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Board approves Lower Polk Community Benefit District after public hearing, opponents fail to win majority protest
Summary
After a public hearing and ballot tabulation, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to establish the Lower Polk Community Benefit District following a weighted-ballot vote in favor. Supporters said the district will fund cleaning, safety and youth workforce services; one architect objected that the levy privatizes municipal services.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to establish the Lower Polk Community Benefit District on a final roll-call after a public hearing and a ballot tabulation that showed no majority protest.
The board convened as a committee of the whole for the public hearing on a resolution of intention to levy assessments for the proposed property- and business-based improvement district, which would cover approximately 307 parcels on roughly 22 blocks. The hearing included proponents from neighborhood groups, businesses and service providers and a single opposition speaker from a local architecture firm. After public…
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