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LOOK INTERESTED FORECAST,
COMING UP.
>>PAM:THE SUPREME COURT
RULING ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGES
IN CALIFORNIA. COULD HAPPEN
ANY DAY NOW.
IF PROPOSITION 8 IS
OVERTURNED, CITY CLERKS
OFFICES EXPECT LONG LINES
OF GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES
READY TO TIE THE KNOT.
KRON 4'S JUSTINE WALDMAN
SHOWS US WHAT SAN FRANCISCO
CITY HALL IS DOING TO GET
READY.
>>JUSTINE: THOUSANDS OF
SAME SEX WEDDINGS TOOK PLACE
AT SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
IN 2004 AND 2008 WHEN GAY
AND LESBIAN COUPLES COULD
LEGALLY TIE THE KNOT.
AND IF HAPPENS AGAIN, 2013
>> KAREN HONG, DIRECTOR:
"SAN FRANCISCO IS A
DESTINATION. SO A LOT OF
COUPLES ARE LIKE WE WANT TO
COME TO WHERE IT STARTED."
AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE,
KAREN HONG TELLS ME. ON THE
FIRST DAY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
BECOMES LEGAL. SHE EXPECTS
AS MANY AS 200 COUPLES TO
SAY "I DO."
THAT IS 4 TIMES THE NORMAL
AMOUT PER DAY.
ANTICIPATING AN INFLUX.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE
REMEMBERS A LESSON LEARNED
FROM 2008. THE CURRENT
OFFICE SPACE BECOMES
CRAMMED.
SO THIS LARGER ROOM JUST
DOWN THE HALL. WILL
TRANSFORM INTO THE CLERKS
OFFICE.
THE IT CREW IS ON STANDBY
TO SET-UP EXTRA DESKS,
LAPTOPS AND PRINTERS.
ABOUT 50 VOLUNTEERS ARE
SIGNED-UP TO DO EVERYTHING
FROM PERFORM CEREMONIES TO
HELP FILL-OUT PAPERWORK AND
GREET GUESTS.
THE OFFICE IS READY FOR THE
RUSH OF SAME-SEX
WEDDINGS.WHEN AND IF IT
HAPPENS.
>> WE DO THIS ON A DAILY
BASIS BUT IT IS JUST MORE
SO TO ACCOMDATE ALL THE
PEOPLE THE CLERK'S OFFICE
EXPECTS ON THE FIRST DAY
SAME SEX MARRIAGE BECOMES