Conflict with business-tax reform measure threatens Muni funding effort

Muni is as popular as ever. But an effort to boost its funding to prevent service cuts could fail if a simultaneous move to reform San Francisco’s business taxes proves to be even more popular.

That’s because of a provision buried deep within the text of Proposition M, the business-tax reform measure on the November ballot. That provision essentially declares that it and Proposition L, which would increase taxes on Waymo, Lyft and Uber to fund Muni, are in conflict.

Thanks to that provision — Section 14 of 16, found on page 109 of the 110-page measure — Prop. L can win a majority and still lose if Prop. M attracts more votes.

Although Prop. L has widespread backing among city officials and prominent interest groups, the provision requiring it to get more votes than M has caused some anxiety among those involved in the pro-L effort, said Cyrus Hall, the campaign manager.



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