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This overlooked change virtually killed SF vacant storefront tax: San Francisco voters embraced the tax in the spring of 2020 to address the blight of persistent ...
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Private school fees loophole a sticking point in Labor's trust tax plan Greens say
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Bay Area officials sound the alarm over Prop 43: Several Bay Area leaders have slammed Proposition 43 as a threat to critical financial lifelines for cities and ...
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Bernie Sanders lends star power to California billionaire tax in SF: Bernie Sanders rallies in San Francisco for Prop 40, a proposed one-time tax on billionaires ...
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Union Square Vacant to Vibrant taco shop Al Pastor Papi is closing: Miguel Escobedo, chef-owner of Al Pastor Papi, said that the building’s new owners want to ...
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S.F. apartment owners win ruling over voter-approved ‘vacancy tax’: The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco on Friday ruled that Prop M ...
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Almere first Dutch municipality to implement vacancy tax: €2,000 fine for empty homes
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Mayor Lurie comes out against SF affordable housing measure: Prop I would earmark proceeds from the tax to pay for the production, acquisition and preservation ...
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Subsidized grocery fund inspired by Mamdani could come to SF: San Francisco "Affordable Groceries Act" proposal from Supervisor Bilal Mahmood could ask voters to ...
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Subsidized grocery fund inspired by Mamdani could come to SF: San Francisco "Affordable Groceries Act" proposal from Supervisor Bilal Mahmood could ask voters to ...
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Looming tax measures could upend San Francisco's budget: San Francisco lawmakers are negotiating the city budget, but looming tax measure on the November ballot ...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin donates $500,000 to California group leading the campaign against ...
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Is free rent key to revitalizing Sacramento’s downtown retail? SF has an idea: Easing the process of establishing coffee shops and art galleries on a “pop-up” ...
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OpinionEndorsement: Prop C is a classic San Francisco poison pill, vote no: Opinion: It wouldn’t be an S.F. election without a set of dueling ballot measures ...
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Paid articlePaywallTaylor Swift, lawsuits and quirky exemptions: How empty homes tax works in other cities
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OpinionEndorsement: Overpaid CEOs won’t pay a cent under SF Prop D. You will: Opinion: Prop D won’t tax the people and wealthy companies voters imagine it will. Instead ...
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Paid articlePaywallTax authorities want €4.9 million per year for vacant tower: Flemish tax authority Vlabel is claiming €4.9 million per year in vacancy tax for the Boerentoren in ...
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Downtown L.A. needs retail resuscitation. San Francisco's subsidized shops offer a solution
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San Francisco’s empty homes tax suspension in limbo: San Francisco’s empty homes tax suspension in limbo as city appeals court ruling
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