Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, Silicon Valley's Special Election Day vote.

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Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

While the whole world was focused on the U.S. midterm elections, there was one measure on the ballot that was specific to Silicon Valley itself yesterday.

San Francisco voters passed Proposition C, a measure that will raise that city's gross receipts tax

by around 0.5% on all companies located inside the city that have annual gross receipts of more than $50 million.

This would specifically target large tech companies like Square, Lift, and Salesforce, which are San Francisco based, of course.

It's estimated that this new levy will bring in about 250 to 350 million dollars a year, and all of that money is earmarked to be spent

on services for San Francisco's homeless population. That 250 to 350

million dollar number would roughly double what the city of San Francisco

currently spends on homeless services. This proposition was loudly championed by

Sales Force founder and CEO Mark Benyoff who along with Salesforce, founder, and CEO Mark Benyoff, who along with Salesforce itself spent $7 million

campaigning to get the proposition passed.

Last night, Benyoff tweeted,

triumphantly, Propp seized victory means the homeless will have a home

and the help they truly need.

Let the city come together in love for those who need it most.

There is no finish line when it comes to helping the homeless.

Thank you, amazing supporters of Prop C, end quote.

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