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"content": "\u003cp>One of the Bay Area's leading Latino art galleries is ramping up the pressure on its landlord in their lease negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday morning, staff members of San Francisco's Galería de la Raza rallied outside their building owner's apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Galería has been at the same location on the corner of 24th and Bryant streets in the Mission for the past 46 years. This summer, Galería’s landlord proposed doubling the $3,127 rent for the approximately 5,000-square-foot space. The property is owned by the Lily Ng Trust and managed by GBA Realty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11703546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33481_20181029_104513-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galería de la Raza is located at 2857 24th St. in San Francisco’s Mission district. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit countered, asking for a slower scale-up in cost or to rent a quarter of the space instead at the same price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen got involved and tried to bring the two sides to an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's put down the greed for a moment and realize there are larger more important issues like how meaningful this organization is to the entire community in the mission,\" Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11703544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hillary Ronen, who represents the Mission on the Board of Supervisors, speaks at a Saturday rally to pressure Galeria de la Raza's landlord to come back to the negotiating table. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702324/galeria-de-la-raza-gets-nod-of-support-from-mayor-breed\">talks broke down\u003c/a> when the Galería refused to pay for accessibility improvements, because they are planning to move in two years to a new space they can afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ani Rivera is the Galería's Executive Director. On Saturday, she held a sign outside the building owners' apartment that reads \"We stand with Galería.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11703542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ani Rivera is Galeria de la Raza's Executive Director. She hopes this rally demonstrates \"what Galeria's about.\" \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"So we are here to today to sort of try to send a message, show them what the arts are about, what Galería 's about, the community they would be displacing,\" Rivera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building's property manager, Quan Phan, called the rally \"outrageous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Phan, the family is raising the rent to cover the skyrocketing cost of maintaining sidewalks, sewer lines and trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're finally asking for a little bit contribution and all of a sudden they become a greedy landlord,\" Phan said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's put down the greed for a moment and realize there are larger more important issues like how meaningful this organization is to the entire community in the mission,\" Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11703544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33611_Image-from-iOS-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hillary Ronen, who represents the Mission on the Board of Supervisors, speaks at a Saturday rally to pressure Galeria de la Raza's landlord to come back to the negotiating table. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702324/galeria-de-la-raza-gets-nod-of-support-from-mayor-breed\">talks broke down\u003c/a> when the Galería refused to pay for accessibility improvements, because they are planning to move in two years to a new space they can afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ani Rivera is the Galería's Executive Director. On Saturday, she held a sign outside the building owners' apartment that reads \"We stand with Galería.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11703542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33609_Image-from-iOS-2-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ani Rivera is Galeria de la Raza's Executive Director. She hopes this rally demonstrates \"what Galeria's about.\" \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"So we are here to today to sort of try to send a message, show them what the arts are about, what Galería 's about, the community they would be displacing,\" Rivera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building's property manager, Quan Phan, called the rally \"outrageous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Phan, the family is raising the rent to cover the skyrocketing cost of maintaining sidewalks, sewer lines and trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're finally asking for a little bit contribution and all of a sudden they become a greedy landlord,\" Phan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of unionized hotel workers who have been striking at Marriott hotels in San Francisco for the last month flooded into San Francisco City Hall on Friday, revealing stories of hardships to get by in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Unite Here Local 2, who walked off the job starting in early October, wore red shirts with the words “one job should be enough” and shared their struggles before a special Board of Supervisors hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them cried as they described how tough it’s been to get by, working several jobs on wages they consider too low, barely able to afford high rents and mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m living on a razor’s edge from one day to the next,” said Nicholas Javier, a server at the Westin St. Francis who lives in a single-room-occupancy hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julian Penrose, a bellman at the W hotel, said he has to work multiple jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703377 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Morales (right) waits in line with other hotel workers on strike to attend a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. Morales works at the W Hotel in San Francisco and has been a Marriott employee for 19 years. