Editing Golden Gate Bridge (section)

=== Protests and stunts ===
Since the late 1970s, the Golden Gate Bridge has seen a share of protest rallies throughout its history. In some cases, participants staged public stunts to draw heightened attention to their political messages by haphazardly scaling the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324154729/http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-stunts-that-have-shocked-the-11015413.php |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-stunts-that-have-shocked-the-11015413.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |title=Golden Gate Bridge stunts that have shocked the city over the years |first=Bill |last=Van Niekerken |date=March 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="sfchronicle.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-stunts-that-have-shocked-the-11015413.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324154729/http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-stunts-that-have-shocked-the-11015413.php | archive-date=March 24, 2017 | title=Golden Gate Bridge stunts that have shocked the city over the years | date=March 20, 2017 }}</ref> On November 24, 1996, actor [[Woody Harrelson]] joined a group of local environmentalists who draped a large banner above the roadway deck protesting CEO [[Charles Hurwitz]] over his aggressive [[logging]] advances. The incident snarled traffic and caused delays lasting the entire day.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-24-mn-2645-story.html | title=Protesters Arrested at Golden Gate Bridge | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 24, 1996 }}</ref> As an effort to deter any more disruptive stunts, a legislation authored by State Senator [[Quentin Kopp]] and signed into law by Governor [[Pete Wilson]] in 1997, stiffened penalties for trespassing on the bridge.<ref name="sfchronicle.com" /> Nonetheless, demonstrations have continued to take place on the Golden Gate Bridge over the years, often resulting in the complete shutdown of the bridge.{{efn|Chronicled attributes:<ref>{{Cite web |last=PEARSON |first=JENNIFER PELTZ AND JAKE |date=2018-07-05 |title=Protester's climb shuts down Statue of Liberty on July 4 |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/protesters-climb-shuts-down-statue-of-liberty-on-july-4/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Militant - July 23, 2001 &ndash; San Francisco protesters demand, 'U.S. Navy Out of Vieques Now!' |url=https://www.themilitant.com/2001/6528/652862.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.themilitant.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ABC7 |title=Olympic torch protesters scale Golden Gate Bridge {{!}} ABC7 San Francisco {{!}} abc7news.com |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6066082/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tibet protesters scale Golden Gate bridge - CNN.com |url=https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/07/bridge.protest/index.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://abc7news.com/golden-gate-bridge-human-chain-holding-hands-across-protest/1713263/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525040556/https://abc7news.com/golden-gate-bridge-human-chain-holding-hands-across-protest/1713263/ | archive-date=May 25, 2023 | title=PHOTOS: Thousands gather to hold hands across Golden Gate Bridge }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-14 |title=Thousands March Across Golden Gate Bridge in Support of Artsakh |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/14/thousands-march-across-golden-gate-bridge-in-support-of-artsakh/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=The Armenian Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="staff • •">{{Cite web |last=staff • • |first=NBC Bay Area |date=2023-09-11 |title=Bay Area's Armenian community rally in San Francisco |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/armenian-community-rally-san-francisco/3314542/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=Young climate activists marched 266 miles from Paradise to SF demanding change |url=https://abc7news.com/civilian-climate-corps-act-activists-golden-gate-bridge-march/10790176/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernando |first=Christine |title='This injustice must stop': Protesters block Golden Gate Bridge, demand immigration reform |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/30/golden-gate-bridge-blocked-protest-immigration-reform/5930606001/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kopan |first=Deepa Fernandes and Tal |title=Golden Gate Bridge shutdown could signal the start of more direct activism on immigration reform |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Protesters-shut-down-Golden-Gate-Bridge-calling-16499023.php |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=By J.D. |title=Young climate activists head to the Golden Gate Bridge on 266-mile march from Paradise |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Youth-climate-activists-head-to-the-Golden-Gate-16245244.php |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Flores |first=Dominic Fracassa, David Hernandez, Jessica |title=Golden Gate Bridge briefly blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/golden-gate-bridge-gaza-protest-18667219.php |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=38 Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after shutdown of Golden Gate Bridge, I-880 in Oakland: CHP |url=https://abc7news.com/pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-and-i-880-in-oakland/14668534/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gaza-war-protesters-shut-golden-gate-bridge-block-traffic-rcna147945 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Elassar |first=Alaa |date=2022-09-24 |title=Iranian Americans are demonstrating across the US in support of protesters in Iran |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/us/iranian-american-protest-us-mahsa-amini/index.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Demonstrators form human chain on Golden Gate Bridge, demand justice for death of Mahsa Amini |url=https://abc7news.com/mahsa-amini-san-francisco-bay-area-protest-iranian-woman-death/12266262/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref>}} Notably, on June 6, 2020, protestors occupied the bridge as part of a [[George Floyd protests|nationwide denunciation]] to [[police brutality]] in the wake of the [[murder of George Floyd|George Floyd's murder]],<ref>{{cite news |title='Lead with Love': Meet the 2 Bay Area teens who organized, led massive Black Lives Matter rally on Golden Gate Bridge |url=https://abc7news.com/black-lives-matter-george-floyd-peaceful-protest-sf-police/6238147/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |agency=KABC-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bellow |first1=Noelle |title=Golden Gate Bridge protest was organized by teens seeking change |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/golden-gate-bridge-protest-was-organized-by-teens-seeking-change/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |agency=KRON-TV |date=2020 |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322000325/https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/golden-gate-bridge-protest-was-organized-by-teens-seeking-change/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grindell |first=Samantha |title=Thousands of protesters marched across San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, temporarily shutting it down to traffic |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-golden-gate-bridge-george-floyd-protest-2020-6 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> and in November 2021 two [[California Highway Patrol]] officers and three bridge employees were injured in a vehicular chain-reaction crash during a protest against [[COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the United States|government-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-12 |title=5 hurt, including 2 officers, after crash at anti-vaccine protest in San Francisco |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-hurt-2-officers-crash-anti-vaccine-protest-san-francisco-rcna5382 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-11 |title=5 People Hit, CHP Officer Hospitalized in Crash on Golden Gate Bridge During Anti-Vax Protest - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/anti-vax-vaccine-mandate-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2024 and again in April, pro-Palestinian protestors gathered on the deck to decry the [[Gaza war]] and the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|turmoil afflicting Palestinians]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/second-protest-blocks-all-lanes-of-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco/ | title=Gaza protest shuts down Golden Gate Bridge, causing gridlock on both sides of span - CBS San Francisco | website=[[CBS News]] | date=April 15, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic on Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/golden-gate-bridge-protest-traffic-san-francisco/ |website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>