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Board committee advances local vehicle license fee proposal for November ballot

Budget and Finance Committee, Board of Supervisors · July 15, 2009
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Summary

The Budget & Finance Committee advanced two companion measures to ask San Francisco voters this November to reinstate a local vehicle license fee (VLF); supervisors emphasized state preemption limits and broad stakeholder support while noting legal and ballot‑threshold complexities.

The Budget and Finance Committee voted to forward two companion measures that would allow San Francisco to place a local vehicle license fee (VLF) on the November ballot, a step supporters said could help restore revenue lost when portions of the VLF were curtailed by state action.

President Carmen Chu said the ordinance and accompanying resolution are intended to allow a voter election on reinstating a local VLF and that the city has amended the language to be…

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