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like my wife and I can afford to have children in this city,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One job should be enough to make ends meet. One job should be enough to have a family, provide for your family … to cover health care … to retire in dignity,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in a city where it’s in demand to have two jobs: one just to pay rent and one for survival,” said Diana Gochez, a hotel culinary worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing came a day after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf urged Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to “listen and work” with the union to help end the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people who serve in our city’s hotels and restaurants deserve to have one job that is enough to live on,” Breed and Schaaf said in a letter to Sorenson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703378 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marriott hotel employee is consoled after delivering a public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 2, 2018. Many longtime employees expressed frustration with their low wages and the cost of living in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Marriott spokesperson said the company is reviewing the letter but would not comment on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message from the two mayors came two days after Sorenson rejected an invitation to attend Friday’s hearing. In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Sorenson criticized Unite Here, said its members were well compensated, and accused its leadership of focusing on orchestrating a nationwide job action instead of working a contract out at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman expressed outrage that Sorenson refused to attend the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m incredibly disappointed, and in fact, insulted that you decided not to show up today,” Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Hillary Ronen voices support for the striking Marriott workers at the beginning of a special supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation,” Mandelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 2,500 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders and bellmen represented by Unite Here Local 2 walked off the job at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and several other cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the two sides have made progress on some sticking points, including job security and issues surrounding technology in the hotels, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are far apart on wages and health care, union officials have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis,” Singh said. “This brazen position that this company has taken, an unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks are expected to resume Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marriott hotel workers on strike enter San Francisco City Hall to attend a special Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hundreds of unionized hotel workers who have been striking at Marriott hotels in San Francisco for the last month flooded into San Francisco City Hall on Friday, revealing stories of hardships to get by in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Unite Here Local 2, who walked off the job starting in early October, wore red shirts with the words “one job should be enough” and shared their struggles before a special Board of Supervisors hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them cried as they described how tough it’s been to get by, working several jobs on wages they consider too low, barely able to afford high rents and mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m living on a razor’s edge from one day to the next,” said Nicholas Javier, a server at the Westin St. Francis who lives in a single-room-occupancy hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julian Penrose, a bellman at the W hotel, said he has to work multiple jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703377 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0388.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Morales (right) waits in line with other hotel workers on strike to attend a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. Morales works at the W Hotel in San Francisco and has been a Marriott employee for 19 years. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like my wife and I can afford to have children in this city,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One job should be enough to make ends meet. One job should be enough to have a family, provide for your family … to cover health care … to retire in dignity,” Penrose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in a city where it’s in demand to have two jobs: one just to pay rent and one for survival,” said Diana Gochez, a hotel culinary worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing came a day after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf urged Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to “listen and work” with the union to help end the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people who serve in our city’s hotels and restaurants deserve to have one job that is enough to live on,” Breed and Schaaf said in a letter to Sorenson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703378 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0537.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marriott hotel employee is consoled after delivering a public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 2, 2018. Many longtime employees expressed frustration with their low wages and the cost of living in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Marriott spokesperson said the company is reviewing the letter but would not comment on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message from the two mayors came two days after Sorenson rejected an invitation to attend Friday’s hearing. In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Sorenson criticized Unite Here, said its members were well compensated, and accused its leadership of focusing on orchestrating a nationwide job action instead of working a contract out at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman expressed outrage that Sorenson refused to attend the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m incredibly disappointed, and in fact, insulted that you decided not to show up today,” Ronen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0480.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Hillary Ronen voices support for the striking Marriott workers at the beginning of a special supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. Dobrin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation,” Mandelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 2,500 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders and bellmen represented by Unite Here Local 2 walked off the job at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and several other cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the two sides have made progress on some sticking points, including job security and issues surrounding technology in the hotels, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are far apart on wages and health care, union officials have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a crisis,” Singh said. “This brazen position that this company has taken, an unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks are expected to resume Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11703380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mariott-strike-city-hall-0307.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marriott hotel workers on strike enter San Francisco City Hall to attend a special Board of Supervisors meeting on Nov. 2, 2018. \u003ccite>(J.P. 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"content": "\u003cp>Any day now, federal immigration officials are expected to officially propose that spouses of \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Characteristics_of_H-1B_Specialty_Occupation_Workers_FY17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B\u003c/a> visa holders \u003ca href=\"https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201810/Statement_1600.