Occupiers will no doubt take this as a thinly-veiled attempt to shut down the Vigil before it gains any real attention - scratch that, they ARE taking it that way.

As well they should, because it is.

What many of them will ignore, however, is that the city probably has legitimate reasons for many of its complaints - and by ignoring that, they will disconnect further from the general public. And if that doesn't suffice to alienate, I'm sure they can come up with a way to dismiss anyone who doesn't want public sidewalks littered with trash and filthy people with mental health and substance abuse problems as an ignorant classist, instead of successfully appealing to their humanity.

Wow!
you mean there are some people who have nothing better to do than to trash talk people who are less fortunate, suffering from mental health issues, or trying to raise awareness about the suffering that goes on right under our noses?

Talk about a need to get a job

Worth noting that the people sleeping down there are also composed of vigilantes who have been maintaining a presence at city hall since Dec. 1, 2011. Having Cameron Whitten join the protesters there- many who are homeless, some who are not, many who have put a lot of time and effort into maintaining that occupation against police harassment, threats to people's safety from other people living on the street, a cold, wet winter without the benefit of anything even resembling shelter from the elements, and a general disillusionment/malaise/depression (take your pick)- has brought a lot of attention to the situation.

If the Police Bureau and City Hall try to enforce some exclusionary practices they will be actively working against a hunger striker, the longest continuing occupation of public space to this point in the Occupy movement, and another example of the People trying to take simple care of each other, meeting the needs of people whose needs seem to be some sort of political football.