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San Francisco director tells Boston councilors 'Baby Prop C' funding boosted early childhood wages and access — offering lessons for Boston
Summary
In testimony to Boston councilors, Ingrid Mesquita, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood, described San Francisco's commercial rent tax and local investments (referred to as 'Baby Prop C') that the city says increased educator wages and nearly eliminated the wait list for lower‑income families.
In a presentation to Boston’s Committee on Post Audit on Sept. 18, Ingrid Mesquita, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood, described San Francisco’s local funding model and the policies the city has used to expand access and raise early educator wages.
Mesquita told councilors San Francisco voters approved a measure that directs a portion of commercial rent tax revenue to early childhood programs. “We collect around a 184,000,000, from commercial rent tax,” she said, adding that San Francisco reserves a portion of that revenue for services she described as building a birth‑to‑5 mixed‑delivery system…
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