A final notice to vacate has been issued to members of Occupy San Francisco encamped outside the Federal Reserve. File photo by Luke Thomas.
By Luke Thomas
November 17, 2011
Interim Department of Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru today issued a final notice to vacate to Occupy protesters encamped outside the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
Citing health and safety issues, Nuru states, “The occupants of the tents and encampment on Market Street and Main Street, near the Federal Reserve, are hereby notified that they are in violation of City and County of San Francisco codes and must take down all tents and structures and vacate immediately.”
“Clear and safe access for everyone along Market Street in the public walkways must be maintained at all times,” Nuru adds. “Occupants and tents have space at Justin Herman Plaza, and any encampment outside of that area is in violation of previously agreed upon guidelines.”
Though Nuru does not specify a time deadline for the camp removal, Occupy protesters are expected to convene at the Federal Reserve to protect the encampment from its forcible dismantling.
SFPD spokesperson Sgt. Michael Andraychak said he was not aware of a deadline or any planned police action to forcibly remove the encampment.
“I don’t have any information on that,” Andraychak said, “From what I know, nothing’s changed. We’re still working with city agencies and resources to offer services to those that are there.”
“The chief of police takes his direction from city leadership,” Andrachek added.
The mayor’s office did not return a request seeking comment at the time of publishing.
The Federal Reserve is quasi public-private banking cartel created in secrecy in 1913.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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November 19, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Greg, yes Richmondman is right; if you do the ‘real’ math, Lee ended up 13%; Mirkarimi with18%. Real sad. So we’re stuck with that Independent ‘Easy Eddy’, Willie’s bitch.
I mean, c’mon, you couldn’t make this stuff up. This Willie appointee Nuru, oops I mean Mr Ed’s DPW Director Mohhamed Nuru, is now responsible for ‘enforcing the law’ and ensuring that ‘city ordinances’ are complied with !!
http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-02-16/news/17411812_1_city-attorney-willie-brown-city-hall
PS.
This item below is #1) on Mr Ed’s Thanksgiving and Christmas lists.
http://n0.gd/rxMxvd
November 19, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Don’t knock a man down and then ask him why he lives in the dirt. Don’t strip a man of his clothing and then ask why he is naked. Don’t filch a man of his authority, his right to rule his home, his dignity as a man, and then ask him why his culture is substandard.
~ Chief Dan George (1966)
November 19, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Okay, maybe it’s a measure of a “failed democracy”, but saying that doesn’t really enlighten. What are the underlying reasons? There are many, I’m sure…From a lack of a sense of community (cult of the individual), to poverty, to poor education…
I think it’s all too easy to scapegoat, and I don’t like to do that. Just as I wouldn’t call someone “stupid”, I put “lazy” in the same category. Words like this only injure, when in reality, there are reasons behind the perceived offense that ought to be addressed, if one is compassionate. Those are the things to be angry with, not people.
Well and it all seems to come down to the Occupy Movement. This malaise is taking shape here, which is why even though the thought of a Mayor Lee is unsavory to me, he almost seems irrelevant compared to what is taking shape. Maybe that’s a part of it. This movement is bringing to it all the vitality that seems to have gone from the electoral process…so maybe it’s really not something to feel too bad about. Maybe something much bigger is happening, while the other is indeed, dying…
November 18, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Keep in mind that when officialdom talks about turnout, they’re talking about turnout of *registered* voters.
But if we really want to evaluate turnout as a measure of democracy, then we need to talk about turnout of *eligible* voters. The pool of eligible voters is in the neighborhood of 600,000. If you take those elibible who didn’t find it worthwhile to come out for *this* election, and add them to the eligible voters who didn’t even find it worthwhile to register at all, you get a turnout figure of less than 1/3 of the electorate.
I agree with Richmondman (for once). It’s truly a measure of a failed democracy.
November 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm
…Also what the trends have been over the years in SF voter turnout, specifically in Mayoral races would be interesting to know…
November 18, 2011 at 12:37 pm
What do you think makes them not participate, then?
Maybe someone should do a story on that…cause it seems a persistent problem. Also, I’d like to know how SF fares with other places, such as Berkeley, for example, or other large cities.
November 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Turnout was actually 42.46 percent. Still pathetically low. I agree with Richmondman; If voters don’t participate in their democracy, they deserve what they get.
Total Registration and Turnout (certified as of yesterday):
Registration 464380
Total Ballots Cast 197181
Turnout 42.46%
http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/
November 18, 2011 at 11:55 am
I heard voter turnout was at 25%. Anyone know the true numbers?
I agree on one score–that that is a pretty dismal, depressing fact.
But your assessment, I disagree with. I see it more a function of poor education and/or poverty, which could be remedied by better services…Calling people lazy, in my book, is just another form of violence. It insults people. If you’ve ever been called lazy yourself, you can probably relate to what i’m saying. I prefer to address the system that produces apathy, whether I’m wrong or right in what I perceive as the solutions…
November 18, 2011 at 10:14 am
30% voter turnout. That is the measure of a failed democracy. When Americans are too lazy to get up and exercise the one right that accomplishes anything, they get what they deserve, which is nothing.
November 17, 2011 at 5:39 pm
“Citing health and safety issues”?
“in violation of City and County of San Francisco codes”?
Well if they don’t see the irony yet, they soon will. What about health issues citywide that don’t ever seem to get addressed? The homeless, and needed services being cut? OccupySF is attracting the homeless, some drug users and it isn’t too surprising because these folks are looking for a home, but their presence is just a reminder of why we’re on the streets to begin with. The city sure isn’t doing a good job taking care of them…
This country is in violation of what it means to be a true democracy, and we won’t let our country be corrupted by money.
Then they use violent tactics, because the system knows violence well…just one more reflection of what is wrong in our culture.
A quote from my favorite guy: Poverty is the worst form of violence. —Mahatma Gandhi
But why am I writing this here? It’s places like the Examiner that need to hear it…If I weren’t busy applying for a job, I’d hop to it right now…maybe tomorrow, but definitely soon…in any event, see you on the streets.