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Arts Commission lays out hotel‑tax ballot measure to restore funding for cultural equity and centers

Budget and Finance Committee · June 15, 2018
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Summary

Tom DeKaney told supervisors the Arts Commission plans a ballot measure (sponsored by Supervisors Peskin and Tang) to restore a hotel‑tax nexus for arts funding if approved by voters; the proposal budgets $7.1M of new community funding in the two‑year period, contingent on passage.

The committee heard the Arts Commission’s budget presentation and a preview of a proposed November ballot measure to restore a historic hotel‑tax link to arts funding.

Tom DeKaney, Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission, described the ballot‑measure framework sponsored by Supervisors Peskin and Tang as intending to dedicate a portion of hotel tax growth to arts…

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