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Council committee to consider resolution to direct portion of possible public safety tax to treatment programs
Summary
A Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee meeting will discuss Resolution 32174, a councilmember-backed proposal that would recommend directing up to 25% of revenue from a potential 0.1% public safety sales tax to treatment and recovery programs; the resolution is scheduled for discussion and possible vote Thursday.
A council committee will consider whether to recommend directing a portion of potential public safety sales-tax revenue to substance use disorder treatment and recovery programs. At the Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee meeting this week, a councilmember introduced Resolution 32174, described as a progressive public safety initiative that would call for up to 25% of any revenue from a possible 0.1% public safety sales tax to be allocated for treatment and recovery.
The resolution’s sponsor said the measure does not itself impose a tax. The sponsor told the committee the…
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