Neighbors Say SF Tesla Supercharger Lot Has Become Urine Dumping Ground

bediger4000

The urine thing is startling. I'm not much of a car person, much less an electric Tesla person. Is urine a large part of the Tesla sub-culture?

dmix

Nothing is stronger than the SF NIMBY. Everytime I visit SF I see people urinating in public and at least twice not even attempting to hide it by facing a wall. I feel like it's a general lack of law enforcement issue in the city.

milleramp

So it's cleaner than the sidewalks?

empressplay

I'm honestly amazed there isn't a toilet there? Like, there's toilets at gas stations, why wouldn't they (by default) put toilets in a supercharger lot? That's pretty cheap! I mean, does Tesla expect people to use the toilet at a gas station when they're not even buying gas?

joshribakoff

SFs de facto stance (in practice due to the dynamic between law enforcement agencies) seems to be that generally an individual has right to relieve themselves even on a sidewalk (even pretextually) and being visible does not in itself arise to a crime like indecent exposure, without additional factors (such as the stereotypical “trench coat flashing” without pretext). Thats the way SFPD worded it to me after repeatedly failing to act on my reports (such as a woman urinating in front of my child on a sidewalk near an sf muni bus stop). Nudity is legal. People have a right to bodily function. Another factor is response time, for this priority the response time can be over 12 hours (if they respond), and obviously they’re not gonna skip trace someone for urinating on a sidewalk after they left the scene. Most event organizers like bay to breakers race or outside lands provide facilities to mitigate burdens on the community. The city provides its own portable facilities in hotspots. Tesla could easily do it, but is notorious for ignoring regulations or just doesn’t care.

b0rtb0rt

and this is somehow notable for san francisco?