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Rules Committee refines combined homeless‑housing and transportation sales‑tax package; continues for final edits
Summary
Supervisors considered a combined charter amendment proposing a sales tax to fund homeless housing and transportation projects. Staff described priorities: navigation centers, supportive housing and service backfills for homelessness; and fleet, Vision Zero and regional transit matches for transportation. The committee adopted clarifying amendments and continued the measure for finalization.
The Rules Committee on June 30 took up a joint charter amendment pairing a proposed sales‑tax revenue stream for homeless housing and services with a transportation revenue package to fund local and regional transit priorities.
Supervisor Scott Wiener and staff framed the proposal as a coordinated regional/local package: a portion of a proposed sales tax would fund a Homeless Housing & Services Fund to backfill federal cuts, baseline successful…
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