San Francisco nudists sue to block proposed ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A group of San Francisco residents is suing the city to block a proposed ban on public nudity.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco claims an ordinance that city officials are considering would violate the civil rights of people who want to bare their bodies for personal or political reasons.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the measure next week. It would prohibit nakedness on city streets, sidewalks and plazas at all times except during permitted fairs and parades, such as the city's annual gay pride event.
Lawyer Christina DiEduardo filed the case as a dozen or so of her clients stood outside the courthouse in varying states of undress.
DiEduardo says the ban is too broad and would inhibit the free speech of nudists who can't afford a permit.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco claims an ordinance that city officials are considering would violate the civil rights of people who want to bare their bodies for personal or political reasons.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the measure next week. It would prohibit nakedness on city streets, sidewalks and plazas at all times except during permitted fairs and parades, such as the city's annual gay pride event.
Lawyer Christina DiEduardo filed the case as a dozen or so of her clients stood outside the courthouse in varying states of undress.
DiEduardo says the ban is too broad and would inhibit the free speech of nudists who can't afford a permit.
San Francisco...the poster child for the septic sludge of a permissive society and it's stench as it assaults all forms of morality. Nasty bastards with their junk exposed before old and young alike...in the name of self expression???  Please
@flor3nc3 The Oregon Supreme Court declared public nudity 'freedom of expression' under the Oregon Constitution decades ago; California hasn't done that yet; which, therefore,  is actually a  "permissive society and it's stench as it assaults all forms of morality", or is it neither? Other than the woman who bikes naked in Eugene and the one who also does it in Ashland, and, of course, all those women charging men to look at them in nude dancing establishments, the impact seems minimal to me.
There is a school in the Pearl district that kids walk to and from. The establishments where these folks "hang out" is within that district. Nude dancing is within the walls of an establishment. The Eugene bike ride is a permitted event. Ashland has had some eyebrow raising events to include some of these "expressers of freedom"  parading back and forth in front of the schools...not exactly what the Oregon Supreme Court intended.Â
@flor3nc3 Since the Court has specifically ruled on the Eugene bike rider's right to bike naked when Judge Merten tried to get her committed as a danger to herself and also on the legality of several 'establishments', most recently in an Ontario situation, I believe, their 'intent' seems pretty clear.   Â