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I know San Francisco cultivates a pretty laid back lifestyle, but this is ridiculous:

"Millions of dollars in fines, court-imposed fees and victim-restitution judgments have gone unpaid, and the city has made little or no effort to pursue the people responsible. Court officials estimate that over the years, roughly 95 percent of criminals have avoided paying their legally imposed debts."

As the Chronicle reports, criminals' tabs have been left with taxpayers for years, and only recently -- after the state forced the issue -- has San Francisco come up with a plan to try and collect the money. So far court officials have identified $9.6 million in unpaid restitution, but apparently nobody knows exactly how much criminals were supposed to pay over the years because "No one bothered to track it."