What Glen Coleman told me: "$2,500 for the tap plan, impact fee is up to 10K, inspection is 2K, installing is 12K (if just water) or 20K if it is water and sewer."

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Where he didn’t budge:
• No $$ for many social service contracts set to expire — including $8.2M for homeless services
• No “climate revolving fund” (Ryan Alter priority)
• No immigration legal services (Vanessa Fuentes priority) 3/

What’s new in Watson’s 5¢ plan:
• +$2.7M/yr for homelessness prevention & diversion
• +$1M/yr for permanent supportive housing
• +$3M for housing vouchers
• + $6M for housing trust fund
• +$6M/yr firefighter overtime (win for union)
• +$1.6M for the Sobering Center 2/

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