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The reason I ask for cites here is that when I do a search on relevant news pieces, it seems to me the the articles that claim "nothing is happening" basically say that the ordinance is being enforced by warning, not citation, and that while the scumbag apprentices are still hanging out, they aren't blocking the sidewalks.

The general impression I get is that the people who write the stories from this perspective believe that sit/lie supporters think that the scumbag apprentices, and not merely their behavior, were the problem. Sit/Lie supporters in reality, at least what I saw, were targeting specific behaviors, which if you look at the news coverage, are in fact being curtailed.

I still think however, that some self appointed defender of the criminal class is eventually going to sue and then we will all be back to square one.

It seems to me that the most vocal sit/lie opponents were under the impression that supporters were propagating a "mean meme", that the mere presence of the street kids (scumbag apprentices) were hurting business. I believe they were mistaken. It seems to me that most supporters had no problem with the presence of the kids per se, but did have a problem with their behavior. As such, opponents now feel justified in propagating a "mean meme" of their own - that people who felt threatened by the kids' behavior are "Enemies of the People" who are hurting businesses.

Again, I have a different perspective. You see, my parents split up early; my mother, who was probably mentally ill, skipped town with me after custody was awarded to my father. I grew up for the most part itinerant and poorer than Job's turkey, despite coming from a professional middle class family background. If it weren't for support systems in high school that let me know that there were things like Pell Grants and life outside my fucked up home, I could've ended up as one of those kids, and then growing up to be worse. Which is why I have little sympathy, and even less tolerance, for them. No matter how low you get pushed down you can still make choices. You might have bad luck but you can still ask for help. Living on the street is not acceptable. I don't like seeing it, that's why I don't go to the Haight anymore. I generally feel that people who think that leaving that culture on the street is tolerant or civilized are either evil or crazy.

If the powers that be truly understood how morally unacceptable the street kids culture was, they could've easily dealt with it without passing a new law. Virtually all homeless and street people carry knives. It's something of a necessity if you live that way. Many if not most are not in compliance with state and municipal laws - such as those against concealed carry of fixed blades, or loitering while carrying concealed any knife with a blade length of 3 plus inches. Simply do Terry sweeps of the scummies until enough go away and the rest clean up their act. Simple. But nobody thinks to do that here.