From San Francisco!

News from San Francisco you may have missed:

Indicted Chinatown gang leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow has accused the mayor of taking bribes.  Mayor Lee says Shrimp Boy is blowing smoke – or words to that effect.

To reduce public urination, the city has begun painting walls upon which the public urination is likely to take place with a substance that in effect pees back at the pee-er.  How does this work?  I haven’t a clue.  Will it reduce peeing in public?  I doubt it.

Activists in the pro-nudity movement staged a demonstration at City Hall yesterday.  In what attire, you ask?  Let’s just say they were walking their talk.  Tourists from the Midwest were said to be interested in this added attraction offered by our fair city.

They say El Niño is on the way.  With El Niño comes rain.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that Southern California will likely get most of it.  A pox on the evil southland.

The Outside Lands Festival will take place in Golden Gate Park this weekend.  A chance for people to listen to music, drink beer and engage in other mood-altering activities.  And a chance for others to fight massive traffic jams and spillover partying.  Best advice:  Go by foot or on a bike.

On the San Francisco ballot this November:  housing, lobbying, development, airbnb, energy, and more.