Planning Commission Votes Unanimously Against American Apparel

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the Planning Commission meeting that pit the over-sexed hipsters making American Apparel, versus the over sexed hipsters who wear American Apparel. Turns out the planning commission was unhappy about the companies lack of local out-reach and decided that that was enough to keep them from opening up shop. Score one for local business!

In the end the winners and loser look the same, and a stable business that provides goods and services the residents actually will go unopened.

Mr. Andy Wright, of the SF Weekly was able to attend the lively deliberation has the entertaining play-by-play.

An except on the evenings proceedings:

And then there were the more colorful commenter's. A disheveled man took the microphone and gestured wildly at Haasi with a dirty white baseball hat, proclaiming angrily that when he woke up every morning, his house smelled like coffee. (Note to Crazy Hat Guy: I will totally trade houses with you. I'll bet it smells delicious.) He was asked to stick to the topic at hand, and the dingy bell which signaled a speakers' time was up was liberally dinged.