If you can't be honest with yourself that Breed, Wiener, and Chiu kept at least 4% of voters from voting for Prop C, I don't know what to tell you. If they'd kept their mouths shut, Prop C wouldn't be held up in court right now. This money would be available YEARS sooner.https://twitter.com/MattHaneySF/status/1129410957195632641 …
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That would make a lot more sense if prop c wasn't an entirely new funding source
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but from her perspective (and she had only gotten elected into office like literally around the same time the signatures were gathered), many departmental needs could've been considered w/ that revenue source.
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They mayor is responsible for keeping an organization employing 30,000 people fiscally solvent and even in the best of times, SF is still going to be running $640M deficits in five years' time because liabilities keep outpacing tax revenue gains.https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-taking-steps-to-avoid-projected-future-budget-13509714.php …
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yes, if there was an unfunded liability created by prop c, instead of an entirely new funding source for needed services, your point would be very reasonable
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She had only just taken office and typically a budget process involves talking to every single dept and then making big picture, holistic decisions about where funding should go.
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But at the day isn’t this essentially just saying we withheld money and housing from homeless people for some supposed “greater good”...? Pretty indefensible IMO.
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there are two other initiatives that are essentially stuck in the same limbo, the commercial rent tax for childcare, and Prop. G for teachers initiative. All of these cases will take 24-36 months to resolve and get clarity on.
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Nah. It's problematic that 39% of voters get to enact a delay that keeps people out on the streets
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