Sunday, April 11, 2010

re: Tips for Legally Posting Signs on Public Property

How does this sound for the email to the Dept. of Public Works in S.F. ....?

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To whom it may concern,

We left a message about the City of S.F. codes regarding the posting of signs on public property, and wanted to follow up on that voicemail. We put up fliers in San Francisco on a regular basis, and we follow religiously the guidelines laid out in the city codes and summarized in your online publication: "Tips for Legally Posting Signs on Public Property" http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfdpw_page.asp?id=111916

But we have encountered, now probably a half dozen times, DPW workers on the streets tearing down all the fliers posted on the poles, whether they have been posted in accordance with city codes or not. When we asked them about this, they told us that their supervisors tell them to take down every flier they see, that their supervisors told them that it is "graffiti". Is this official DPW policy? And if so, how do you explain the clear conflict between what the official city codes say, what your website advises people regarding the posting of fliers, and what the DPW supervisors are telling their crews. Please let us know! Thanks!

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-- Corey & Alexi

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the city isn't following its own rules! Shocking!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

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