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Tax big tech to help the homeless? San Francisco says yes after fierce campaign
Source: The Guardian
Tax big tech to help the homeless? San Francisco says yes after fierce campaign
Industry titans had traded blows over the hot-button ballot measure, which passed Tuesday with 60% support
Vivian Ho in San Francisco
Thu 8 Nov 2018 12.00 GMT
A measure to tax wealthy companies and fund homelessness services that saw tech titans trade insults passed with overwhelming support Tuesday
Proposition C is expected to raise an estimated $250m-$300m in additional revenue for services for the estimated 7,500 people who sleep on the sidewalks each night.
As of Wednesday, with 100% of ballots tallied, the tax passed with 60% of the vote.
“I feel like this is really built on decades of organizing and really creating the conditions that made last night’s victory possible,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, the executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, one of the architects of Prop C. “It’s been a battle just to hold our basic humanity in San Francisco. It’s been a real battle, but we’ve been able to do that, and that’s why we were successful.”
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Industry titans had traded blows over the hot-button ballot measure, which passed Tuesday with 60% support
Vivian Ho in San Francisco
Thu 8 Nov 2018 12.00 GMT
A measure to tax wealthy companies and fund homelessness services that saw tech titans trade insults passed with overwhelming support Tuesday
Proposition C is expected to raise an estimated $250m-$300m in additional revenue for services for the estimated 7,500 people who sleep on the sidewalks each night.
As of Wednesday, with 100% of ballots tallied, the tax passed with 60% of the vote.
“I feel like this is really built on decades of organizing and really creating the conditions that made last night’s victory possible,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, the executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, one of the architects of Prop C. “It’s been a battle just to hold our basic humanity in San Francisco. It’s been a real battle, but we’ve been able to do that, and that’s why we were successful.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/08/san-francisco-passes-prop-c-homeless-tech-tax