No fur sales in San Francisco, judge rules, even if they originate online
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Activists protest the fur trade inside the Westfield San Francisco Centre on the day after Thanksgiving in 2019. S.F.’s 2018 ban on fur sales has been upheld.The Chronicle 2019
A federal judge has upheld San Francisco’s ban on sales of fur in the city, rejecting industry arguments that the law did not apply to online sales of fur products delivered to San Francisco.
The ordinance, sponsored by then-Supervisor Katy Tang in 2018 and backed by animal-rights activists, prohibited the sale or distribution of fur products “by any means in San Francisco.” It exempted sales at secondhand stores, which remain legal, and allowed retailers until the end of 2019 to sell off their inventory.