S.F. nudists targeted for modest coverup
The birthday suit has become fashionable among some free spirits in San Francisco, but a city supervisor proposes that nudists cover up a bit when in restaurants or seated in public, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The street exhibition is centered in the city's Castro district and mostly involves men. To Supervisor Scott Wiener, the district's representative, the issue boils down not to nudity but to public health and nudists' showing "some basic courtesy and decency toward their fellow citizens when they are naked."
He wants to make it illegal to sit naked on public seating without placing a towel or something similar between bottom and seat, or to enter restaurants totally in the buff. First offense would be a $100 fine, escalating to a misdemeanor and maximum $1,000 fine/year in jail for a third strike.
Back in December, SF Weekly looked into the movement/fad and found that nudists "know it's extremely unlikely they'd ever be prosecuted for walking around in public naked." The article noted neighborhood opposition to the skin worshipers.
The street exhibition is centered in the city's Castro district and mostly involves men. To Supervisor Scott Wiener, the district's representative, the issue boils down not to nudity but to public health and nudists' showing "some basic courtesy and decency toward their fellow citizens when they are naked."
He wants to make it illegal to sit naked on public seating without placing a towel or something similar between bottom and seat, or to enter restaurants totally in the buff. First offense would be a $100 fine, escalating to a misdemeanor and maximum $1,000 fine/year in jail for a third strike.
Back in December, SF Weekly looked into the movement/fad and found that nudists "know it's extremely unlikely they'd ever be prosecuted for walking around in public naked." The article noted neighborhood opposition to the skin worshipers.
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