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Wealthy Opponents of Proposition C Bankrolled 2016 Tent Ban
Donors opposing a ballot measure to fund more homeless services in San Francisco with a new tax on its wealthiest companies previously bankrolled a successful 2016 initiative to ban tent encampments in the city.
Proposition C, which San Francisco voters will decide Tuesday, would almost double the city’s annual homelessness budget by increasing the gross receipts tax by an average of .5 percent for businesses with more than $50 million in annual revenue. » Read more