San Francisco Anti-Panhandling

The voters of San Francisco passed an anti-panhandling law last November and it became effective today. Mayor Gavin Newsom has indicated that the city has every intention of pretending to enforce the law.

Interestingly, the new law doesn't do much more than reiterate the provisions of existing law which wasn't being enforced. The city's commitment to "gently" enforce the new anti-panhandling law indicates that the residents can probably expect no changes on the streets.

Is it me or does anyone else get the feeling that laws don't mean much in San Francisco?