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Rules Committee narrows charter change so backstop business tax won’t increase baseline allocations
Summary
The Rules Committee adopted amendments narrowing a charter amendment so it would exclude a proposed "backstop" business tax from baseline funding calculations, with the committee voting to continue the amended measure to the call of the chair for further board consideration.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan, chair of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, presided over a special remote meeting where the committee adopted amendments narrowing a proposed charter change that would exclude a potential "backstop" business tax from future baseline funding calculations.
The move followed a presentation by Controller Ben Rosenfeld, who said the city is in litigation over two voter-approved dedicated business taxes and that the proposed backstop tax in two November ballot measures would serve as an alternative revenue stream if courts require refunds. "We're collecting $450,000,000 a year roughly in these two taxes that we…
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