Leroy N. Soetoro
2015-08-17 23:19:14 UTC
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hold-san-francisco-fights-public-
urination-paint-33051930
Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has
painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the
offender.
It's the latest effort to address a chronic problem in a city where the
public works director calls himself Mr. Clean: Walls are coated with a
clear, liquid repellant material that goes on much like paint. Hit with
urine, it splashes back on a person's shoes and pants.
Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco's public works department, says
offenders will need to make the mistake only once to get the idea.
"If you have to go," he said, "go in the right place."
Nuru got the idea from Germany, where walls in Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter
are painted with the material to encourage late-night beer drinkers to
find a bathroom rather than an alleyway.
Public urination has long been a problem in San Francisco, where a light
pole corroded by urine recently fell on a car. The city appears to be the
only one in the nation using Ultra-Ever Dry from a Florida-based company,
and it's already receiving a stream of queries about the product's
success.
"We are getting calls from all over the place: Washington, D.C., Hawaii
and Oakland," said Nuru, who Tweets under the handle @MrCleanSF.
Potential offenders get fair warning about the consequences of urinating
on the coated walls that sit on public and private property around the
city.
Signs hanging above some walls read: "Hold it! This wall is not a public
restroom. Please respect San Francisco and seek relief in an appropriate
place."
Other efforts also are underway to stop or curb public urination.
Solar-powered toilets roll through city streets several afternoons a week,
attendants are manning public toilets to encourage people to use them, and
city crews will check thousands of light posts to make sure they won't
topple.
Public urination is a health concern, and keeping the city clean is a 24-7
battle, said Kevin Sporer, superintendent of the building repair bureau.
The new paint is paying off.
"There's a lot less activity, and the result is noticeable," Sporer said.
Public urination is illegal, but a fine of up to $500 passed in San
Francisco in 2002 has seen little success.
On a recent weekday, resident Jon Kolb was in a public transit plaza in
the Mission district, where crews recently painted a low wall with the
liquid repellant paint.
Kolb said he believes the idea is a good one. He has seen people who sleep
in the plaza become visibly upset when others do their business on the
walls.
"People will actually get violent about it," Kolb said.
But will the paint really be a deterrent?
"It would be to me," he said.
The paint and the labor to apply the material have cost the city only a
few hundred dollars, opposed to the $80 an hour to steam clean walls and
sidewalks.
Since January, there have been 375 requests to steam clean urine from
sidewalks and other areas. But that's a 17 percent drop in the past year.
Another addition is attendants in a few of the 25 green Pit Stop public
bathrooms around San Francisco. They clean and restock supplies and make
sure people don't use drugs or sleep inside the restrooms.
"We want people to have clean and safe bathrooms, so having an attendant
there has made all the difference in the world," Nuru said. "We want
everyone to become educated. Don't unzip. Hold it, and use the bathroom
that is available."
Meanwhile, the public utilities commission is checking the city's 25,000
light posts for corrosion and other problems and replacing the ones that
need it. This comes amid a recent tumble of a three-story-tall light post
that was old, corroded with a likely mix of human and dog urine, and
weighted down by a large banner.
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urination-paint-33051930
Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has
painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the
offender.
It's the latest effort to address a chronic problem in a city where the
public works director calls himself Mr. Clean: Walls are coated with a
clear, liquid repellant material that goes on much like paint. Hit with
urine, it splashes back on a person's shoes and pants.
Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco's public works department, says
offenders will need to make the mistake only once to get the idea.
"If you have to go," he said, "go in the right place."
Nuru got the idea from Germany, where walls in Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter
are painted with the material to encourage late-night beer drinkers to
find a bathroom rather than an alleyway.
Public urination has long been a problem in San Francisco, where a light
pole corroded by urine recently fell on a car. The city appears to be the
only one in the nation using Ultra-Ever Dry from a Florida-based company,
and it's already receiving a stream of queries about the product's
success.
"We are getting calls from all over the place: Washington, D.C., Hawaii
and Oakland," said Nuru, who Tweets under the handle @MrCleanSF.
Potential offenders get fair warning about the consequences of urinating
on the coated walls that sit on public and private property around the
city.
Signs hanging above some walls read: "Hold it! This wall is not a public
restroom. Please respect San Francisco and seek relief in an appropriate
place."
Other efforts also are underway to stop or curb public urination.
Solar-powered toilets roll through city streets several afternoons a week,
attendants are manning public toilets to encourage people to use them, and
city crews will check thousands of light posts to make sure they won't
topple.
Public urination is a health concern, and keeping the city clean is a 24-7
battle, said Kevin Sporer, superintendent of the building repair bureau.
The new paint is paying off.
"There's a lot less activity, and the result is noticeable," Sporer said.
Public urination is illegal, but a fine of up to $500 passed in San
Francisco in 2002 has seen little success.
On a recent weekday, resident Jon Kolb was in a public transit plaza in
the Mission district, where crews recently painted a low wall with the
liquid repellant paint.
Kolb said he believes the idea is a good one. He has seen people who sleep
in the plaza become visibly upset when others do their business on the
walls.
"People will actually get violent about it," Kolb said.
But will the paint really be a deterrent?
"It would be to me," he said.
The paint and the labor to apply the material have cost the city only a
few hundred dollars, opposed to the $80 an hour to steam clean walls and
sidewalks.
Since January, there have been 375 requests to steam clean urine from
sidewalks and other areas. But that's a 17 percent drop in the past year.
Another addition is attendants in a few of the 25 green Pit Stop public
bathrooms around San Francisco. They clean and restock supplies and make
sure people don't use drugs or sleep inside the restrooms.
"We want people to have clean and safe bathrooms, so having an attendant
there has made all the difference in the world," Nuru said. "We want
everyone to become educated. Don't unzip. Hold it, and use the bathroom
that is available."
Meanwhile, the public utilities commission is checking the city's 25,000
light posts for corrosion and other problems and replacing the ones that
need it. This comes amid a recent tumble of a three-story-tall light post
that was old, corroded with a likely mix of human and dog urine, and
weighted down by a large banner.
--
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $18 trillion in the six
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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