Tech Executives is fighting for the measurement of the homeless

"Exactly [how] many have his businesses & [he] personally to our city, our homelessness programs, our public hospitals and our public schools? Benioff wrote, referring to Mr. Dorsey on Twitter.

The exchange focused on Benioff's support for a local tax measure during the November vote in San Francisco. The Salesforce manager has publicly voiced support for Proposal C, which would increase the existing gross revenue tax of the city's businesses. The money would be used for the construction of permanent housing, rent subsidies, mental health services, the rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicts and other programs to help the homeless.

The measure is backed by non-profit groups seeking to help homeless people, the Democratic Party of San Francisco and minority house leader, Nancy Pelosi, who represents parts of the city.

The Democratic Democrat, the newly elected mayor of San Francisco, objected to the measure, citing his concern that she might be chasing businesses. Friday, Mr. Dorsey weighed in the controversy.

"I want to help solve the homelessness problem in SF and California," Dorsey wrote on Twitter. "I do not think this proposal is the best way to proceed. Mayor Breed was elected to solve this problem. I believe it. "

Mr. Benioff responded directly to his fellow CEO on the social platform run by Mr. Dorsey. Mr. Benioff mentioned a tax break that Twitter has benefited since 2011 and was created by the mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee, after Twitter had considered leaving the city.

In the context of Twitter tax relief, payroll reductions have been granted to companies located in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market areas, considered among the poorest in the city. Tax breaks have been deemed attractive for startups paying employees with stock options.

In an interview, Benioff said the tax was "immaterial" for big technology companies like his, but workers were homeless on a daily basis.

"People want action to support the homeless," he said. "It's an easy way. Unfortunately, many of these technology CEOs do not give money to the homeless, they do not give money to public schools, they do not give money to public hospitals … They work and live in their bubbles. "

A spokesman for Mr. Dorsey declined to comment.

As a sign that the homelessness measure will not only divide the city's Democrats, but potentially its business community, Patrick Collison, Stripe's Executive Director, has also contributed. "I'm with Jack," he tweeted. "Marc is well-intentioned, but I trust Mayor Breed's expertise on homelessness."

Write to Alejandro Lazo at [email protected]