The City of San Francisco has expanded its dog parks, but maintenance has become a problem, with some parks being neglected and others being smelly or poorly maintained, leading to concerns about insurance liability and the role of Community Benefit Districts in managing these spaces.

Shortly after I first moved to San Francisco I learned about Joshua Abraham Norton aka Emperor Norton I, the Gold Rush era eccentric who first declared that we should build a bridge from San Francisco to Oakland. Norton had lost all his money speculating on Peruvian Rice, and subsequently lost