Laws like this are solely for the middle class. If some massive corp. was to dump chemicals they get a slap on the wrist and pay a fiver or homeless junkies and just ruin it and they gov't will shrug. But the petty bureaucrats get off on the fear they can instill with a $88,000 fine and the sense of power by making them dance and jump to resolve it. Then they will prove how benevolent they are by reducing it down to 'only' $400 knowing they planted that seed of fear if another law is broken.
The San Francisco city government was just too busy that's why they missed it. They were literally trying to save democracy because Orange Man's fascist dictatorship! They don't have time to worry about the fact they are dumping a few billion gallons of raw sewage into the bay.
Laws like this are solely for the middle class. If some massive corp. was to dump chemicals they get a slap on the wrist and pay a fiver or homeless junkies and just ruin it and they gov't will shrug. But the petty bureaucrats get off on the fear they can instill with a $88,000 fine and the sense of power by making them dance and jump to resolve it. Then they will prove how benevolent they are by reducing it down to 'only' $400 knowing they planted that seed of fear if another law is broken.
The San Francisco city government was just too busy that's why they missed it. They were literally trying to save democracy because Orange Man's fascist dictatorship! They don't have time to worry about the fact they are dumping a few billion gallons of raw sewage into the bay.