Makhaayadaha 'Healthy San Francisco Surcharges Defraud Diners, Grand Jury Says

Xeer Ilaaliyaha ayaa ku baaqay in la mamnuuco koontooyinka iyo lacag-bixinta lacag-bixinta caafimaad ee loo-shaqeeyaha

Haddii aad waligaa ka shakisan tahay qarashka dheeraadka ah ee 4% oo ah in badan oo ka mid ah makhaayadaha San Francisco waxay ku darsamayaan biilka cashadaada si aad u daboosho qarashka caafimaadka ee shaqaalaha, waxaay soo baxday in saxaradaadu ay sax tahay: Makhaayado badan ayaa jeeb galaya lacagta , jury ayaa helay.

"Xaqiiqada dhabta ah [waa] in tiro badan oo makhaayado makhaayad ahi ay ka faa'iidaystaan ​​dhaqaale ahaan marka lagu daro lacagaha dheeraadka ah ee macaamiisha u metelaya bixinta daryeelka shaqaalaha," ayaa lagu yiri warbixinta naxdinta leh.

Milkiilayaashu waxay dib u soo celin karaan dakhliga daryeelka caafimaadka ee aan la isticmaalin, "markaa waxay kordhiyaan faa'idadooda," ayaa lagu qoray warbixinta.

Falanqaynta garsoorka weyn, ee la sii daayey July 2012, ayaa ku boorriyay San Francisco in ay tirtirto wixii lacagaha ah iyo in la mamnuuco qorshooyinka lacag-bixinta caafimaad ee loo-shaqeeyaha ee shaqaalahooda, kuwaas oo ahaa gaadiidka macaamiisha.

Marka dib loo eego 38 dukaan oo San Francisco ah, majaajilada weyn ee muwaadiniinta ayaa ogaaday in saddex-meelood laba ka mid ah ay ku darsadeen kordhinta daryeelka caafimaadka shaqaalaha, guud ahaan 4 boqolkiiba. Toddoba iyo toban maqaayad ayaa soo ururiyay wadarta ka badan $ 2.17 milyan oo dheeraad ah. Taa waxaay, qiyaastii $ 1.16 milyan ayaa lagu kharash gareeyey kharashyada daryeelka caafimaadka - oo ka tagay $ 1 milyan oo dheeraad ah.

Sharciga Caafimaadka San Francisco

Ganacsiga sarrifka ah ayaa ah mid aan loo baahneyn oo ka baxsan Sanadka 2008 ee Amniga Daryeelka Caafimaadka ee San Francisco, kaas oo daryeel caafimaad u fidiya dadka degan San Francisco iyada oo aan lahayn caymis ( Barnaamijka Caafimaadka San Francisco ) oo u baahan ganacsiyada si ay uga caawiyaan daryeelka caafimaad ee shaqaalahooda San Francisco.

Intee in le'eg ee loo-shaqeeyayaashu ku kharashgareeyaan waxay ku xiran tahay tirada shaqaalaha iyo tirada saacadaha saacadaha shaqada; Waxay ku xirantahay ugu badnaan qiyaastii $ 4,540 qof shaqaale waqti buuxa ah oo ganacsiyo waaweyn ah, iyo qiyaastii $ 3,000 halkii shaqaale ee shirkadaha leh wax ka yar 100 shaqaale.

Loo-shaqeeyayaashu waxay u hoggaansami karaan bixinta caymiska caafimaadka caadiga ah , oo ay shaqaalahooda ku qoraan Healthy San Francisco ama sameynta xisaab-celin caafimaad oo ay shaqaaluhu u jiheystaan ​​bixinta kharashka caafimaadka.

Makhaayadaha iyo ganacsiyada kale ee ku tiirsan shaqooyinka waqti-dhiman guud ahaan waxay isticmaalaan ikhtiyaarka saddexaad - kuwaas oo ay bixiyaan lacag kaliya markay shaqaaluhu helaan adeegyada caafimaadka ama caafimaadka.

