SF Task Force Presentation-OBrien - Treasurer & Tax Collector
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San Francisco Taskforce on Fines & Fees The Financial Justice Project November 16 2016 Rourke L. O’Brien, PhD Assistant Professor of Public Affairs University of Wisconsin—Madison [email protected]
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Transcript of SF Task Force Presentation-OBrien - Treasurer & Tax Collector
SanFranciscoTaskforceonFines&FeesTheFinancialJusticeProject
November162016
Rourke L.O’Brien, PhDAssistantProfessorofPublicAffairsUniversityofWisconsin—Madison
MunicipalRelianceonFines&Forfeitures:MotivationforProject
• Theneedtounderstandroleoffine,forfeiture,andfeerevenueinfundingpublicsector.
• Nationalpicture:acrossall3000+counties,10,000+municipalities.
• Modeleconomic,social,anddemographiccorrelates:• State/RegionofCountry• CitySize&StatutoryContext• Race,Ethnicity,Immigration• RoleofRevenueShocks
UnderstandingTheData• CensusDefinition:
• “Revenue frompenalties imposed forviolationsoflaw;civilpenalties (e.g.,forviolating courtorders);courtfeesiflevied uponconvictionofacrimeorviolation; court-ordered restitutionstocrimevictimswheregovernmentactually collectsthemonies; andforfeitsofdepositsheldforperformance guaranteesoragainstlossordamage (suchasforfeitedbailandcollateral).”
• SFisconsolidatedCity&County• Complicates reporting;difficulttodisentangle
• CompareSFto:• OtherCACountiesbyaggregatingacrossallcitieswithincounty• Other largeconsolidatedCity-Countyunits
• Caveats• Dataquality• Onlyseerevenue dollarscollected,notoutstandingdebts• Fine&Forfeiture revenuelevelnotameasure ofhowpunitive, regressiveorimpactfulfineandfeesare
0.79
4.60
22.52
29.88 29.95
38.710
1020
3040
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Honolulu Kansas City Nashville Louisville Philadelphia San FranciscoConsolidated City-County
Fines & Forfeitures in Consolidated City-County Governments, 2009-2012
SnapshotonNationalTrends
6.91
8.28
13.3714.00
05
1015
Per c
apita
fine
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Northeast Midwest South WestRegion
County Fines and Forfeitures by Region, 2012
OpportunityforSFtoLead
• CityofSanFranciscohas(largely)unrestrictedauthoritytotaxandadiversetaxbase.• FineandForfeitsrevenuessmallfractionoftotalrevenue• Othercitiesrestrictedinlegal/fiscalcapacity.
• ConsolidatedCity&Countyfunctionsmayfacilitatereform.
• Nationalconversation
SanFranciscoTaskforceonFines&FeesTheFinancialJusticeProject
November162016
Rourke L.O’Brien, PhDAssistantProfessorofPublicAffairsUniversityofWisconsin—Madison
