Fur industry sues over San Francisco sales ban, says city is trying to ‘legislate morality’ – By Andrew Sheeler (Sacramento Bee) / Jan 13 2020
An organization representing the fur industry has accused San Francisco of “an attempt to legislate morality” in banning the sale of fur, and now it’s taking the city to court.
The International Fur Federation sued the City and County of San Francisco in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, alleging that the ban, which went into effect Jan. 1, “is so arbitrary as to be ridiculous — as in literally the subject of ridicule.”
“Yet San Francisco’s fur ban goes much farther than mere ridiculousness — it goes so far as to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution,” the group argues in its complaint.
The group is seeking to overturn the ban, with the head of the fur federation, Mark Oaten, saying in a statement that “if this law is allowed to stand, there’s nothing stopping San Francisco from banning wool, leather, meat, or other products that a small group of activists don’t approve of.”
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