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Baggy Pants Cause Plane's Evacuation, Jail Time

RJ Middleton NBC Bay Area 06/16/2011
Man snatches Picasso off gallery wall

The San Francisco Police Department made an arrest in the theft of a Picasso drawing. They also recovered the piece of artwork worth an estimated $200,000.

Baggy Pants Cause Plane's Evacuation, Jail Time

Can a baggy-pants fashion trend land you in jail and clear a plane before takeoff? It can in San Francisco International Airport.

Google to test tap-to-pay system in San Francisco and New York

Peter Svensson The Boston Globe 05/26/2011

Circumcision Ban Goes on San Francisco Ballot

The Wall Street Journal 05/18/2011
Google to test tap-to-pay system in San Francisco and New York

Google Inc. has launched its bid to dominate a world in which the smartphone replaces the wallet as the container for credit cards, coupons, and receipts.

Circumcision Ban Goes on San Francisco Ballot

A group seeking to ban the circumcision of male children in San Francisco has succeeded in getting their controversial measure on the November ballot, meaning voters will be asked to weigh in on what until now has been a private family matter.

San Francisco May Ban Infant Circumcision

MATT BAUME NBC Bay Area 02/21/2011

San Francisco bans sitting, lying on sidewalks

Claudia Cowan FOX News 11/29/2010
San Francisco May Ban Infant Circumcision

Self-described "civil rights advocates" say that a ballot proposition to ban circumcision is on track for gathering signatures, meaning that San Franciscans may vote on the measure this November.

A new law targeting those who hang out, and lie down, on the sidewalks and streets of San Francisco has some asking whether this city, known for its "love thy neighbor" attitude, has perhaps decided some neighbors aren't welcome.

San Francisco considers banning sale of pets except fish

Carolyn Jones San Francisco Chronicle 07/08/2010

San Francisco passes cellphone radiation law

Rachel Gordon San Francisco Chronicle 06/16/2010
San Francisco considers banning sale of pets except fish

Sell a guinea pig, go to jail. That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish.

San Francisco passes cellphone radiation law

San Francisco moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the nation to require that retailers post in their stores notices on the level of radiation emitted by the cell phones they offer.

Mayor would cut San Francisco city workers' week to save cash

Heather Knight San Francisco Chronicle 02/09/2010
San Francisco sets U.S. example by using property taxes to finance green upgrades

San Francisco, often an environmental trendsetter, is launching what could be the largest U.S. program that allows businesses and homeowners to finance green upgrades through their property taxes.

SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 10,000 San Francisco city workers - from librarians and gardeners to secretaries and street cleaners - would be laid off and most rehired for jobs with shorter hours under a controversial plan being examined by Mayor Gavin Newsom.


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