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Rules Committee forwards charter amendment to create homeless housing and transportation funds to full Board, 2-1
Summary
The Rules Committee voted 2-1 to forward a third-draft charter amendment that would create a Homeless Housing and Services Fund and a Transportation Improvement Fund to the full Board of Supervisors; the Controller estimated initial annual contributions totaling tens of millions of dollars and a public commenter urged the measure be revised.
The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to forward a third-draft charter amendment to the full Board with a positive recommendation on a 2-1 roll call. The measure would create a Homeless Housing and Services Fund and a Transportation Improvement Fund and, if placed on the ballot, would be considered at an election on Nov. 8, 2016.
Supervisor Scott Wiener (identified in the meeting as the item sponsor) told the committee the draft "does create a, segregated dedicated fund for transportation improvements as well as, for, some critically important, housing related…
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