The fourth day of the Proposition 8 trial is in session with Edmund Egan, the chief economist for San Francisco. Egan has been called to testify on the financial impacts on San Francisco of denying gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, and he testified immediately that there are “negative” impacts on the city’s economy. His testimony is central to San Francisco’s direct involvement in the case, as city lawyers argued they could show that Proposition 8 harms local governments around the state.

Read the rest of Howard Mintz’s San Jose Mercury article here.