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Brown's Super Battle Rages On

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown publicly blasts the Board of Supervisors for playing dirty politics over his nominees to the Planning Commission, blaming the board for the delay of important development decisions.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on October 22, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown used his state of the city address to push for propositions and chastise the Board of Supervisors over a Planning Commission fiasco before introducing a new commission candidate.

Brown used his speech to rally support for Proposition B, which would raise $250 million for affordable housing. He mentioned a 10% drop in payroll taxes, a 29% drop in revenues from the hotel tax and a 6.7% unemployment figure as reasons to invest in housing, which is the one area to remain strong since the dot-com days.

“The old politics of 2000 are not relevant to today,” he said. “Those numbers were unheard of.”

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