"California has the highest poverty rate of any US state"
"California boasts more billionaire residents than any other state"
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#poverty #SanFrancisco #SFBayArea
Bay Area’s poverty soared, data shows, as California’s top earners saw windfalls
Poverty rate jumped from 12.2% to 16.3% in 2023 in state, Tipping Point Community report findsVictoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
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in reply to Pax Ahimsa Gethen • • •Note for the record that #DanielLurie, the wealthy mayor of #SanFrancisco, is the founder and former CEO of Tipping Point Community, the non-profit whose stats on poverty are featured in the Guardian article.
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American philanthropist who is the founder and president of Tipping Point Community
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