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Title: Wasteful spending with CA tax dollars??
Post by: theking on October 19, 2022, 11:10:47 PM

S.F. is spending $1.7 million on one public toilet: ‘What are they making it out of — gold?’

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/million-dollar-toilet-17518443.php (https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/million-dollar-toilet-17518443.php)

Title: Re: Wasteful spending with CA tax dollars??
Post by: theking on October 23, 2022, 11:05:13 PM

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to cancel a San Francisco toilet that could cost $1.7 million and take more than two years to build

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to halt plans to build a public toilet in San Francisco after it received huge backlash over its $1.7 million cost and 2-year construction time.

Newsom's office told the San Francisco Chronicle Friday that it would intervene to halt funding for a public toilet in Noe Valley Town Square if a cheaper, more efficient means of production couldn't be realized.

Title: Re: Wasteful spending with CA tax dollars??
Post by: theking on October 25, 2022, 11:21:08 PM

Loo-dicrous: San Franciscans flushed with anger over $1.7m public toilet

State to withhold funds for planned bathroom until city finds a way ‘to use public money more efficiently’

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