Yes, there is an overpopulation in dog shelters, but may be a snip too far that the SF Board of Supervisors will soon consider legislation mandating that all dogs in SF be spayed or neutered.
We let out quite a yap over when we saw this Tuesday report on KGO saying that an SF Board of Supervisors committee would consider requiring all dogs in SF to be spayed or neutered. Seems extreme, do any other cities do this, or only overregulating schoolmarm San Francisco?
It turns out there are a few other US cities that require spaying and neutering dogs, and of course they’re mostly California cities. Los Angeles County requires pets to be fixed by four months of age. San Jose and Long Beach also have mandatory spay and neuter laws.
And yes, the matter will be discussed at this Thursday’s 10 am Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee meeting. That indicates that this matter will soon go before the full SF Board of Supervisors…