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer be allowed to work\u003c/a> in the U.S. Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/eads-by-basis-for-eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105,000\u003c/a> families are expected to be affected, most of them from India, many of them right here in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Leena Bhai. Her family of four rents a spacious but modest home in Sunnyvale. Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leena Bhai can keep working, at least until the new year. Presuming she wants to stay.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Any day now, federal immigration officials are expected to officially propose that spouses of \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Characteristics_of_H-1B_Specialty_Occupation_Workers_FY17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B\u003c/a> visa holders \u003ca href=\"https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201810/Statement_1600.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer be allowed to work\u003c/a> in the U.S. Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/eads-by-basis-for-eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105,000\u003c/a> families are expected to be affected, most of them from India, many of them right here in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Leena Bhai. Her family of four rents a spacious but modest home in Sunnyvale. Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated 11/1/18 at 10:45 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief executive of Marriott International issued a blistering critique of the union representing thousands of workers who’ve been striking at seven of the chain’s hotels in San Francisco for close to a month, in a letter sent to a city supervisor on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson rejected an invitation from Supervisor Hillary Ronen to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting aimed at resolving the company’s ongoing dispute with Unite Here Local 2, and claimed the union was more interested in coordinating a national labor action instead of settling local contract issues at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The union has attempted to portray Marriott as a company that has both disregarded its bargaining obligations and denied its employees fair wages and benefits,” Sorenson wrote in a letter obtained by KQED. “That could not be further from the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4, more than 2,000 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders, bellmen and others represented by Local 2 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked off the job\u003c/a> at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and other several cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who have been pushing for higher wages and better job protections, have not only been picketing outside of local hotels, but have also held marches and protests, in some cases leading to arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Marriott has not spoken out extensively about the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although we have generally stayed silent, opting not to negotiate with Unite Here Local 2 in the press or on social media, please don’t interpret this silence as confirmation of the union’s claims,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016. \u003ccite>(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His letter is in response to Ronen’s invitation for the Marriott CEO to speak before a special board meeting set for Friday to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hotel industry is a cornerstone of our economy,” Ronen wrote to Sorenson last week. “As head of the largest employer in San Francisco’s hotel industry, you play a critical role in all of this,” Ronen wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, shortly after Sorenson rejected the invitation, Ronen did not mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">S.F. Mayor Breed Meets With Union, Expresses Support for Striking Hotel Workers\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1200x773.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I’m very disappointed that the CEO of a company that makes so much money by operating in San Francisco and who could settle this strike today, won’t take the time to attend this important hearing,” Ronen said in a text to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sends the message that our city is just one more profit center, rather than a home for thousands of workers who are struggling every day,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Ronen’s office says her office expects nearly a thousand rank and file workers to show up at Friday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen, several other supervisors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>, as well as the city’s labor community, have all showed support for the striking employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s travel and hotel industry have stayed, for the most part, silent on developments in the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does the letter represent Sorenson’s first public comments about the San Francisco strike, it signaled a more aggressive tone from the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strike that has encompassed eight cities, including San Francisco, was not the result of a bargaining impasse in any city, but rather, it seems, part of the union’s bargaining strategy from the outset,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorenson says the company’s employees are well-compensated, receiving strong wages, medical coverage and a pension fund, among other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union officials declined to comment on Sorenson’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Ronen’s response says it all,” said Unite Here press secretary Rachel Gumpert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, union leaders have said the strike \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not end\u003c/a> until the workers it represents don’t need to work several jobs just to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4, more than 2,000 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders, bellmen and others represented by Local 2 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked off the job\u003c/a> at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and other several cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who have been pushing for higher wages and better job protections, have not only been picketing outside of local hotels, but have also held marches and protests, in some cases leading to arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Marriott has not spoken out extensively about the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although we have generally stayed silent, opting not to negotiate with Unite Here Local 2 in the press or on social media, please don’t interpret this silence as confirmation of the union’s claims,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016. \u003ccite>(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His letter is in response to Ronen’s invitation for the Marriott CEO to speak before a special board meeting set for Friday to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hotel industry is a cornerstone of our economy,” Ronen wrote to Sorenson last week. “As head of the largest employer in San Francisco’s hotel industry, you play a critical role in all of this,” Ronen wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, shortly after Sorenson rejected the invitation, Ronen did not mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">S.F. 