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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

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Prop. C Math Shows Potentially Greater Homelessness Benefit Than City Projects

This article was updated Nov. 16. An abridged version appears in the winter 2019 print edition of the Public Press.
In the lead-up to the November election, arguments about San Francisco’s Proposition C hinged on a few key numbers, such as homeless people who would be helped and projected long-term job losses resulting from a tax increase on the city’s largest businesses. » Read more