California Ballot Breakdown

Debate: San Francisco Proposition L – An Inequality Tax

Voters in San Francisco are about to vote on whether to create California’s first tax on inequality. Prop L would raise the gross receipts tax on every business in the city that pays its top manager at least 100x more than its median employee.

PRO: Supervisor Matt Haney represents San Francisco’s District 6; he sponsored Proposition L at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

CON: Richie Greenberg is a political commentator and the former Republican candidate for mayor of San Francisco. 

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