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Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,” Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strike that has encompassed eight cities, including San Francisco, was not the result of a bargaining impasse in any city, but rather, it seems, part of the union’s bargaining strategy from the outset,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorenson says the company’s employees are well-compensated, receiving strong wages, medical coverage and a pension fund, among other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union officials declined to comment on Sorenson’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Ronen’s response says it all,” said Unite Here press secretary Rachel Gumpert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, union leaders have said the strike \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not end\u003c/a> until the workers it represents don’t need to work several jobs just to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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And because Mexico represents a huge chunk of those exports, they’re feeling the pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, almost a third of the state’s dairy products were exported to Mexico, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/PDFs/2017AgExports.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Canada is a distant second, followed by China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Peluso Cheese manufacturing facility in the Central Valley city of Los Banos, three women grind Cotija Molido into a crumble that’s used in traditional Mexican and Central American cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women stand as they work in a small refrigerated room cordoned off from the rest of the building with a plastic curtain. Before it leaves this part of the facility, the cheese will be bagged, labeled and boxed for shipping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cotija Molido is one of several cheeses — along with Oaxaca and Panela — that Peluso sells to consumers south of the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rene Reynoso, Peluso’s chief operating officer, said they ship 40,000 pounds of cheese to Mexico each month. He’d been planning to increase that by a factor of five, to 200,000 pounds of cheese per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then, he hit the brakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We basically saw everything that was going on with the trade wars and we said ‘uh-oh.’ That’s going to create problems for our business,” Reynoso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mexico has enacted tariffs of as much as 25 percent on cheese made in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mexican people living in Mexico won’t be able to afford this cheese. 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"content": "\u003cp>A measure that would fundamentally alter Proposition 13 already has enough signatures to qualify for the November 2020 ballot. It’s known as “split roll” and here’s how it would work:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://projects.scpr.org/prop-13/\">The California Dream: The Oakland Block That Proposition 13 Built\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"http://projects.scpr.org/prop-13/\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2018/10/23/Prop13600.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since 1978, Proposition 13 has played an outsized role in who can afford to live in California. Did it save the California dream, or spoil it? To answer that question, we focused on a single block in a middle-class neighborhood in North Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>California property owners – whether homes or businesses – have benefited equally for 40 years from the passage of Proposition 13. 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Newer entrepreneurs often end up paying much more in property tax than established business owners, in part because those who’ve owned property the longest benefit the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Challenges of Running a New Business in a Hot Market\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Noah Kinner owns a gym at the end of the block. It’s in an industrial building that once housed a biker bar. This is Kinner’s second gym location, and his first time owning commercial property. 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But the way Oakland prices keep rising, he wonders how long he’d be able to qualify as an exempt small business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know the value of the building has appreciated significantly since we bought it,” Kinner says. “But that doesn't translate into anything for me and my day-to-day business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 13, Kinner’s property tax bill works pretty much the same way it does for his neighbors who own homes. It’s based on the price he paid for the building back in 2015 — not its market value today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering all the other costs associated with running his gym, Kinner appreciates the stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he lost that predictability, he says, staying open would be trickier. “If every year my valuation — like the Bay Area — is exceeding the rate that I'm able to grow my business, then I'm just incentivized to sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why Supporters Are for Split Roll\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The idea of taxing commercial property differently than homes appeals to many Californians. Oakland resident Samuel Drew, who lives near the gym, likes the idea of keeping Proposition 13 in place for homeowners. But he says many businesses don’t need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's good for working people to lower their taxes,” Drew says. “But when you're making millions and billions, it just doesn't hit me as fair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But statewide, support for split roll has been declining, according to polling from the Public Policy Institute of California. Some 60 percent of likely voters were in favor of split roll back in 2012. That support has \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/press-release/newsom-villaraigosa-virtual-tie-feinstein-leads-de-leon-double-digits/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped to 46 percent\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PPIC President Mark Baldassare says public support is likely to dip when the economy is strong and the state’s budget is healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that many voters look to the split roll as a possibility to help the state out of a financial crisis,” Baldassare says. “But we're not in a financial crisis at the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the biggest selling point for proponents of split roll is how much it would raise in new tax revenue. A \u003ca href=\"https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/242/docs/Getting_Real_About_Reform_2017_Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC