Harvey Milk's quip that "whoever can solve the dog shit problem can be elected mayor of San Francisco, even president of the United States" will be engraved in the Castro neighborhood plaza that bears his name if the preliminary design proposal for the space becomes reality.
The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza revealed the proposal at two virtual presentations June 23 and 24, respectively, replete with features to evoke the memory of the late gay supervisor.
The jest, as students of San Francisco's LGBTQ history know, came when Milk spearheaded an ordinance to require dog owners to pick up after their pooches and carry a "suitable container" for disposing of their waste. (Obviously, the ordinance is oft-ignored.) As the Bay Area Reporter