RichardInSF, the panhandler conventions are pretty much every day. The police presense was pretty intense due to the protesters which were mostly calm, other than the handful that went nuts knocking newspaper racks over. Just under $500,000 is being spent per day to keep the protesters at bay as they want to close city businesses down. Over 1,400 protesters have been arrested since Thursday as well, though they release them after a few short hours ... I;m not so sure what good that does.

[This message has been edited by raffy (edited 03-22-2003).]