Prop. C architect likely done on Prop. C oversight commission

"Jennifer Friedenbach, a homelessness advocate and nonprofit leader who was the main architect of the 2018 Proposition C to increase funding for homeless services, lost a vote on Monday to retain her seat at the table. Proposition C, dubbed "Our City, Our Home," created a new tax on businesses with more than $50 million in annual gross receipts to fund the city's homelessness services and housing programs."

"The measure, spearheaded by Friedenbach and largely funded by Marc Benioff and Salesforce, was approved citywide with 61 percent of the vote in November 2018 and has generated more than $1 billion toward homeless and housing services. The funds are overseen by the Our City Our Home Oversight Committee, which Prop. C created."

"Supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Shamann Walton, and Stephen Sherrill today voted unanimously at the Rules Committee to recommend that Billy Lemon, an ally of Mandelman and the executive director of the Castro Country Club, a sober space in the Castro, take her place."

Jennifer Friedenbach lost a vote to retain her seat on the Our City Our Home Oversight Committee after supervisors recommended a replacement. Proposition C created a tax on businesses with over $50 million in annual gross receipts to fund homelessness services and housing programs and has generated more than $1 billion. The funds are overseen by a nine-member oversight committee with four Board of Supervisors appointees; Friedenbach was appointed in September 2021 and her term ended April 22, 2025. Supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Shamann Walton, and Stephen Sherrill recommended Billy Lemon to take the seat pending full Board approval on Nov. 11.

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