San Francisco Passes The Dumbest Ordinance Of All Time

Of all the dumb laws San Francisco has passed, this has to be one of the dumbest.

According to this, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance which states that all 30% of city-sponsored artwork of non-fictional people must depict women. I am not making this up.

San Francisco passes law saying 30% of public art featuring non-fictional people must depict women https://t.co/sxfawxcVXK

— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) October 4, 2018

Along with the new policy, the ordinance also directs the city’s Arts Commission to erect a statue of famed author and onetime San Francisco resident Maya Angelou at the main library.

“Across our nation, women are underrepresented not only in leadership positions but also in public spaces,” Supervisor Catherine Stefani said. “The accomplishments of great women deserve to be recognized alongside the accomplishments of great men.”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been VERY worried about our lack of representation in city-sponsored artwork.

The sourcelink above states that the San Francisco Arts Commission currently has “585 permanent works of art throughout the city, including 87 statues. Of those, only two depict non-fictional women including a bust of former San Francisco Mayor Sen. Dianne Feinstein inside City Hall and a statue of Florence Nightingale.”

Don’t we have bigger fish to fry? For crying out loud.

Affirmative action…for statues?

— Liz Wolfe (@lizzywol) October 4, 2018

Yes. Pretty much.

h/t KTVU