A group of San Franciscans have gathered enough signatures to have a initiative on the upcoming San Francisco Ballot which if passed would rename a San Francisco Sewage Plant to George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

This is no joking matter the group gathered 3,000 more votes than they needed and city/county government is partially supporting this change in name.

Activists from the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco, a mischievously-named group behind the move, will ask supporters to participate in a "synchronised flush".

It may sound like a student prank, but the proposal is almost certain to be passed. Democrats usually secure between 70 and 80 per cent of the vote in San Francisco – and in 2006 passed a proposition to impeach Mr Bush and his Vice-President Dick Cheney by a majority of almost two to one.

"In 50 years from now, we want people to see George Bush's name on that plant, and ask each other what went wrong," said Brian McConnell, the Memorial Commission's organiser. "We want them to be reminded of the Iraq war, and his other dramatic mistakes, and this is the perfect way to do it."

Instead of President Bush getting a library or monument namesake he will be getting a sewage plant.