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?”