A council committee is reviewing the city's policy on leasing public property to nonprofits in hopes of bringing some structure to a policy many have called inconsistent. Several nonprofits complained about the idea to committee members at a meeting on Wednesday.
Representatives of the Museum of Photography and Arts, the San Diego Natural History Museum and others accused the city of making a back-handed attempt to tax tax-exempt entities.
Nearly three-quarters of San Diego's 100-plus nonprofit agencies that use city property pay no rent, according to city officials. A handful of others make a token payment of some kind. The city is losing more than $2 million a year in revenue based on current market rents.
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