To some it might sound like a nightmare, to others a little slice of heaven, but evidently enough people are running around naked in San Francisco that the city might have to do a little regulating on the issue.
The Los Angeles Times reports that an ordinance regulating public nudity was just introduced by Supervisor Scott Wiener (thank you God for another political Wiener attached to an appropriately crotch-related issue).
It’s not illegal to be naked in public in San Francisco but Wiener would like people to cover their seats— well, their chairs— if they’re going to sit on them naked, and he would also require restaurant patrons to be clothed. “We shouldn’t have to legislate about that but we do … it’s about basic public health,” he said.
The Times explains that the number of nudists wandering around the Castro—beginning with a group of naturists called the Naked Guys— has increased to the point where more people are complaining to officials. Attorney Jonathan Stroper says he has spoken with Wiener’s office about the Naked Guys’ “bare bottoms on the plaza’s public seats,” and that he has talked to both the police and the health department about the health issue, but both indicated they couldn’t do anything about it.
Said Stephen Adams, president of the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro: “You always see signs on the door, ‘Shoes and shirt required’,” Adams said. “You'd think [customers] would have to have pants too.”