A California coalition is proposing legislation to boost taxes on wealthy multinational corporations to raise more than $2 billion a year to house tens of thousands of homeless people, addressing what has become a worsening problem in the state.
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A California coalition is proposing legislation to boost taxes on wealthy multinational corporations to raise more than $2 billion a year to house tens of thousands of homeless people.
Amid California homelessness crisis, proposed tax on large corporations seeks to fund programs
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KPIX) A proposal introduced in California’s legislature seeks to address California’s worsening homelessness crisis by create a permanent funding stream for homeless programs.
Democrats, big city mayors and housing advocates on Wednesday introduced Assembly Bill 71, which would tax large corporations.
Meanwhile as darkness descends on San Francisco, the homeless can be found hovering over a new found source of heat.
“It keeps you warm and if it’s damp or wet, it dries your clothes,” 70-year-old Orlee Peters said after just waking up on the sewer grate.