Tenderloin Approves Community Benefits DistrictCasey Millsbyline‚ Aug. 03‚ 2005Displaying a remarkable degree of unity for such a diverse community, Tenderloin residents, businesses and non-profits joined together yesterday to approve a Community Benefits District (CBD). A tally of votes from all property owners in the neighborhood released yesterday revealed 65 percent of the neighborhood voted for a CBD, making it all but certain the Board of Supervisors will give it final approval when it votes on it next Tuesday. The two-thirds approval rating topped other CBDs in the Castro and Noe Valley made public yesterday, both of which received approximately 60 percent of their neighborhoods' vote. The CBDs will create a small tax on local businesses for improvements in the area, including street cleaning, graffiti abatement, and sprucing up public space. The Tenderloin alone will net $932,000 over the next year, which will be in addition to baseline city funding. |