California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold funds for San Francisco's $1.7 million public toilet until the city figures out how to build it more efficiently.
Crime and homelessness are persistent issues plaguing San Francisco despite the newly appointed District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Bay Area residents said.
San Francisco's three-year plan to build a single public toilet for $1.7 million could be going down the drain asis threatening to withhold the funds until the city figures out a more efficient away to use the money. The toilet's sky-high cost was met with outcry last week, prompting California Assemblyman Matt Haney to cancel an event celebrating the new bathroom in the Noe Valley Town Square."A single, small bathroom should not cost $1.7 million," Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for Newsom, told Fox News Digital on Sunday."The state will hold funding until San Francisco delivers a plan to use this public money more efficiently.
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