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Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi proposed a law yesterday that would make it illegal for newspapers to deliver unwanted copies of their publications to SF's residents, according to an article in today's Chronicle. The supervisor and others say the unwanted papers clutter city streets and "turn to mush in the rain." Dee Dee Workman, executive director of an organization called San Francisco Beautiful said, "They create a lot of blight, and whose responsibility is that? I think it's the responsibility of the newspaper, but they act like it's not, like everyone's dying to read it." Apparently Workman isn't a fan of The Examiner, as the SF daily is the top offender, delivering free copies to about 120,000 residents a day. If the law passes, newspapers will have to print an email or phone number on their publication where residents can call to request that the deliveries stop. After that, the publication will be subjected to fines that increase with every unwanted delivery, starting at $100 for the first one. In some cases, residents who receive unwanted newspapers could collect three times that much. I'm not saying this opens up possibilities of abuse, but you may want to start stockpiling issues of The Examiner. -Andy Wright