Wednesday, November 7, 2018

San Francisco passed a $300 million bill to address its homelessness problem


For those who ascribe to progressive values, the results of yesterdayĆ¢€™s US midterm elections will undoubtedly be heartening. One positive development, besides the Democrats wresting control of the House of Representatives from the GOP, is the passage of Proposition C in San Francisco. This proposal, which was approved by 60 percent of voters, seeks to levy a tax on the cityĆ¢€™s biggest employers in order to address the deplorable spate of homelessness in the unofficial global tech capital. In a nutshell, Proposition C raises the gross receipts tax charged to big businesses (defined by those with annual gross receipts of…

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