San Francisco wants to take away your paycheck.Not your pay, just the paper part. The Treasurer’s Office wants printed paychecks to become a thing of the past in The City with a new program unveiled Wednesday encouraging businesses to go completely electronic on their payroll systems. The so-called CurrenC SF effort would connect businesses, nonprofits and financial service firms.
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On the heels of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s anger regarding the role banks played in the economic downturn, some officials are urging The City to move its money or even consider establishing a bank of its own.
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Schools across San Francisco are strapped for cash, so for those around Golden Gate Park, this month’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival was a big opportunity. Over the festival weekend, Parent Teacher Associations manned the schools’ parking lots, charging concertgoers up to $25 to park.But some PTA volunteers were surprised when inspectors from the Treasurer and Tax Collector’s Office showed up during the weekend and demanded that they collect a 25 percent tax on parking.
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