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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco transportation officials are touting the success of a city program that seeks to regulate the big shuttle buses that move tech workers from San Francisco to their jobs in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/projects/2016/Commuter%20Shuttle%20Program%20Mid%20Term%20Status%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A report\u003c/a> released Thursday showed a 91 percent decrease in the number of shuttles operating on small residential streets since April, when a retooled Commuter Shuttle Program went into full effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttle-program-2016-2017\" target=\"_blank\">The program\u003c/a> started as an 18-month pilot between August 2014 and January 2016, which established specific unloading zones for shuttles and limited the type of streets shuttles could drive on, among other regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Before we launched our original pilot program in 2014, shuttles basically pulled over wherever they could and conflicted with Muni service, blocked traffic and created safety hazards,\" said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people objected, arguing that it disrupted Muni travel and had negative effects on housing costs by keeping tech workers in San Francisco and contributing to gentrification. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-tech-bus-program-targeted-in-lawsuit-5445875.php\" target=\"_blank\">A lawsuit\u003c/a> was filed against the program in 2014 alleging it violated state traffic and environmental law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2015, the SFMTA board approved legislation creating the current Commuter Shuttle Program for a one-year term starting in April 2016. Opponents continued to protest, leading the Board of Supervisors to hammer out \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/09/s-f-supervisors-deal-would-extend-tech-shuttle-bus-program/\" target=\"_blank\">a deal\u003c/a> with them and the tech companies in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shuttle companies must apply for a permit to participate in the program, which grants them access to 80 shared Muni stops as well as 29 shuttle-only stops in the city. That's down from an original 125 approved stops before the February deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said there are currently 17 permitted shuttle companies operating 789 shuttles on San Francisco streets. Those shuttles carry an average of just under 10,000 riders a day, a 15 percent increase from the pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the program, companies must pay $7.31 each time one of their vehicles makes a stop and must agree to avoid smaller restricted streets. They must also agree to provide the SFMTA with continuous real-time GPS data so the agency can track where the shuttles are driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[The GPS tracking system] makes enforcement more efficient by allowing us to know when shuttles use restricted streets and allows us to issue penalties when we need to,\" Rose said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose points to effective enforcement -- fueled by the GPS system and a dedicated enforcement team -- as one of the key reasons the program has been so successful. Shuttle companies are fined $250 if one of their vehicles drives on an unauthorized street. These fines have totaled more than $500,000 since the start of the pilot program, but the average daily number of vehicles on these no-go streets dropped from 195 in April to only 15 in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also been a 129 percent increase in monthly citations issued to shuttle vehicles between the pilot and the current program, with more than 800 citations being doled out between April and August of this year. The citations are heavily concentrated around busy locations like Valencia and 26th Streets, Divisadero and Haight Streets, and Townsend and Fourth Streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA received 267 complaints about shuttles between April and August, with 99 coming in the first month. Almost a third of complaints were for shuttles operating on restricted streets. Other complaints focused on shuttles making unauthorized stops, idling, blocking traffic as well as unpermitted shuttles. The report notes that more than 40 percent of all complaints were submitted by one Noe Valley resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As another part of the February deal, the Board Supervisors asked the SFMTA to look into potentially creating a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfmta-board-approves-changes-to-commuter-shuttle-program/\" target=\"_blank\">\"hub\" model\u003c/a> for the shuttle program that would reduce and concentrate the number of shuttle spots in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, the SFMTA studied three potential hub models: a single San Francisco hub, a BART-oriented system with five \"nodes\" within a quarter-mile of the eight San Francisco BART stations, and a freeway-based system with nine nodes located within a quarter-mile of freeway on- and off-ramps. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco faces a renewed political battle over tech company shuttles plying the city's streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Board of Supervisors' moderate faction are disputing colleagues' claims that technology firms are on board with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/09/s-f-supervisors-deal-would-extend-tech-shuttle-bus-program\" target=\"_blank\">a tentative agreement\u003c/a> that could impose new restrictions on how the shuttle buses operate. 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Thousands of workers for those companies and others ride the shuttles every day to get to and from campuses on the Peninsula and in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The proposed changes to the shuttle program by several of my colleagues are nothing more than an effort to tear down the shuttle system.'\u003ccite>Supervisor Scott Wiener\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The prospective deal also calls for a six-month review that would assess the shuttles' impact on air pollution and traffic congestion. The review would also consider capping the number of Muni stops the shuttles could use at 125, creating centralized stops or hubs for some shuttle routes and barring the big buses from narrow neighborhood streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement would allow the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to avoid, for now, a full environmental impact report on the shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the deal provoked angry responses from Wiener and Supervisor Mark Farrell, who accused Campos et al. of trying to kill the tech shuttles by making it harder for them to operate. Farrell and Wiener were joined by Supervisor Katy Tang on Tuesday in voting against a resolution to delay action on extending the shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no need to delay the program further with politically motivated, nonbinding recommendations that have not been vetted by any transportation experts,\" Farrell said in an email after the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The continued delay of this vote -- and the proposed changes to the shuttle program by several of my colleagues -- are nothing more than an effort to tear down the shuttle system,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said some shuttle riders would have to take at least one Muni bus to get to prospective hubs, adding more time to their commute and probably leading more of them to drive to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the intent of the supervisors who are pushing this -- to make the shuttles go away and, they hope, the tech workers with them,\" Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener and a spokesman for the Bay Area Council, a business lobbying group, question whether the tech companies ever agreed to the deal Campos described.