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And with that, San Francisco retains its title of the Most Ridiculous City in America. Did somebody dump toxic waste in the Bay? What is wrong with these people? From SFGate via Ace.

Rather than tossing loose change into a panhandler's empty cup, San Francisco officials want you instead to slide your spare quarters and nickels into a homeless meter.

The city's latest attempt to deal with one of its most vexing problems will be announced in coming weeks in the form of 10 old parking meters installed in some of the most heavily panhandled areas, The Chronicle has learned.

Money deposited in the meters would go directly to charities that help the homeless.

And here's the logic from the King of Law Enforcement and Mayor Gavin Newsome.

"The reason people are panhandling is because there's a market for panhandling," Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday. "We're not helping these individuals by handing out cash. If there was strong evidence to suggest this helped people turn their lives around, we would not be using this approach."

Welcome to the World of Common sense. We have a map to help you navigate, because obviously you are new here.

The goal, officials say, is to reduce panhandling and to educate tourists and residents about the problem of giving money directly to people on the streets.

I seem to recall decades of leftist sneering at people who would not give money to the homeless and instead told the bums to GET A JOB. See panhandling is not really new. And some big city mayors know how to take care of such things.

Mr. Giuliani announced that the homeless could either move on when prodded by the police or face arrest.

and

People in homeless shelters need to work to keep their beds. If not, they're out in the street, and if they are parents, their children can be taken away and put in foster care.

and

The mayor has announced, heretically, that the able-bodied homeless should help themselves. He wants those shelter residents who can work in exchange for their benefits to do so. He also proposes that street vagrants who refuse the offer of shelter, and who persist in violating laws against blocking public space or harassing pedestrians, should be issued summonses.

Funny, I don't recall Homeless Parking Meters as part of Rudy's solution.

But Newsome has steeled his resolve. He is a man of conviction.

"I ask them to give us a chance," he said. "If it doesn't work, show me the evidence, and then we'll abandon it."

Atta boy Gav.

By the way mayor, Rudy Giuliani resides in New York. His number is in the book.

Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room