Well, at least in the Castro. Following last year's gun violence (9 people were shot - none, thankfully, died) and stabbings a few years prior, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted last week to put the kabosh on the annual celebration.
I for one am pleased. If an increased police presence wasn't able to stop outsiders from coming in with guns and knives then the only choice the city had was to stop the party.
If the Board hadn't acted, then I hate to think how things could have escalated. Beatings at Pink Saturday? Murder at the Castro Street Fair?
Big thanks to my supervisor, Bevan Dufty, for pushing this through.
