i prefer the TAT be used for rail because it forces the County to be more accountable for the Rail instead of asking for State handouts every time HART and Caldwell misdraft a budget or contract (every time). It's a naive hope that if the County is being forced to utilize a tax that relates to County spending like the TAT they'll be more careful about the rail. 


I believe that some of those issues you mentioned, particularly homeless and environmental issues related to global warming have been addressed with bills that passed this session (not as much as I'd hope but they did soldier through). 


Though, in relation to Airbnb, they were really adamant on not releasing names of their landlords. I saw a few clips of the hearing on Olelo and in the news but they cited legal issues and a Higher court ruling that said it was illegal to release the names.  But, it's very relieving to hear about the SF registration system and hopefully it'll mean Hawaii will soon follow suit.