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Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] has made [[recycling]] one of his biggest issues, in a blatant attempt to appeal to his leftist constituency. Unfortunately, San Francisco already has some of the most restrictive recycling laws in the country, including mandatory recycling. Therefore any new laws proposed have been intrusive and unnecessary. Newsom's most recently proposed a $1000 ban for improperly sorted recycling. Garbage collectors would inspect the trash and issue tickets to "violators", who will likely be regular citizens who made reasonable mistakes. The laws have been labeled [[Gestapo]]-like by the Canadian press.<ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4314 Canada Free Press] San Francisco Recycling Gestapo</ref>.

Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] has made [[recycling]] one of his biggest issues, in a blatant attempt to appeal to his leftist constituency. Unfortunately, San Francisco already has some of the most restrictive recycling laws in the country, including mandatory recycling. Therefore any new laws proposed have been intrusive and unnecessary. Newsom's most recently proposed a $1000 ban for improperly sorted recycling. Garbage collectors would inspect the trash and issue tickets to "violators", who will likely be regular citizens who made reasonable mistakes. The laws have been labeled [[Gestapo]]-like by the Canadian press.<ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4314 Canada Free Press] San Francisco Recycling Gestapo</ref>.

One of the largest offices of the [[ACLU]] is in San Francisco, as are the headquarters of several other activist [[nonprofit organization]]s.

One of the largest offices of the [[ACLU]] is in San Francisco, as are the headquarters of several other activist [[nonprofit organization]]s, including the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].

As an indicator of the extreme liberalism in this city, the most recent mayoral election (2007) had the following breakdown among major candidates, revealing an almost complete absence of grounded, moral, conservative values:<ref>http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=68841 SF Dept of Elections</ref>  

As an indicator of the extreme liberalism in this city, the most recent mayoral election (2007) had the following breakdown among major candidates, revealing an almost complete absence of grounded, moral, conservative values:<ref>http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=68841 SF Dept of Elections</ref>