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| − | * Anti-[[Second Amendment]] [[Gun control|gun-grabbing]] (authored a state-wide measure in 2013 that passed both the Senate and the Assembly and was finally vetoed by Governor [[Jerry Brown]] to ban all [[semi-automatic]] [[rifles]] especially the [[AR-15]] and even the [[Ruger 10/22]]) "State [[Senator]] [[Leland Yee]] was arraigned on seven charges of corruption and firearms trafficking<ref>http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/27/we-hardly-knew-yee Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> Wednesday, swept up in a broad FBI sting involving more than two dozen people across the Bay Area suspected of selling drugs, smuggling guns<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25428957/state-sen-leland-yee-indicted-arms-trafficking-corruption?source=pkg Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> and arranging murder for hire.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Keith-Jackson-former-S-F-education-official-5352182.php Accessed March 28, 2014</ref>" "The allegations against Yee reach back to his losing run for San Francisco mayor in 2011, when he worked with a political consultant named Keith Jackson who at one time served on the San Francisco Unified School District board. Jackson was also arraigned Monday on charges that include involvement in a murder-for-hire scheme and narcotics trafficking." FBI Affidavits<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/file/757/757-complaint_affidavit_14-70421-nc.pdf Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> "say Lee also introduced another FBI agent posing as a [[medical marijuana]] businessman to two state legislators working on the issue in exchange for two contributions totaling $21,000."<ref>http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/26/6271916/fbi-california-sen-leland-yee.html and http://www.redstate.com/2014/03/27/leland-yee-gun-control-gun-running-california/</ref> | + | * Anti-[[Second Amendment]] [[Gun control|gun-grabbing]] (authored a statewide measure in 2013 that passed both the Senate and the Assembly and was finally vetoed by Governor [[Jerry Brown]] to ban all [[semi-automatic]] [[rifles]] especially the [[AR-15]] and even the [[Ruger 10/22]]) "State [[Senator]] [[Leland Yee]] was arraigned on seven charges of corruption and firearms trafficking<ref>http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/27/we-hardly-knew-yee Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> Wednesday, swept up in a broad FBI sting involving more than two dozen people across the Bay Area suspected of selling drugs, smuggling guns<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25428957/state-sen-leland-yee-indicted-arms-trafficking-corruption?source=pkg Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> and arranging murder for hire.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Keith-Jackson-former-S-F-education-official-5352182.php Accessed March 28, 2014</ref>" "The allegations against Yee reach back to his losing run for San Francisco mayor in 2011, when he worked with a political consultant named Keith Jackson who at one time served on the San Francisco Unified School District board. Jackson was also arraigned Monday on charges that include involvement in a murder-for-hire scheme and narcotics trafficking." FBI Affidavits<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/file/757/757-complaint_affidavit_14-70421-nc.pdf Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> "say Lee also introduced another FBI agent posing as a [[medical marijuana]] businessman to two state legislators working on the issue in exchange for two contributions totaling $21,000."<ref>http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/26/6271916/fbi-california-sen-leland-yee.html and http://www.redstate.com/2014/03/27/leland-yee-gun-control-gun-running-california/</ref> |
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| | * The principal of a San Francisco area elementary school turned out to be a drug dealer and a homosexual.<ref>http://www.methproject.org/action/montana/details/news-story-2012-09-24-02.html</ref> | | * The principal of a San Francisco area elementary school turned out to be a drug dealer and a homosexual.<ref>http://www.methproject.org/action/montana/details/news-story-2012-09-24-02.html</ref> |
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| − | The drug [[marijuana]] has been legalized in [[California]] for prescribed medical use. However in San Francisco, [[Berkeley]] and Oakland, marijuana use is common among the general populace and the few remaining laws against its use are not enforced. Similarly, [[prostitution]] is rampant and overlooked by the police. | + | The drug [[marijuana]] has been legalized in [[California]] for prescribed medical use. However, in San Francisco, [[Berkeley]] and Oakland, marijuana use is common among the general populace and the few remaining laws against its use are not enforced. Similarly, [[prostitution]] is rampant and overlooked by the police. |
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| | Adoption agencies in California not only allow gay couples to adopt children, but there are even ones which purposefully seek out gay people to adopt children, on the faulty presumption that they will be better parents.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.adoptionopen.com/gay_adoption.html</ref> | | Adoption agencies in California not only allow gay couples to adopt children, but there are even ones which purposefully seek out gay people to adopt children, on the faulty presumption that they will be better parents.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.adoptionopen.com/gay_adoption.html</ref> |
