Tech workers didn’t ruin SF—SF’s collective decision to try to have the financial gains of a tech boom without making the infrastructure and housing investments and policy changes to absorb it did. We imported a bunch of rich people and are exporting the poorhttps://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1145737005097029633 …
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Replying to @ArmandDoma
Yep, I think it's hard for people to accept that the people they voted forvare the one's fucking them over. Easier on the mind to just blame outsiders.
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Would you like to have $1 billion budget deficits and layoffs instead? Cuz we could've gone that way.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/1st-S-F-5-year-budget-plan-draws-daunting-picture-2373448.php …
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I think you can look at other Bay Area cities like Oakland and San Jose that spend roughly 20% of their general funds on pension contributions that weren’t adequately budgeted upfront and don’t have business tax revenue to offset it to see what an alternate situation would be...
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @Kimoco1 and
San Jose still has lower headcount than the early 2000s and is one of the most thinly staffed major city govts in the country while SF added 5K+ FTEs since the recession. Oakland has school closures while SF passed Prop G for teacher salary raises.
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That said, I think it is correct to phase out the 2011 Mid-Market tax exemption.
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