Business tax breaks in SF jumped to nearly $17 million last year

San Francisco taxpayers are subsidizing Twitter with millions of dollars in tax breaks, thanks to Mayor Ed Lee.

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Employers in San Francisco received nearly $17 million in special business tax breaks from the city last year, with the biggest ticket corporate welfare categories being the Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area Exclusion — commonly known as the Twitter tax break after its catalyst and biggest beneficiary — and a tax break given to small businesses.Read more »