> The amount of revenue the city takes in through ticketing is outrageous, to the point that it's less and less about bylaw enforcement and more about making money.
Be that as it may, a society that allows individuals to claim public land for private use without any compensation or penalty also seems outrageous.
I can't speak to SF and personally I'd look the other way if someone is taking less than a couple feet from a sufficiently wide sidewalk in front of their house. But at least in NYC many sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes, car lanes, and bus lanes are impassable because the cost of parking there is far too low.
> Be that as it may, a society that allows individuals to claim public land for private use without any compensation or penalty also seems outrageous.
SF is rife with that and the SF Coalition on Homelessness makes its money on that premise.
SF needs to be ticketing sidewalk parkers while INCREASING the availability of parking in business districts. Right now what we have is just anti-car tyranny.
Be that as it may, a society that allows individuals to claim public land for private use without any compensation or penalty also seems outrageous.
I can't speak to SF and personally I'd look the other way if someone is taking less than a couple feet from a sufficiently wide sidewalk in front of their house. But at least in NYC many sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes, car lanes, and bus lanes are impassable because the cost of parking there is far too low.