Nevada business owner offers San Francisco alternative to planned $1.7 million toilet

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A Nevada businessman offered to donate a building for a public toilet in San Francisco rather than have the city build one for $1.7 million.

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A Nevada businessman is offering to donate a building to be used as a public toilet in San Francisco after news of a single public toilet that willChad Kaufman, president of Public Restroom Company, said he will donate a pre-fabricated building fitted with a toilet, locking door and sink. The building normally sells for $135,000,He said a local labor union must install it, and the usual bureaucratic red tape that is responsible for most public projects must be waived.

Festival goers walk along 24th Street as during the 10th annual Noe Valley neighborhood SummerFEST. A public toilet slated fo the area will cost the city $1.7 million and take several years to complete.The issue with Kaufman's offer comes as Nevada remains on a list ofwon't do business with because of laws deemed discriminatory to the LGBT community, the news station reported.

The sky-high price tag of the toilet was met with outcry last month. State Assemblyman Matt Haney was forced to cancel an event celebrating the new bathroom in theCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has also threatened to withhold funds for the project until a more cost-efficient way can be found. "A single, small bathroom should not cost $1.7 million," Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for Newsom, previously told Fox News Digital.

 

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