Is the Bay Area Losing Money to Corporate Tax Incentives?

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Twitter receives the most high-profile business tax break in the Bay Area. Photo by Jeremy Dalmas/KALW/Crosscurrents

By Jeremy Dalmas, KALW/Crosscurrents

San Francisco has the strongest economy of any city in the U.S. And with business booming, a lot of eyes are on local corporations to see if they are giving back to the local community by paying their fair share in taxes.

KALW listener Eli Dart was one of them, and he had a question for Hey Area, our collaborative reporting project between our reporters and our listeners.

Dart wanted to know: “How much money do cities in the Bay Area spend on tax breaks for corporations to get them to locate in a particular place or do a particular thing?”

Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.

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