Lurie wants to ask his rich friends to fund his programs. Here's why it won't work

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Lurie wants to ask his rich friends to fund his programs. Here's why it won't work

Mayor Daniel Lurie now has the executive authority to raise money from private donors to help his crackdown on fentanyl. Normally (and for good reason) the supes have to approve any “behested payments,” like the ones that played a role in the recent City Hall corruption scandals. But the board just gave up that authority, allowing Lurie to ask rich people to give money to any programs he wants to fund. The Chron has a lovely list of some of the …