Scott Wiener

Supervisor Scott Wiener Wants Sports and Music Fans to Pay More to Ride Muni

If you're still recovering from the fact you had to dip into your savings to see the Rolling Stones play in San Francisco earlier this month, well consider yourself lucky that you didn't have to shell out even more money for your ride to the show. Supervisor Scott Wiener today is planning to ask h ... More >>

Muni Plans to Keep "Israeli Apartheid" Ad Money After Surrendering "Jihad" Ad Funds

To date, Muni has opted to surrender $15,780 from four different runs of inflammatory ads demonizing Muslims. Now Supervisor Scott Wiener, working with the Jewish Community Relations Council has asked the transit agency to do the same with $5,030 it pocketed after accepting bus ads labeling Israel a ... More >>

Duel Purpose: Opponents Accuse a Supervisor of Introducing Legislation to Clean up the Mess he Made

Bradley Manning Affair Highlights Pride's Awkward Balancing Act

Alas, it doesn't appear Jason Collins will be the grand marshal of the Pride parade. Neither will Bradley Manning who, depending on how you see it, is either a whistleblower or an accused traitor (or, perhaps, a combination of both). Manning's suitability as a role model would be a wonderful topic ... More >>

Family Feud Auditions for San Francisco Families

A thought: Is the "XXX" that flashes across the screen when a Family Feud competitor fails a reference to moonshine jugs apropos of the McCoys and Hatfields we envision as engaging in family feuds? Perhaps that's overthinking it. And overthinking is the one thing you don't want to do when competing ... More >>

Local Porn Stars Shoot Parody Film on S.F. Nudity Ban

Perhaps to the chagrin of Supervisor Scott Wiener, some creative and talented pornographers are giving San Francisco's nudists another shot at being in the spotlight. San Francisco studio NakedSword is creating a gay porn parody of San Francisco's nudity ban, starring who else, but Supervisor Scot ... More >>

George Davis, Perennial Nudist Candidate, to Announce Bid to Unseat Scott Wiener

Tomorrow, it seems, is gonna be a big day. Not only have the city's indignant nudists promised to put the nascent nudity ban to the test, plaintiff and serial nudist candidate George Davis has pledged to announce his candidacy for District 8 Supervisor in the 2014 election. The current occupant of t ... More >>

Nudists, City Clash in Federal Court

In a city where everything is political, is everything really political? What about cock rings? Yes, really. The city's indignant nudists have, quite literally, made a federal case out of Supervisor Scott Wiener's ordinance banning disrobing in most public venues. Today the nudists' and city's attor ... More >>

Public Nudists Have 15 Days Left of Grossing People Out

We know there's gotta be some parents out there counting down the days from their kitchen calendar where they can safely take the kids on a family stroll to Dolores Park without fear of running into those freely flapping dicks. On Feb. 1, the new law banning most public nudity begins, which means ... More >>

Bummer's Almanac: Predicting 2013

Board of Supervisors: Get Used to Muddle in the Middle

By this time next week, barring an event recalling a Strom Thurmond phone book-reading filibuster, San Francisco will have a newly minted Board of Supervisors president. Incumbent David Chiu is in a solid position, but others, including Scott Wiener, are making plays of their own. It'll be intriguin ... More >>

Here Are the 20 Dumbest Bay Area Crimes of 2012

The year 2012 was a pretty stellar one for San Francisco. If you doubt us for a second, just think no farther than the San Francisco Giants World Series win. But amid the remarkable (sweeping baseball) moments -- like when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence crashing Sheriff Joe Arpaio's dinner in ... More >>

Local Blogger Arrested for Trying to Photograph Supe. Wiener's Wiener Gets Stay-Away Order

Michael Petrelis, the activist blogger who attempted to snap a lewd photo of Supervisor Scott Wiener, has been ordered to stay away from the city supervisor at all times. Petrelis appeared in court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct charges; Judge Donna Alyson Little then or ... More >>

Scott Wiener Bathroom Photo: Law Prof Calls Blogger's Account "Public Confession"

Earlier today we reported on gay activist and blogger Michael Petrelis' arrest stemming from an incident in which he photographed Supervisor Scott Wiener in a City Hall men's room, then posted the picture on his blog. The arrest was referred to on Petrelis' site as "an act of heavy-handed political ... More >>

Nudists Refuse to Get Naked in the Rain (NSFW)

Now we know nudists do have limits: wet weather. A legion of prolific naked people went through with their planned rally to protest public nudity, but they didn't hold the demonstration outside for a change. Rather, the rainy weather pushed them indoors, away from community members who probably di ... More >>

Public Nudists to Get Naked in the Rain (NSFW)

