"His proposal would hike the fine for open-container violations from $50 to $500, and the fine for public urination would go from $150 to $750."
Seems hefty ...
Open container and urinating in public will cost you $75 each in my city. Although, if you hit them for $500 and $750 they would more than likely think twice before doing it again. But then again, drunks normally don't have a full thought process running when they're whizing in public anyway.