San Francisco Supervisors Want Authority to Impose Local Income Tax

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors considered a resolution February 14 asking the state Legislature to grant local governments the authority to impose personal and corporate income taxes. The resolution is sponsored by seven of San Francisco’s 11 supervisors – including Supervisor Malia Cohen, who has filed papers to run for the State Board of Equalization in 2018 – and thus is expected to be approved. Because the resolution was amended at this week’s hearing, it cannot be taken up again until the board’s February 28 meeting. “The City and County of San Francisco continues to look for progressive revenue sources to fund the transportation and health and human services needs of the City’s growing population,” the resolution states.