Welcome to the future envisioned by environmentalists. San Francisco is considering a plan to make the city more like Copenhagen, Denmark, where trees come before people.
Passage seems likely, given the city's rigidly liberal politics.
The nation, though, should not be too comfortable in unregulated cities. If the Clinton Administration has its way, up to 99 percent of the nation's counties will be forced to pass strict emissions restrictions. Environmentalists think their cause is above the law, so they are willing to ignore science and bypass legal procedure. Before the Office of Management and Budget had a chance to review the proposal, as required by law, President Clinton announced he would endorse them. The cost to taxpayers and small businesses will be devastating.