study\u003c/a> found that it could bring in an additional $11.4 billion per year statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That could pay for a lot of services, health care workers and teachers,” says USC researcher and study co-author Jennifer Ito. Alameda County alone would take in about $550 million more each year, she says. “Every county in California would get additional revenue to go toward our local government and schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Split roll backers question why Proposition 13 lets large, older corporations benefit from much lower tax assessments than newer companies right next door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, Intel owns a plot of land in the heart of Silicon Valley with an assessed value of about $2.50 per square foot. Meanwhile, just across the street, a professional office center is sitting on land with a recently assessed value of about $126 per square foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Roll Critics Say Employers Already Pay Enough\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But taxpayer groups say split roll would only make the cost of doing business in California more burdensome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you talk to business owners and ask them if they're getting a pretty good deal on taxes in California, they will unanimously say 'no,' ” says David Kline, vice president of communications and research at the California Taxpayers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11701237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As long as the market value of Noah Kinner’s building stays below $2 million, he would not be subject to the proposed split roll changes. \u003ccite>(Sean Havey/California Dream)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Business groups often describe property taxes as one bright spot for companies in a state that otherwise levies some of the highest taxes in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 split roll analysis\u003c/a> from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office concluded that raising business taxes relative to other states could “influence some businesses' decisions about whether to expand in or move to California.” But overall effects on the health of the state’s economy would be uncertain, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kline says if split roll passes it’s not clear other taxes would come down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This particular initiative doesn't have any tax cuts to the sales tax or income tax to mitigate the problem,” he says. “It just has a punitive tax specifically targeted at California employers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 13 has benefited some long-term property owners in this rapidly changing Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just down the street from Kinner’s gym, there’s a donut shop. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A measure that would fundamentally alter Proposition 13 already has enough signatures to qualify for the November 2020 ballot. It’s known as “split roll” and here’s how it would work:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"http://projects.scpr.org/prop-13/\">The California Dream: The Oakland Block That Proposition 13 Built\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"http://projects.scpr.org/prop-13/\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2018/10/23/Prop13600.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since 1978, Proposition 13 has played an outsized role in who can afford to live in California. Did it save the California dream, or spoil it? To answer that question, we focused on a single block in a middle-class neighborhood in North Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>California property owners – whether homes or businesses – have benefited equally for 40 years from the passage of Proposition 13. That measure limits annual increases on property taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a progressive coalition, including housing advocates and teachers unions, wants to split homes and businesses onto separate tax rolls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owners holding more than $2 million in commercial property would no longer be taxed based on the original price they paid. Instead, they would pay based on the property’s regularly re-assessed market value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would generate over $10 billion a year for our schools and local communities, without having to continue to increase taxes on individuals,” says Ben Grieff, campaign director for Evolve California, one of the groups pushing for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/17-0055%20%28Funding%20for%20Schools%20and%20Communities%29_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">split roll measure\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this block in North Oakland, where we’ve been examining the legacy of Proposition 13, business owners have seen some of the same impacts of homeowners. Newer entrepreneurs often end up paying much more in property tax than established business owners, in part because those who’ve owned property the longest benefit the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Challenges of Running a New Business in a Hot Market\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Noah Kinner owns a gym at the end of the block. It’s in an industrial building that once housed a biker bar. This is Kinner’s second gym location, and his first time owning commercial property. He says many of the people who come here to workout live close by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701236\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11701236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-portrait-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gym owner Noah Kinner says the predictability he gets from Proposition 13 helps him keep his business in the neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Sean Havey/California Dream)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As long as the market value of Kinner’s building stays below $2 million, he would not be subject to the proposed split roll changes. But the way Oakland prices keep rising, he wonders how long he’d be able to qualify as an exempt small business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know the value of the building has appreciated significantly since we bought it,” Kinner says. “But that doesn't translate into anything for me and my day-to-day business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 13, Kinner’s property tax bill works pretty much the same way it does for his neighbors who own homes. It’s based on the price he paid for the building back in 2015 — not its market value today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering all the other costs associated with running his gym, Kinner appreciates the stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he lost that predictability, he says, staying open would be trickier. “If every year my valuation — like the Bay Area — is exceeding the rate that I'm able to grow my business, then I'm just incentivized to sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why Supporters Are for Split Roll\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The idea of taxing commercial property differently than homes appeals to many Californians. Oakland