Sicirada "Healthy SF" iyo "caymiska caafimaad" ayaa noqday kuwo caan ah (iyo shaki) kadib sanadka 2008, San Francisco waxay ku qeexday in laga soo bilaabo Janaayo 2012, noocyadaas oo kale waa in lagu qarash gareeyo kharashka caafimaadka shaqaalaha. Ganacsadaha waa in ay sidoo kale lacag ku heystaan ​​xisaabinta lacag celinta caafimaadka laba sano ka hor inta aysan soo celin mid ka mid ah qadarka aan la isticmaalin. Loo-shaqeeyayaashu waa inay xisaab-celin ku sameeyaan xisbiyada sannad walba-laakiin warbixinta ugu horeysa maahan ilaa laga gaaro bisha Abriil 2013, wax kasta oo dheeri ah oo la ururiyo ka hor 2012 maahan in la soo sheego.

Sifooyinka iyo xadgudubyada xisaabinta magdhawga caafimaadka

Sahanka xeerbeegtada, lix makhaayadood ah waxay bixiyaan Healthy San Francisco ama qorshe caymis caafimaad oo caadi ah oo shaqaalahooda ah sanadka 2010. Laba iyo laba makhaayad ayaa loo qoondeeyey in ka badan $ 2 milyan oo ah xisaab-celinta dhaqtarka caafimaadka, lakiin dhab ahaantii waxaa la siiyay shaqaale ka yar $ 124,000 ku dhowaad $ 2 milyan.

Shan dukaan oo shaqeynaya in ka badan 200 oo qof ayaa isu dhigma ku dhawaad ​​$ 416,000 oo ah lacag celinta caafimaadka-laakiin ma bixin wax lacag celin ah wixii ka dambeeyay sanadkii 2010.

"Waa adag tahay in la aamino in mid ka mid ah 206 shaqaale ah ay kharashka daawada bixiyeen 2010-kii," ayay xeer-beegti ku sheegtay warbixinteeda. "Shaqaaleeyaha ma u sheegaan shaqaalahooda barnaamijka, mise waxay dhigeen bar ay u leeyihiin lacag celin aad u sarreeya, ama shaqaale aad u cabsi geliyey si ay u raadsadaan lacag celinta?"

Qiimaha sare ee ganacsiga SF

Ka sokow shuruudaha shirkadaha u baahan inay ka caawiyaan kharashka daryeelka caafimaadka shaqaalaha, San Francisco waxay leedahay mushaharka ugu sarreeya Maraykanka, $ 10.24 saacaddii. Ganacsatadu waa inay sidoo kale bixiyaan fasax jireed oo mushahar ah shaqaale waqti-dhiman ah.

San Francisco Chronicle 66 ee makhaayadaha ugu badan ee San Francisco 2012 (qayb ka mid ah liiska sanadlaha ah ee 101 meelaha dukaamada Baay), ku dhowaad nus miisaan dheeraad ah. Dhaqanka makhaayadda ee Chronicle Michael Bauer wuxuu xusay in makhaayadaha qaarkood, sida Park Tavern iyo La Folie, ay ku kaceen lacagaha laakiin ka dibna wax yar baa kordhay qiimaha.

Nasiib darro nalooga adeegayaasha macaamiisha, dhaqanka sarrifka ayaa ballaariyay. "Tani waxay ka bilaabantay makhaayadaha waxaana ay ku faaftay goobaha quruxda badan, rateriyadaha, qorshayaasha dhacdooyinka, iyo ganacsiyada tafaariiqda ee kale," ayaa lagu sheegay warbixinta jury-weynaha ee muwaadiniinta, iyada oo lagu bixinayo "ka hooseeya 50 senti qofkiiba ilaa 16.8% biilka guud. "

Xeerbeegta weyn waxay rabtaa jawaabaha laga rabo duqa magaalada, kormeerayaasha, wakaaladaha magaalada iyo warshadaha makhaayadaha. "Marka ganacsiyadu isticmaalaan khidmadda daryeelka caafimaadka si ay u helaan faa'iido weyn, kalsoonida dadwaynaha waa la jabiyaa," ayuu yiri xeerbeegtida. Sababtoo ah San Francisco "ma awoodo booliska inay si wax ku ool ah u isticmaali karaan xad-gudubyada ka yimaada dhaqaalaha [loo-shaqeeyaha caafimaadka ee loo-shaqeeyaha]," waxay "si xoog leh kugula talinaysaa" in ay magaalada ka tirtirto.

"Talooyinkani waxay joojin doonaan khiyaanada oo ay ku kacaan dad badan oo aan raali galin ku laheyn maqaayadaha San Francisco maalin kasta," ayay tiri jariidaddu.