"If the circus is coming to town, that town won’t be San Francisco under a new regulation that would ban all performances by wild and exotic animals in the city.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday for the ordinance proposed by Supervisor Katy Tang, which is designed, according to the measure, to “protect wild and exotic animals from cruel and inhumane treatment and to protect the public from the danger posed by the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment.”

But for Tang, that’s the bare minimum."

John Wildermuth reports for the San Francisco Chronicle April 14, 2015. [2]