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| | San Francisco was one of the first cities in the country to ban [[trans fat]]s, citing a need to promote healthy living.<ref>http://www.nbc11.com/news/15177139/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news</ref> This ban was then extended to a statewide ban, the first in the country.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/25/RV9N11VMPR.DTL</ref> Of course, the burden is placed on [[restaurant]]s and [[business]]es, who have to pay for more expensive and less tasty alternatives to use in their cooking. The ban absolves the blame from the consumer who chooses to eat a double cheeseburger with extra bacon and fries instead of a sensible sandwich and pickle. [[Chef]]s have been left wondering "how the trans fat ban will affect the bottom line".<ref>[http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NLA&SCID=37&BLGID=13729 LA Chefs React to Cali Trans Fats Ban]</ref> The trans fat ban is another instance of the city's anti-business policies. | | San Francisco was one of the first cities in the country to ban [[trans fat]]s, citing a need to promote healthy living.<ref>http://www.nbc11.com/news/15177139/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news</ref> This ban was then extended to a statewide ban, the first in the country.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/25/RV9N11VMPR.DTL</ref> Of course, the burden is placed on [[restaurant]]s and [[business]]es, who have to pay for more expensive and less tasty alternatives to use in their cooking. The ban absolves the blame from the consumer who chooses to eat a double cheeseburger with extra bacon and fries instead of a sensible sandwich and pickle. [[Chef]]s have been left wondering "how the trans fat ban will affect the bottom line".<ref>[http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NLA&SCID=37&BLGID=13729 LA Chefs React to Cali Trans Fats Ban]</ref> The trans fat ban is another instance of the city's anti-business policies. |
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| − | San Francisco is also a "city of refugees", which means they have passed an [[ordinance]] that it is against the law to report [[illegal immigrant]]s to the United States authorities as they are required to legally do. In other words anyone upholding the federal law will get in trouble with the city. This has led to a culture of underage drug dealers continuing their trade with impunity.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374803,00.html</ref> | + | San Francisco is also a "city of refugees", which means they have passed an [[ordinance]] that it is against the law to report [[illegal immigrant]]s to the United States authorities as they are required to legally do. In other words, anyone upholding the federal law will get in trouble with the city. This has led to a culture of underage drug dealers continuing their trade with impunity.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374803,00.html</ref> |
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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> |
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| | 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]]. | | 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]]. |
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| | In 2008 the city board voted to protest a [[Marines]] enlistment agency downtown, saying the Marines are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" to the city.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/berkeley.protests/</ref> | | In 2008 the city board voted to protest a [[Marines]] enlistment agency downtown, saying the Marines are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" to the city.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/berkeley.protests/</ref> |
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| − | [[Tree sitter]]s hijacked a forested portion of the University of California campus, preventing several trees from being cut down in preparation for the building of a city-approved multi-million dollar athletics facility.<ref name=sitters>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10419085</ref> The resulting standoff between the tree sitters and the University and police lasted 22 months and cost $800,000 and significant delays to traffic in the area and the student body.<ref name=sitterfines>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/BAUB131HLG.DTL</ref> The four final tree sitters were arrested for [[trespassing]] and violating a months-old court order to vacate the tree. None of these sitters were even students.<ref name=sitters/> They have been charged with numerous legal fees and judicial fines.<ref name=sitterfines/> | + | [[Tree sitter]]s hijacked a forested portion of the University of California campus, preventing several trees from being cut down in preparation for the building of a city-approved multimillion-dollar athletics facility.<ref name=sitters>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10419085</ref> The resulting standoff between the tree sitters and the University and police lasted 22 months and cost $800,000 and significant delays to traffic in the area and the student body.<ref name=sitterfines>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/21/BAUB131HLG.DTL</ref> The four final tree sitters were arrested for [[trespassing]] and violating a months-old court order to vacate the tree. None of these sitters were even students.<ref name=sitters/> They have been charged with numerous legal fees and judicial fines.<ref name=sitterfines/> |
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| | ===Oakland=== | | ===Oakland=== |