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For the past three weeks, police have been using a municipal code -- which bars people from aggressively pursuing others -- to keep abortion clinics in The City secure in the face of aggressive anti-abortion protesters, according to Police Chief Greg Suhr.

This effort, which is a stop-gap measure awaiting legislation in the works that will permanently deal with the issue, follows a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred buffer zones -- such zones existed in San Francisco -- around such facilities.

In June, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law mandating a 35-foot security buffer around abortion clinics. The ruling in McCullen v. Coakley bars such buffers nationwide because it infringes on First Amendment rights.

But Wednesday night, Suhr told the Police Commission that the department has been enforcing a city code in order to keep clinics safe from aggressive protesters. Thus far, he noted, no one has been cited or arrested.

Suhr also mentioned legislation in the works that would allow police to move protesters away from a clinic for a time and then allow them to return. The idea, he added, would be to make sure abortion clinics are safe, can serve clients and that people's First Amendment rights are upheld.

"We have been working on legislation for the last few months in response to the Supreme Court ruling," Supervisor David Campos said. Those efforts, Campos said, have included Planned Parenthood, the Police Department and the City Attorney's Office.

Campos' legislation would be an anti-harassment ordinance preventing the "kind of harassment that we are seeing ... where people are being followed," he said. A similar law in Massachusetts is being used as a model.

"We will be introducing something very shortly," he said, adding that he would be glad to work with anyone on these efforts. To that end, Campos met with the Mayor's Office on Thursday to inform it for the first time of his legislation.

"The mayor and Supervisor Malia Cohen are working with the City Attorney's Office to craft legislation and it will be introduced in a few weeks," said Christine Falvey, a spokeswoman for Mayor Ed Lee. "The mayor wants to make sure that women and families in San Francisco are not denied access to family planning and reproductive health services."

The Mayor's Office said it was working on separate legislation since late July, although it is almost identical to Campos'.

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Hillary Clinton #39;s `Hard Choices
July 18: In this excerpt, part two of Charlie Rose #39;s conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her book is called "Hard Choices." It is the story of her time...

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We asked Blake Clark, actor on a TON of Adam Sandler movies, if he thinks Hillary Clinton is a good candidate for Presidency. He answers with what he think should be her campaign slogan!

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 7.0 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Sept. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller, Getty Images

Last Updated Sep 4, 2014 9:45 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton predicted Thursday the United States will become the leading 21st century "superpower" in clean energy if the nation confronts the "most consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we face."

"We shouldn't have to state the obvious ... the data is unforgiving" in demonstrating that climate change and environmental crises are at hand, Clinton said at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas.

Waving off a passionate sector of Americans who believe otherwise, she cited melting ice caps and the discovery of "carbon dioxide in our atmosphere not seen in millions of years" as evidence of potentially disastrous climate change.

"The threat is real - but so is the opportunity," Clinton said.

"If we come together to make the hard choices, the smart investment in infrastructure, technology and environmental protection, America can be the clean energy superpower for the 21st century," she added.

The speech, which yielded little news but drew impressive audience numbers and hefty national media coverage, was a safe bet for Clinton on all fronts. It offered the 2016 Democratic presidential early frontrunner a chance to plug her book, "Hard Choices," her work as secretary of state and the Clinton Global Initiative. She was also squarely among friends.

Clinton was introduced by her longtime cohort and former colleague, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who largely orchestrated the event. And she concluded her remarks with a Q&A moderated by longtime family adviser John Podesta, who's rumored to top a shortlist of contenders to chair her White House campaign should she mount one.

Coincidentally, though, the summit's timing pitted Clinton in something of an unplanned head-to-head against a potential 2016 Republican rival. Just 24 hours earlier, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered before a crowd in Mexico City a strongly conservative approach for how to seize on "the North American energy renaissance."

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If Hillary Clinton has it her way, every casino in Las Vegas would soon be getting a makeover.

During her keynote at the 7th annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas today, Clinton called for companies to retrofit buildings to become more energy efficient, and challenged the citys biggest industrycasinosto start making the change.

Imagine if every casino in Las Vegas retrofitted to improve energy efficiency and if they made it possible for all their employees to do the same in their homes, Clinton said. It would save on utility bills. It would save on energy. It would save on greenhouse gas emissions.

According to Clinton, retrofitting buildings is the most overlooked opportunity for clean energy in the United States, as it also helps to create jobs and save money.

We are once again not doing the lowest hanging fruit picking that we could.

Clinton cited an initiative created by the Clinton Foundation, which helped retrofit the Empire State building in New York City as an example to emulate. According to Clinton, the project, which included an overhaul of 2.8 million square feet of office space, created 275 jobs over two years, saved the building $4.4 million annually, and dropped the buildings annual energy consumption by 38 percent.

The majority of Clintons keynote was focused on the need to make the United States a global leader in the fight against climate change. Clinton commented on fracking, saying we must put in place smart regulations but also know when not to drill when the risks are too high. And she vehemently put down climate change deniers, saying that Republicans who stop investment in clean energy are denying people jobs and upward mobility.

The Keystone XL Pipeline, however, was never mentioned.

Clintons remarks came at the end of Senator Harry Reids annual day-long National Clean Energy Summit, and was followed by a 30-minute Q&A with White House Counselor (and, according to a new report from Politico, a top contender to be Hillary Clintons campaign chairman should she decide to run for president) John Podesta.

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