No more public nudity for San Francisco
In a 6-to-5 vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban public nudity – specifically, exposing one’s genitals on streets and on public transit. In other words, no bare buns on the BART.
Nudists could be fined $100 for a first-time offense; rebel nudists found naked a third time within a year will be fined $500 and could face up to a year in jail.
Exceptions to the ban: Children under five years and nudists in parades, fairs or festivals held under a city permit.
The ordinance was introduced by Supervisor Scott Wiener, who said he had heard increasing complaints from residents in San Francisco’s traditionally gay Castro District about a roaming band of increasingly bold naked men, the AP reported.











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This is a shame, because Zombie over at PJMedia has done some of his best photo work in this genre.
Catahoula on November 21, 2012 at 7:39 AM
The only nudes worth looking at are no doubt charging for it.
OldEnglish on November 21, 2012 at 7:43 AM
Won’t. Change. A Thing.
This is San Francisco. Drama queens will be erupting in their nakedness all over the place after that announcement.
HotAirian on November 21, 2012 at 7:44 AM
What is freedom if not the ability to wag your junk in front of strangers and children?
darwin on November 21, 2012 at 7:45 AM
so San Francisco has an epidemic of bold naked men roaming the gay district….and Scott Wiener has a problem with it!
there’s a joke there somewhere but i’m not sure I want to put that much thought into the situation.
bannor on November 21, 2012 at 7:47 AM
So five of the eleven were in favor of public nudity.
Words escape me.
davidk on November 21, 2012 at 7:56 AM
Love reading the comments from you guys. Best thing about this site!
bluegill on November 21, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Elmo will be glad that the kids can still go naked. And what about the traditional street BJs and 2nd story window wanking? Those are still OK under the permits?
forest on November 21, 2012 at 7:59 AM
C’mon, you’re making this up!
Naturally Curly on November 21, 2012 at 8:03 AM
I will still never go there on vacation
Dollayo on November 21, 2012 at 8:03 AM
6 to 5….
ted c on November 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM
They just need a little understanding: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/11/20/Bob-Beckel-Most-Nudist-Were-Gang-Banged-As-Children
davidk on November 21, 2012 at 8:19 AM
No, they’re still allowed to expose themselves and engage in sex acts in public at events like the Folsom Street Fair that Zombie has documented.
Trafalgar on November 21, 2012 at 8:20 AM
There’s a reason they make clothes, and make people wear them.
Wander on November 21, 2012 at 8:28 AM
There’s government getting into someone’s bedroom again..Oh wait..
melle1228 on November 21, 2012 at 8:30 AM
I saw Zombie’s pics of the Folsom Street Fair. I needed a fair amount of mind bleach to erase the images I saw. I would never bring a child to that city. These pervs were getting it on in the streets in broad daylight with kids looking on. Truly disgusting.
KickandSwimMom on November 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Maybe I am being too fastidious but who wants to sit somewhere(in public) that a nudist has sat? No public health issue? What about the stray hairs floating around-in restaurants, on BART? Yuck, just yuck.
2L8 on November 21, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Except special gay days, then it is anything goes. The place is still a den of miscreants and vermin.
astonerii on November 21, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Right. I have nothing. Words fail me completely.
BigGator5 on November 21, 2012 at 9:34 AM
The parents cannot be held responsible for teaching kids that young to keep their clothes on in public it seems… That is what happens when no one at all is an adult.
astonerii on November 21, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I was stationed in NorCal back before San Fran became Whackadoodle City and even then it was a freakshow. I can’t imagine the public depravity now.
Why is it that the people who want to run around naked are always people you don’t want to see naked?
single stack on November 21, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Just the depraved ones… You should see some of the gals down in south america…
astonerii on November 21, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Nudity!?!?!?! ::gasp::
ernesto on November 21, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Does SF have a law against public sex?
You wouldn’t think so.
Speakup on November 21, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Damn! Does that mean Dykes on Bikes are gone too!??
ToddPA on November 21, 2012 at 10:08 AM
What a bum-rap!
tommy71 on November 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Here is why I don’t think the “children under 5″ exception is bad:
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/20020358/officer-slaps-potty-training-toddler-with-fine
cptacek on November 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Which has its advantages. It is an easily avoidable den of miscreants and vermin. If we could just get them all to go there, the rest of the country would be a lot better off.
Shump on November 21, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Exactly. Some small-town wisdom on this subject: “Better to have one place where the parents can tell their kids not to go and the preachers can tell their parents not to go, instead of parading down Main Street all over the United States.”
I’ve wished the same thing for the Democrat welfare base. One big ol’ place where they all got sent to avoid us evil racists, complete with 3-story concrete walls to emphasize that fact. *evil smile*
MelonCollie on November 21, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that Zombie is a female. Nonetheless, always good photojournalism from Zombie.
platypus on November 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM