- Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Medical Center and 13 other nonprofit organizations owning billions of dollars in Baltimore City property may have to pay taxes on their land for the first time if a newly proposed ballot measure makes it into law.
- A handful of unions and advocacy groups are pushing for a Community Wealth Building Fund that could bring in as much as $120 million annually from universities and hospitals in the city limits.
- That money would be stewarded by a commission appointed by the mayor and given to community building initiatives like worker-owned co-ops, urban farms and community-owned utilities.
https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2023-11-09/proposed-measure-would-tax-nonprofit-hospitals-and-universities-in-baltimore