Zvokudya 'Utano hweSan Francisco Surcharges Defraud Diners, Guru Guru Rinotaura

Gweta rinokurudzira kubhadharwa pamusoro pekubhadhara uye kushandisa mareji ekubhadhara mari

Kana iwe wakambove uchifungira pamusoro pemari yepamusoro ye4 muzana yekuti nzvimbo dzakawanda dzeSan Francisco dzinotora mari yako yekutengesa kuti uvhare mari yevashandi vehutano hwavo, zvinoita kuti marara ako akwanise: Vakawanda mabikuri vari kutengesa mari , San Francisco's civil grand jury rawana.

"Izvo zvisiri izvo [ndeyokuti] nhamba yakawanda yevashandi vekutengesa vari kubatsirwa nemari kubva pakuwedzera kwezvikwereti zvinomiririrwa kune vatengi sekubhadhara vashandi vehutano," civil civil jury inodaro mushumo unofadza.

Vadzidzisi vanogona kuchengetedza hurongwa hwehutano husingashandiswi, "zvichiwedzera kuwedzera maropafadzo avo," rinodaro mushumo.

Dare guru rekuongorora, rakabudiswa muna July 2012, rinokurudzira San Francisco kubvisa zvikwereti uye kurambidza zvirongwa zvevashandirwo zvekubhadhara zvevashandirwo vashandi avo, izvo zvave zviri motokari yekubhadhara varimi.

Mukudzokorora kwayo kwezvokudya zveSan Francisco makumi matatu nemasere, gurukota rehurumende rakaona kuti zvikamu zviviri kubva kune zvitatu zvazvo zvakawedzera zvikwereti zvehutano hwevashandi, kazhinji 4 muzana. Zvokudya gumi nemasere zvakabhadhara zvikamu zvinopfuura $ 2.17 mamiriyoni mu surcharges. Kubva ipapo, inenge madhora 1,16 mamiriyoni aishandiswa pamari yekuchengetedza hutano - achisiya $ 1 mamiriyoni akawedzerwa.

Mutemo weHanry San Francisco

Bhizimusi rinowanikwa kune imwe nzvimbo isati yatarisirwa kunze kweSan Francisco's 2008 Health Care Security Ordinance, inopa hutano kuSan Francisco vagari vasina inshuwarisi (chirongwa cheSanté San Francisco ) uye inoda mabhizinesi kuti vabatsire kuchengetedza utano hwevashandi vavo muSan Francisco.

Mari yakawanda yevanoshandira mari inofanirwa nekukura kwevashandi uye nhamba yevashandi veawa vanoshanda; inenge inenge inenge inenge madhora 4,540 yevashandi venguva yakazara pamabhizimisi makuru, uye anenge madhora 3 000 mumwe mushandi kune makambani ane vashandi vasiri pasi pe100.

Vashandi vanogona kuita maererano nokupa inshuwarisi yehutano yakawanda , kunyora vashandi vavo muHerryy San Francisco kana kuisa nheyo dzekubhadhara kwehutano iyo vashandi vanotora kubva kubhadhara mari yekurapa.

Zvokudya uye mamwe mabhizimisi anonyanya kuvimba nevashandi venguva yakawanda vanoshandisa nzira yechitatu - umo vanobhadhara mari chete apo vashandi vanowana rubatsiro rwemishonga kana hutano.

Sezvo "Healthy SF" uye "inshuwarhu yehutano" inowedzera yakawedzerwa kuve yakakurumbira (nekufungira) mushure mekunge 2008, San Francisco yakatsanangura kuti kubva munaJanuary 2012, zvakadai zvinowedzera kushandiswa pamashandiro ehutano hwevashandi. Mabhizimisi anofanirwawo kuchengetedza mari muhutano hwekubhadhara kwehutano kwemakore maviri asati adzorera chero chezvinhu zvisingazivikanwi. Vashandi ndivo vanodzokorora zviyero zvekambani kuguta gore negore-asi yekutanga yemishumo iyi haifaniri kusvika munaApril 2013, uye chero zvikwereti zvinokonzerwa pamberi pe 2012 hazvifaniri kutaurirwa.

Kushandiswa zvisina kunaka uye kushandiswa kwemabhuku ekubhadharwa kwehutano

Muongorori rejeri, mabiko matanhatu anopiwa Healthy San Francisco kana chirongwa cheshuwarisi yehutano kune avo vashandi muna 2010. Zvokudya makumi maviri nemaviri zvinoshandisa mari inodarika $ 2 mamiriyoni kumakero ekubhadharwa kwezvechiremba, asi chaizvoizvo inowirirwa kudarika madhora 124 000 kuvashandi vavo-nokudaro kuchengeta inenge $ 2 mamiriyoni.

Zvishanu zvekutengesa zvinoshandisa vanhu vanopfuura 200 vakaiswa pamagetsi madhora madhora mazana mana nemakumi mashanu emadhora ekubhadhara kwehutano-asi havana kupa zvekubhadharisa chero chipi zvacho muna 2010.

Izvo "zvakaoma kutenda kuti hapana mumwe wevashandi makumi maviri nemakumi maviri nevatanhatu vaiva nemari yekurapa muna 2010," juri rinodaro mumugumo waro. "[D] id vashandi havasi kuudza vashandi vavo pamusoro pegurogiramu, kana kuti vakagadzirisa bhadha yekubhadharisa zvakanyanya here, kana kuti vashandi vaityisirwawo kutsvaka kubhadhara?"

Mari yakakwirira yebhizimisi muSF

Kunze kwekuda kuti makambani anobatsire kubhadhara mari yehutano yevashandi, San Francisco ine mubayiro wepamusoro mu US, $ 10.24 paawa. Mabhizimisi anofanirwawo kupa mubhadharo wekurapa kubhadhara kune vashandi venguva yakazara.

Kubva kuSan Francisco Chronicle 's top 66 restaurants kuSan Francisco for 2012 (chikamu cherongwa raro rwegore re 100 Bay Area restaurants), inenge hafu yezvokubhadhara. Nyaya yezvokudya zvinokonzera mabiko Michael Bauer anoti mamwe maresitorendi, kufanana nePark Tavern naLa Folie, vakanyora zvikwereti asi vakawedzera zvishoma.

Uye zvinosuruvarisa kwatiri isu vatengi, kuwedzera kwekuita tsika kwawedzera. "Iyi tsika yakatanga neresitorendi uye yakapararira kune dzakanaka salons, vanobata makati, vatambi vezviitiko, uye mamwe mabhizinesi ekutengesa," inhau huru yehurumende inotaurirana, ine zvikwereti zvinobva "kubva pasi mashoma makumi mashanu pamunhu mumwe nomumwe kusvika kuma16,8% mari yose. "

Dare guru rezvemhosva rinoda kupindurwa kubva kune meya, bhodhi revatariri, masangano eguta uye indasitiri yekutengesa. "Kana mabhizimisi anoshandisa mukana wehutano hwehutano kuti awane mari huru, vanhu vanovimbika vanovhiringidzwa," juri rinodaro. Uye sezvo San Francisco "isingakwanisi kupopotera zvakanyanyisa kushandiswa kwepamusoro kwe [kushandiswa kwehutano rekubhadhara mari]," inonyatsorumbidza "guta rinovabvisa.

"Izvi zvinokurudzira zvichagumisa unyengeri huri kuitwa kune vakawanda vasingadi vashandi vekuSan Francisco mumazuva ose," juri rinotaura.