Monthly Archives: July 2010

El Tecolote: Sit-Lie opponents fear proposed ordinance targets working poor

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Read this great article by Greg Zeman in El Tecolote on the proposed sit/lie law. Zeman points out how the combination of sit/lie with S-Comm (a Federal database recently implemented in San Francisco that is likely to increase the deportation of undocumented immigrants) may result in deportations for day laborers sitting down while looking for a job:

“I maybe can stand without sitting for four or five hours if I have to, but how can I stand all day?” asked Carlos, one of the men on Cesar Chavez whose name was changed for fear of reprisal. “What if I want to sit down to eat?”

AP covers Sit/Lie (and we get the last word)

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Here’s a good video news piece from Associated Press reporter, Haven Daley.  Interestingly, he tried for at least three days to get an interview with Mayor Newsom for the story, but his requests went unanswered.