If you notice more naked people bouncing around town as of late, that's because there are -- nudists are stripping down in public, while they still can. Last week, the Board of Supervisors banned public nudity, which has sorta upped the ante for nudists who have no plans to get dressed just yet. Asi ... More >>

S.F. Nudists Sue to Stop Ban on Public Nudity

San Francisco's naked people filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court, attempting to stop the city from banning them from doing what they do best -- be naked in public. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco claims any such ordinance would violate the civil rights of people who want to strip down nake ... More >>

Nudists to Descend on City Hall to Show Their "Naughty Bits," Which They Call Art

Public nudists are planning to strip down once again and head to City Hall -- all in the name of art. That's right, the Castro's legion of nude men are now claiming their naked bodies are no different than any other fine craft on display. In short, consider this event a quasi art show. And hey, it's ... More >>

Super Friends: Overworked S.F. Reps Hire Extra Aides

Supervisor Scott Wiener to Introduce Legislation Forcing Nudists to Wear Clothes

The debate over public nudity has finally come to a head. Supervisor Scott Wiener says he plans to introduce legislation later today that will seriously restrict public nudity in San Francisco. According to the plan, naked men (and women, if there are any) would no longer be allowed to flap freely i ... More >>

Here's How S.F. Nudists Would Dress, if They Did Wear Clothes

Have you ever wondered what those Castro nudists would don if they actually did walk around like the rest of -- with clothes on?Well, wonder no more. This group of exhibitionist activists met with Supervisor Scott Wiener last week to talk about naked men roaming the Castro. The group went to his off ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Supervisor Scott Wiener Says Drawing Attention to Your Cock in Public Is Obnoxious

Last week, SF Weekly told readers about how nudists in the Castro were starting to feel singled out because of their cock rings. They accused police of conducting "cock ring patrols" threatening to arrest nudists who were caught wearing the sex paraphernalia in public.Cops deny they've been on penis ... More >>

Free Muni: Scott Wiener Votes for the Free Rides He Opposes

Free Muni: Scott Wiener Was Against It Before He Voted for It -- and He's Still Against It

The plan to provide low-income kids with free Muni rides was dealt a possible death blow yesterday, when the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission declined to put up the necessary millions. Commissioners hailing from out of town were not enthused with the idea of ponying up $4 million to b ... More >>

New Legislation to Force Residents Who Rent Out Parking Spots to Pay Taxes

We all know that San Francisco is an agonizing place to park, so it's understandable that some property owners would want to capitalize on their much-coveted parking spots by renting them out for some extra cash. But what these amateur entrepreneurs might not know is that they are and have been vi ... More >>

Revised Street-Food Bill Is Much Less Restrictive

​Beyond Chron broke the news today that Assemblymember Bill Monning has significantly revised AB-1678, a bill he introduced in February that would prohibit food trucks from parking within 1500 feet of elementary and secondary schools. The bill, as it was written, would have covered close to 80 per ... More >>

New Food Truck Bill Could Kill S.F.'s Street Food Scene

​Last Tuesday, Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel) introduced AB 1678, a bill intended to prevent students from eating their lunch at food trucks instead of the school cafeteria. As it's currently written, AB 1678 would ban food trucks from parking within 1,500 feet of any school. The stat ... More >>

Castro Nudists Debating Naked Trash Clean-Up Saturday

The nude mastermind.​We've heard about the Nude-In planned for this Saturday, when people will publicly disrobe at the parklet on the corner of Castro and Market. Woo-hoo! But the plan doesn't end there. Now the nudists have come up with a new public relations maneuver to counteract the bad p ... More >>

Nudists Create Naked Parking Space in Front of Castro Theatre

Parking your rear end​We told you about today's PARK(ing) Day, the city's whimsical attempt to redesign metered parking spaces into improvised urban space. SF Weekly went to check it out, and aside from the outdoor Mad Men offices, we saw petting zoos and makeshift parks taking over our beloved pa ... More >>

Naked Protesters? Where Is Supervisor Scott Wiener When We Need Him?

Yesterday evening commuters got screwed again when BART closed down the Powell Street station for two hours while protesters chanted and yelled their way into handcuffs. Police arrested dozens of demonstrators who allegedly interfered with BART's ability to run trains. But outside the station, there ... More >>

Supervisor Scott Wiener Doesn't Want to See Your Wiener

Just a normal night in the Castro​Part of the charm of living in San Francisco is crossing paths with the ubiquitous bare-skinned man, penis flapping in the air. As we've noted before the growing chorus of fleshy cocks has made the penis the official mascot of the Castro neighborhoodBut of all peo ... More >>

Castro Nudists Under Attack By Wiener Blame Other Naked People

It wasn't us. Really. ​Some stories were just meant for headline writers. The Castro nudists are under attack by Supervisor Scott Wiener, and now they're fighting back with an all-too-common defense: it was those other naked guys behaving badly, not us. Mmmhmm. At this afternoon's Board of Supervi ... More >>

