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Supervisors approve steps toward June special election on revenue measures
Summary
The Board advanced an amended set of items allowing consideration of possible revenue measures for a June 2 special election, including a vehicle fee, a possible carbon tax and a charter amendment; the resolution calling the election passed 8–3.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to advance an amended item and later adopted a resolution calling a municipal special election on June 2, 2009, to consider potential revenue and fiscal measures.
At issue were procedural changes and the addition of three measures that had not previously had a public hearing: a possible vehicle impact fee, a possible tax intended to discourage consumption of high‑carbon‑footprint energy (referred to in the meeting as a carbon tax), and a proposed charter amendment to require that one‑time revenues be spent only on one‑time expenditures.
Supervisors debated whether the city had…
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