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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nudists, grab your yoga mats
and head for San Francisco.

City prosecutors on Wednesday said it was not illegal
to perform naked yoga in the city -- even at the
crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf.

Prosecutors dropped charges against a limber nudist,
known locally as the "Naked Yoga Guy," who made a
habit of striking yoga poses in the buff in order to
promote a book and his lifestyle.

The Naked Yoga Guy, whose name is George Monty Davis,
had stripped to stretch near Fisherman's Wharf,
prompting a public complaint. But prosecutors decided
they had a weak public nuisance case against him
because local laws do not bar public nudity.

"Simply being naked on the street is not a crime in
San Francisco," said Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for
the district attorney's office.

"To bring a case, a person would have to exhibit lewd
behavior, block traffic or impede pedestrians on a
sidewalk, something along those lines."

In another case involving a Los Angeles teenager who
dropped his pants to expose his bottom, or "moon,"
passing motorists from a nearby sidewalk, a California
appellate court ruled nudity itself is not a crime,
Mesloh said.