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11/8/2018 Oakland Voters Appear to Favor State's First Vacant Property Tax, Richmond Poised to Defeat Similar Measure | The California Report | … <br />https://www.kqed.org/news/11702378/oakland-voters-appear-to-favor-states-first-vacant-property-tax-richmond-poised-to-defeat-similar-measure 6/11 <br />Members of the Compton Transgender Cultural District community gather to commemorate the anniversary of the Compton <br />Cafeteria Riot in 1966. Cultural districts will receive funding from San Francisco for the first time as a result of the passage of <br />Proposition E. (Courtesy of Sister Roma) <br />San Francisco voters have overwhelmingly come out in support of a measure <br />that will boost the city's arts and culture scene. Artists and arts organizations <br />are among those that have suffered at the hands of gentrification and the <br />skyrocketing rents in San Francisco in recent decades. <br />But a sweeping three-quarters of voters approved Proposition E, which seeks to <br />dedicate 1.5 percent of the base hotel tax — a 14 percent tax levied on hotel stays <br />in the city — to support arts and culture programs. The city estimates this could <br />add more than $15 million in funding over the next two years.