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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Tech billionaires fight over San Francisco’s homelessness Prop C

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff are fighting over Prop C on the San Francisco ballot. Prop C aims to bring in $300 million a year for housing, shelters, and mental health care.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 22, 2018 • 1 min read

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff are fighting over Prop C on the San Francisco ballot. Prop C aims to bring in $300 million a year for housing, shelters, and mental health care. It would be the largest tax increase in San Francisco history. Benioff supporters donated $2 million in support of it, while Dosey opposes it.

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    3 of 4
    Kevin de León fights an uphill battle for Sen. Feinstein’s seat
    1. 0:00Kevin De León on running for U.S. Senate
    2. 21:35Trump considers defining gender as immutable at birth. What does this mean for transgender people?
    3. 31:18Tech billionaires fight over San Francisco’s homelessness Prop CYou’re reading this
    4. 39:01Dodgers to face Red Sox in World Series
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