Altho George Davis is an independent nude candidate for San Francisco mayor in 2007, he hasn't been endorsed by any nudist organization. Indeed, some Bay Area nudist activists fear that his tactics may backfire, as happened in Berkeley during the early 1990s (remember The Naked Guy?).

Aside from tactics, let's consider his stated goal --
that ALL of Golden Gate Park should become clothing-optional.

After four decades of struggling for the rights of nudists, I'm not as optimistic as George. I think his goal might be possible by 2107, IF California continues moving toward more freedom,
but such a proposal will go no-where in 2007.

San Francisco already enjoys federal beaches where nudity is tolerated ( Land's End beach, north portion of Baker Beach, etc.). We've come a long way forward since the Sixties.

Our ocean beaches are often foggy and cold, especially in summer (remember Mark Twain's famous joke?). It would be nice to be able to go nude at some designated portion of some city park.

But WHERE, exactly? The designated site must be in a culturally and politically progressive neighborhood --- that is, in the Castro or in the Haight.

Tolerance prevails at the informal Hippie Hill Drum Circle,
held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. "Hippie Hill" is a portion of Sharon Meadow, favored since the Sixties by alternative-culture
types. Alas, we must rule out this location, because it's too near a playground. We need an isolated spot.

A few blocks east of Golden Gate Park, but still in the Haight-Ashbury cultural zone, stands a tall hill, known as Buena Vista Park.
To climb up this forested hill, you need effort and determination. You won't just "accidentally" wander to the top. So an acre at (or near) the summit might be suitable as a demarcated clothing-optional zone.


-- Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
SF
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[ Disclaimer:
I am writing above as an individual citizen;
not reprersenting any organized group.]
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