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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2025 · 26 MIN

San Francisco’s Driveway Tax BACKFIRES

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

San Francisco tried to quietly push a controversial $100-per-year "driveway tax" on homeowners — and it didn’t go over well.City officials were exploring the idea of charging property owners simply for having a driveway connected to the public sidewalk (aka a “curb cut”) to help fill a $322 million budget gap in the public transit system. Critics called it “nonsense,” while transit advocates argued it was a fair use of public space.The backlash was swift, and now the city is walking it back. So… was this a reasonable funding idea or just another attack on car owners?

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