Pride: Supes Not Convinced Current Management Can Run Parade

​A front-page story in today's San Francisco Chronicle trumpets the news that Pride has whittled its debt down to $77,000 heading into the weekend's festivities. Sounds great -- in the two months since our cover story breaking down how the massive gay and lesbian festival and parade systematically ... More >>

Taxi Drivers Strike at City Hall

Taylor FriedmanShowing Muni drivers how it's done​At City Hall this afternoon, there was honking -- lot's of honking. Taxi drivers shouted and chanted as they circled the Civic Center protesting, among other things, higher credit card fees. Taxi driver Tariq Mehmood, who organized the protest, est ... More >>

More Food Trucks, New Wings, and Another Valencia Restaurant

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Food truck news: Seeing Sam's ChowderMobile more often? The Feast reports that its fleet is increasing to three trucks, allowing for the inclusion of special events, dinner hours, and attention to lunch h ... More >>

San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

Board of Supervisors: What Kind of Dog Would They Be?

This took us literally all afternoon to make.​Earlier this week, city supervisors voted 10 to 1 to oppose the Golden Gate National Recreational Area's proposal to severely restrict dog owners from walking their pups off-leash in certain parts of San Francisco, namely Fort Funston and Ocean Beach. ... More >>

S.F. Supervisors Fire Off Letter Aiming to Save the Eagle Tavern

The Eagle Tavern: It's only John Dwyer's favorite place to play.​We saw this coming! Today, three San Francisco Supervisors -- Scott Wiener, Jane Kim, and David Campos -- began an official effort to defend the beloved gay bar/live music venue Eagle Tavern against a landlord who plans to shut it do ... More >>

Japan Relief Auction Stunts We'd Like to See

We'd buy that for a dollar...​As reported earlier on this page, our Board of Supervisors raised $11,000 for Japan -- and did so by doing what it would do anyway. David Chiu was going to ride his bike. Now he gets some company, and $250 goes to disaster relief. Eric Mar was going to go to the Acade ... More >>

What Questions Do People Really Want Ed Lee to Answer?

Scott Wiener Takes Up Cause of Anti-Leash Activists

And so it begins​One of the more puzzling aspects of San Francisco politics is the bizarre level of conflict that arises with any discussion of dogs. The prolonged internecine conflict between those who wish to run their dogs free and advocates of more restrictive leash laws has periodically convu ... More >>

Castro Arson Victims Homeless, Need Money

Donate and drink!​Earlier this week, Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced a bill that would help victims of major disasters find cheap affordable housing and fast. But that won't do anything now for the 10 people who were booted from their homes after a series of suspected arson fires burned their C ... More >>

Harvey Milk's Chair -- Can It Be Given Away?

Won't anyone take Harvey's chair?​You'd think snagging Harvey Milk's old chair in the Board of Supervisors chambers would be an honor his political heirs would stand up for to sit down in.But you'd be wrong -- three times wrong. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd should know. He's been sitting there five ye ... More >>

Harvard Classmates' Rivalries May Toss Grenade Into Board Prez, Mayoral Selection

Et tu, Scott? Et tu, Davids? ​In the ascension of Supervisors David Chiu, David Campos, and supe-to-be Scott Wiener, we witness an amazing development: Three contemporaries at Harvard Law School have traveled across the nation to lead a city. But, since this is the internecine political world of S ... More >>

Supe Races Over: Tony Kelly Concedes to Malia Cohen in District 10

Quelle désastre!​With yesterday's concessions by District 2 candidate Janet Reilly and District 10's Tony Kelly, the San Francisco supervisorial races are, at long last, kaput. The new supervisors on the 2011 board will be Jane Kim, Scott Wiener, Mark Farrell, and Malia Cohen. As for how this wil ... More >>

Elections Overtime: The Races That Haven't Finished

...And we're counting​Funny thing about Instant-Runoff Voting: The results often aren't so instant. A number of elections around the state are still undetermined. What does the future hold? Gnashing of teeth, threats of litigation, and, of course, counting, counting, and recounting. In an Instant- ... More >>

Today's Voting Updates Mean 'Nothing,' San Francisco Elections Chief Says

​San Francisco election junkies are already well aware that today the city will again run Ranked-Choice Voting and give a clearer tabulation of who may be our next supervisors. But Department of Elections Head John Arntz isn't putting a whole lot of value in what he and his round-the-clock vote-co ... More >>

Supes Races Too Close to Call

Four supes-to-be will be 'crowned' on Friday, leading to a memorable weekend. Their identities are not so clear. ​It's going to be a hell of a weekend for a quartet of San Franciscans. While the vast majority of San Francisco votes have been counted, late absentees and others will keep the city fr ... More >>