resident Samuel Drew, who lives near the gym, likes the idea of keeping Proposition 13 in place for homeowners. But he says many businesses don’t need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's good for working people to lower their taxes,” Drew says. “But when you're making millions and billions, it just doesn't hit me as fair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But statewide, support for split roll has been declining, according to polling from the Public Policy Institute of California. Some 60 percent of likely voters were in favor of split roll back in 2012. That support has \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/press-release/newsom-villaraigosa-virtual-tie-feinstein-leads-de-leon-double-digits/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped to 46 percent\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PPIC President Mark Baldassare says public support is likely to dip when the economy is strong and the state’s budget is healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that many voters look to the split roll as a possibility to help the state out of a financial crisis,” Baldassare says. “But we're not in a financial crisis at the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the biggest selling point for proponents of split roll is how much it would raise in new tax revenue. A \u003ca href=\"https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/242/docs/Getting_Real_About_Reform_2017_Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC study\u003c/a> found that it could bring in an additional $11.4 billion per year statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That could pay for a lot of services, health care workers and teachers,” says USC researcher and study co-author Jennifer Ito. Alameda County alone would take in about $550 million more each year, she says. “Every county in California would get additional revenue to go toward our local government and schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Split roll backers question why Proposition 13 lets large, older corporations benefit from much lower tax assessments than newer companies right next door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, Intel owns a plot of land in the heart of Silicon Valley with an assessed value of about $2.50 per square foot. Meanwhile, just across the street, a professional office center is sitting on land with a recently assessed value of about $126 per square foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Roll Critics Say Employers Already Pay Enough\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But taxpayer groups say split roll would only make the cost of doing business in California more burdensome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you talk to business owners and ask them if they're getting a pretty good deal on taxes in California, they will unanimously say 'no,' ” says David Kline, vice president of communications and research at the California Taxpayers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11701237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/biz-noah-working-at-table-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As long as the market value of Noah Kinner’s building stays below $2 million, he would not be subject to the proposed split roll changes. \u003ccite>(Sean Havey/California Dream)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Business groups often describe property taxes as one bright spot for companies in a state that otherwise levies some of the highest taxes in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 split roll analysis\u003c/a> from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office concluded that raising business taxes relative to other states could “influence some businesses' decisions about whether to expand in or move to California.” But overall effects on the health of the state’s economy would be uncertain, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kline says if split roll passes it’s not clear other taxes would come down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This particular initiative doesn't have any tax cuts to the sales tax or income tax to mitigate the problem,” he says. “It just has a punitive tax specifically targeted at California employers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 13 has benefited some long-term property owners in this rapidly changing Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just down the street from Kinner’s gym, there’s a donut shop. Cambodian immigrant Timothy Mom has been running it since 1990. He rents the space, but he pays property taxes to his landlord as part of his lease agreement. Mom says that bill comes to about $135 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says that he’d have a much harder time starting his donut shop in this neighborhood today, especially if his taxes were tied to current property prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now it's very expensive to open a new business,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After years of economic boom, voters in San Francisco, East Palo Alto and Mountain View will decide this November if big corporations should be taxed to help pay for issues that have only gotten worse as business has grown: housing and transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business groups against the tax hikes argue the measures would give companies a reason to expand in other cities, or even worse, leave the region altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters however, counter that corporate philanthropy has been insufficient to take on the Bay Area’s problems like homelessness and transportation. They argue that a steady funding stream must be created to pay for services.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘There’s two kinds of people in San Francisco. There’s people who are willing to give and always opening their hearts and their wallets to support whatever society needs. And there’s those who won’t give at all no matter what.’\u003ccite>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“With all of these business taxes right now, there’s certainly an inspiration to take advantage of the enormous prosperity we have in the region, while we have it,” said Molly Turner, a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate has touched a nerve in San Francisco, where a proposed tax hike has sparked a clash of tech titans, divided political allies and led the city’s new mayor to make the most controversial decision of her tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C would double the city’s homeless services budget by raising the gross receipts tax on annual revenue above $50 million that companies bring in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average half-percent increase in the tax would raise roughly $300 million annually to help get homeless San Franciscans off of the street. Half of the money would go toward long-term fixes, like supportive housing, while the other half would go toward more immediate assistance, like shelters, mental health services and rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just got this massive tax break from [President] Trump. The corporate rate went from 35 percent all the way down to 21 percent,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, which sponsored the measure. “In order to address the systemic crises we need ongoing revenue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As