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Gascon reviewing Critical Mass policies
By: Brent Begin
Examiner Staff Writer
01/30/10 2:47 PM PST
A review of the SFPD’s policies regarding the monthly bike ride/protest, Critical Mass, is under way, according to police Chief George Gascón.
“I am not satisfied with Critical Mass,” said Gascón, who said he has been fielding complaints from drivers and bicyclists since becoming chief in August. “I get pounded regularly on both sides.”
But apparently he gets pounded more often by motorists. Gascón said he thinks a ballot measure banning Critical Mass would pass would flying colors.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was on hand for a news conference Friday when Gascón addressed reporters, was quick to point out that there was no such ballot measure in the works.
Newsom has steered clear of strictly enforcing the leaderless movement, perhaps learning from his predecessor, Mayor Willie Brown, who approved a policy of confiscating bicycles – a policy that erupted in a violent citywide protest.
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