A UN expert said San Francisco's homelessness crisis is a human rights violation. Here's why she's in favor of the controversial 'homeless tax' that billionaires are fighting over.

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November 6, 2018 4:36 PM

A UN expert weighed in on San Francisco's controversial homelessness tax, arguing that billionaires should be willing to give up some of their wealth.

In a
ballot measure that would tax the city's largest corporations to fund services for the homeless.
Farha praised Salesforce chairman Marc Benioff's decision to support the tax, arguing that more CEOs should be willing to surrender their wealth to help the homeless.

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According to United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha, the city's lack of taxation is "part of the problem."

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