thousands of people sleep on the street each night, most San Franciscans would be quick to name homelessness as a top issue facing the city. Less clear is what voters are willing to do to address the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last two ballot measures that proposed a tax hike to raise money for the homeless — a 2016 sales tax increase and a real estate tax on the ballot last June — both failed. Proposition C differs because it would dedicate all the revenue it raises to homeless programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve seen in the past is tinkering, and I don’t think voters have a lot of patience for that,” said Friedenbach. “They want to see big change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKxFrMkzKA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s estimated that 300 to 400 companies would pay the Proposition C tax hike. These corporations already pay 57 percent of the business taxes collected by San Francisco, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Economic%20Analysis/hgrt_economic_impact_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report\u003c/a> from the Office of Economic Analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s on top of the increased costs necessary to recruit and retain workers in the region, said Jim Lazarus, senior vice president of public policy at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At some point the straw breaks the camel’s back and some chief financial officer says, ‘When the lease comes up we’re leaving town,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar warnings from Amazon pushed Seattle’s City Council to abandon a newly enacted business tax earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But San Francisco’s largest private employer, Salesforce, has taken a markedly different stance on Proposition C. The cloud computing giant has donated $4.7 million to the Yes on C campaign, with another $1 million coming from CEO Marc Benioff. This despite Benioff’s assertion that the company stands to pay millions more under the tax proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10467228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-400x264.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-1440x950.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-1180x779.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-768x507.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-320x211.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff pictured at company conference in October 2014. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To Benioff, the debate over Proposition C is black and white, and CEOs who aren’t for the measure aren’t being socially responsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve found is there’s two kinds of people in San Francisco,” he told KQED. “There’s people who are willing to give and always opening their hearts and their wallets to support whatever society needs. And there’s those who won’t give at all no matter what.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Implied in that second group was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who Benioff traded jabs with over Proposition C. Dorsey argued that his company Square will be hurt more by the tax increase than Salesforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jack/status/1053312148317716480\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Lyft and Macy’s joined Square to donate to the No on Prop. C campaign. It didn’t make much of a dent. Thanks to Benioff, the “yes” side has raked in four times as much in contributions, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/ethics/2018/03/campaign-finance-dashboards-june-5-2018-and-november-6-2018-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Department of Elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s stance on Proposition C has also caused a fissure with a political ally: San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff said the need for sustained homeless funding is best illustrated by a call he recently got from the mayor. Breed was looking for a donation of $8 million to acquire a site that could be used for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s out of money. Her budget was fully maxed,” Benioff said. “The city has these shovel-ready projects ready to go and we can directly address these homeless people if we have more directed funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed disagrees, not only with the nature of the call — she said she asked Benioff for the immediate donation because a budget supplemental would have taken too long to secure the units — but with the idea that San Francisco can hike taxes for homeless services without consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can big business pay more to support this? Yes, they can,” Breed told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But things like a ballot measure need to be handled more responsibly,” she added. “Making sure that as we try and tax, that there aren’t the unintended consequences of job loss for middle-income residents. I mean manufacturing, retail, those are things that are important to San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690711\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-800x552.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-800x552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1020x704.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1200x828.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1180x814.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-960x663.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-375x259.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-520x359.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s economic analysis of Proposition C finds that retail would be the sector most at risk of job loss, but that the tax’s overall impact on jobs would be insignificant: an estimated loss of 0.1 percent of all jobs in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brimming beneath Breed’s warning of job flight, and her stated desire for the city to get a better handle on how it spends the $300 million already dedicated to homelessness, seems to be a political frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor was elected in June on a promise to address the crisis. If Proposition C passes and doubles the city’s homeless budget, it will likely be Breed — not Benioff or the homeless advocates who wrote the measure — who will be judged for its results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to make sure that I’m being held accountable for the decisions I make,” she said. “Not the decisions that other people are making.