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A photo illustration of Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt (Getty)
San Francisco
Nov 14, 2022

Business tax measures lead in Bay Area cities

In Oakland, Palo Alto and Los Gatos, city leaders negotiated with organizations to ease passage
From left: Mayor of Palo Alto Pat Burt, and Dan Kostenbauder, vice president for tax policy at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (Getty Images, City of Palo Alto, SVLG)
San Francisco
Aug 12, 2022

Palo Alto puts 7.5 cents psf office tax before voters

Business groups agree not to oppose measure to raise $10M annually
SF sees 15% of office workers WFH permanently, spelling uncertainty for taxes
San Francisco
Jan 13, 2022

SF sees 15% of office workers WFH permanently, spelling uncertainty for taxes

Business tax revenue projected to grow by just 1 percent in the coming year