE, SHARE MARRIAGE
- 48 TO 52%
A BEAR MAJORITY IS BALANCE?”
Tags: 8, castro, City Hall, dolores park, eight, equality, Gay, market, marriage, no, prop, proposition 8, San Francisco, vigil, yes
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
A large crowd gathered at the steps of City Hall tonight to commiserate on the passing of Proposition 8.
See the people and read what Senator Carole Migden and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin had to say here.
An ocean of people on Polk Street. Click to expand:
Time appears to be on the side of the No on 8 people. They’ll be plenty of court action and elections in the future…
Maybe it’s too early for backbiting?
The people in the crowd seemed to have a lot of energy for future fights, anyway.
Tags: 8, candlelight, City Hall, eight, equality, Gay, marriage, no, prop, proposition 8, San Francisco, vigil, yes
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Most of the vehicles were trucks of one sort or another, many of them were work vehicles, and most of the passengers appeared to be Latino. What was it?
It was an evanescent parade of honking vehicles surrounding San Francisco’s City Hall for a brief period yesterday.
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Read all about it.
Tags: 8, City Hall, civic center, eight, honking, latino, no, parade, prop 8, proposition 8, San Francisco, suv, truck, yes
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