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s a chance the heated debate over Proposition C could actually stretch past November. Supporters are hoping that a recent state Supreme Court ruling will allow the citizens’ initiative to pass with a majority vote. Historically, local measures that directed funding to a specific source, like homeless services, required a two-thirds vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax measures in Mountain View and East Palo Alto have come with significantly fewer political fireworks, but also reflect a shift toward demanding greater corporate responsibility to take on the Bay Area’s vexing housing and transportation problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11647955 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS378_Google_082411-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign is posted outside Google headquarters Jan. 21, 2010, in Mountain View, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Measure HH in East Palo Alto would tax large commercial office space at a rate of $2.50 per square foot to pay for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters are hoping to capitalize on the recent growth of Amazon in the city, and Facebook’s expansion in nearby Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to protect our community and have a fair share that will improve the lives of more people,” said Mayor Ruben Abrica. “We’re also trying to be proactive because we know that other development is going to take place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s tax is more heavily directed toward a single company: Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed “head tax” in Measure P would tax companies for each employee, with larger companies paying higher rates. Revenue from the tax will go to the general fund, with the promise that it will be used for transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax is expected to raise $6 million annually, with more than half coming from Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google is not opposing the tax increase, and Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel said the search giant has been quick to assist with issues like homelessness in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re a good corporate citizen but we can’t bond against their donations,” he told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101866893/election-2018-bay-area-cities-to-vote-on-taxing-big-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “So the tax will allow us to bond so that we can build the infrastructure that allows Google employees to get from Caltrain to the Googleplex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700919/sen-feinstein-calls-out-s-f-tech-ceos-for-lack-of-civic-engagement\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein Calls Out S.F. Tech CEOs for Lack of Civic Engagement\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700919/sen-feinstein-calls-out-s-f-tech-ceos-for-lack-of-civic-engagement\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33368_102318_AW_DianeFeinstein_03-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The demand for more investment from big business, and in particular the region’s thriving tech companies, is a reversal from the policy conversations that took place in Bay Area cities at the beginning of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/22623/watch-live-sf-supervisors-vote-on-twitter-tax-break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its tax code\u003c/a> to attract and retain businesses, with particular incentives for growing tech companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many supporters of the Bay Area business taxes claim that those thriving corporations did not reciprocate the friendly policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t see tech as very civically involved, and I think they have to be,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who told KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700919/sen-feinstein-calls-out-s-f-tech-ceos-for-lack-of-civic-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she supports Proposition C\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like when I was mayor, the CEOs of the big banks — I could go in and ask them to help with any civic cause. Cross my heart. I never got a ‘no.’ Bank of America, Wells [Fargo], all of them said ‘yes.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So instead of asking, the tax measures hope to compel Bay Area corporations to put a greater amount of skin in the game toward local problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question remains whether a push like Proposition C has come too late, and is simply setting the stage for a fleeting victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is certainly a risk if we rely on this one tax to fund a huge part of our homeless services,” said Molly Turner of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. “If we have a correction or a recession in the near future, that’s going to cut significantly to our ability to fund those programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Historically, local measures that directed funding to a specific source, like homeless services, required a two-thirds vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax measures in Mountain View and East Palo Alto have come with significantly fewer political fireworks, but also reflect a shift toward demanding greater corporate responsibility to take on the Bay Area’s vexing housing and transportation problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11647955 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS378_Google_082411-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign is posted outside Google headquarters Jan. 21, 2010, in Mountain View, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Measure HH in East Palo Alto would tax large commercial office space at a rate of $2.50 per square foot to pay for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters are hoping to capitalize on the recent growth of Amazon in the city, and Facebook’s expansion in nearby Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to protect our community and have a fair share that will improve the lives of more people,” said Mayor Ruben Abrica. “We’re also trying to be proactive because we know that other development is going to take place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s tax is more heavily directed toward a single company: Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed “head tax” in Measure P would tax companies for each employee, with larger companies paying higher rates. 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I never got a ‘no.’ Bank of America, Wells [Fargo], all of them said ‘yes.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So instead of asking, the tax measures hope to compel Bay Area corporations to put a greater amount of skin in the game toward local problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question remains whether a push like Proposition C has come too late, and is simply setting the stage for a fleeting victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is certainly a risk if we rely on this one tax to fund a huge part of our homeless services,” said Molly Turner of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. “If we have a correction or a recession in the near future, that’s going to cut significantly to our ability to fund those programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They are often on mopeds, and still wearing their helmets when they come into the restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These workers are paid by the order, which means they’re rushing into the restaurant to grab food and make their deliveries as quickly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deseran says the apps create all kinds of chaos that restaurants have to manage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who is going to be dealing with these orders?” Deseran asks. “Will we have another person taking these orders? Will it be its own position? Where will we store the compostable trays? 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