Some people at the 5th and Mission SFMTA run parking garage have problems with people taking photos and video
A contractor who has been using the garage had this encounter a few months ago. The complete story and write up of that is on Vimeo
Photography is not illegal. from Tony Loro on Vimeo.
But yesterday the contractor uploaded another video that gets weird. You have the guards at the 5th and Mission garage telling this guy again that he can’t take any photos/video, and then they start pulling out their own video camers until finally you just have a group of people on the sidewalk with video cameras pointed at each other, via clasVtony
5th and Mission Garage in San Francisco security has for years harassed people they found taking pictures in the garage. They surrounded me several months ago and threatened me with arrest. After a session with management and a non-apology from George for cursing me out on the street I thought it was over. But Noooo. The behavior is in direct contravention of the stated photography guidelines of the SFMTA. stated here:
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rhome/photoguide.htm
See a discription of the last encounter here:
this is not an isolated incident. here’s another one with MUNI from 2009