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by newfriend 2405 days ago
Because then you get massively overpaid jobs with no oversight, which taxpayers are forced to fund. [1]

SF already has massive taxes and too many overpaid workers, and the city is still a mess. There is no accountability. Throwing more money at it is not going to help.

> San Francisco’s budget totals an astounding $9.6 billion this year — more than the budgets of 13 states and scores of countries around the world [2]

> By far the biggest chunk goes to pay city employees. Almost half — $4.7 billion — is spent on the salaries and benefits of 30,626 city employees.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/how-one-bay-area-janitor-mad...

[2]: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Billions-of-doll...