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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by bpodgursky on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:42AM (#33249098)
> The city notoriously gave tax breaks to large tech companies

The city notoriously set up large and complex taxes on tech companies in SF and then randomly and unpredictably granted breaks to the ones that had the best lobbying.

> accompanied by some weak rhetoric about supporting local communities

And billions of dollars sent into homeless slush funds for activists and nonprofits with no accountability for how the money was spent.

> no oversight confirming any real local benefits

Accurate

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Re:Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Just Hit a New High by abeppu on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:06PM (#33249545)
> And billions of dollars sent into homeless slush funds for activists and nonprofits with no accountability for how the money was spent.

I'm not claiming that the city spends responsibly, but next month SF will at least vote on a ballot measure which would create an oversight commission for HSH spending and programs, and require audits of services provided. We have an opportunity to improve things.

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