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no formal agreement on proposed amendments to the approved shuttle program,\" said Rufus Jeffris, vice president of communications for the council. He said talks involving the tech companies, the council, the SFMTA and members of the Board of Supervisors are ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's confounding to see how a program that is removing 2 million car trips a year from our congested roads and highways is not viewed as a major benefit for all San Francisco residents,\" said Jeffris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the companies involved in the negotiations, only Genentech responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10859170\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10859170\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10859170\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-400x252.jpg\" alt=\"A permit issued by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the city's tech shuttle pilot program.\" width=\"400\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-768x485.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-1440x909.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit-960x606.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/shuttlebuspermit.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A permit issued by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the city's tech shuttle pilot program. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We are hopeful that all parties involved in ongoing discussions around the shuttle program will work together to reach a resolution that will take cars off the road and allow employees to commute to work in a practical and environmentally sustainable way,\" said Susan Wilson, a Genentech spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos said Thursday the talks are ongoing. \"I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to finalize the tentative agreement,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Program critics say the shuttles have accelerated gentrification and displacement in many San Francisco neighborhoods and have been pressing the Board of Supervisors to require an environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA has studied the idea of \"hubs\" in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Glen Park and Balboa BART stations, Candlestick Point, Alemany Farmers' Market and the future Transbay Terminal were reviewed as potential hub locations, according to a memo the transit agency sent to the Board of Supervisors last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Maguire, who heads the agency's Sustainable Streets initiative, wrote that for a hub to serve as a feasible location, it would need to have enough space for dozens of shuttles every hour, be available during morning and afternoon peak hours, and be accessible to mass transit and nearby highways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is limited physical space, if any, to accommodate the commuter shuttle buses in one concentrated location,\" Maguire said. \"Concentrating commuter shuttles at hubs could have more intense air quality impacts and roadway congestion than the adopted program's distributed network.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The number of individual stops the buses make to pick up or drop off passengers in the city -- about 3,000 a day -- has increased about 30 percent in the past year, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new SFMTA stats are part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/projects/2015/Evaluation%20Report%20-%20Oct%205%202015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a study\u003c/a> evaluating the first year of a pilot program to try to bring some order to the expanding fleet of private shuttles and to deal with their impact on Muni buses, other traffic and pedestrians in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among other requirements, the pilot program has required shuttle operators to use a network of 124 designated stops and to pay a fee of $3.67 every time a bus picks up or drops off passengers. The SFMTA says the network of stops is designed to prevent conflict with Muni vehicles and to give the private buses a way to get out of traffic when they make stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA report shows that so far, the pilot's results are mixed. Based on spot checks of shuttle activity at 20 different locations in July 2015, the SFMTA says the observed number of Muni buses blocked from making stops fell by 35 percent compared to June 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the study says that the shuttles, typically large motor coaches that carry 40 or more passengers, still have a way of obstructing the streets. The SFMTA spot check found the big buses blocked other traffic -- either other motor vehicles or bicycles -- on about 35 percent of their stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the worst locations -- Valencia and 24th streets, 16th and Mission streets, Lombard and Pierce streets, and Divisadero Street and Geary Boulevard, for instance -- private shuttle buses block other traffic virtually every time they stop to take on or discharge passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study suggests that tougher traffic enforcement is needed to ensure shuttles don't double park and to ensure they avoid unauthorized use of Muni bus stops. In the first 10 months of the pilot, the report says, the SFMTA issued 1,200 citations to shuttle buses for those two offenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Double-parking is dangerous for everyone who walks, bikes and drives, resulting in unpredictable behavior by people trying to get around double-parked vehicles,\" said Chris Cassidy, communications director for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbike.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bike Coalition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also includes results of an SFMTA survey that included responses from 550 shuttle riders. Nearly half of those respondents said they'd drive alone in their cars if the shuttles weren't available. Based on that response, the SFMTA estimates the shuttles eliminate about 4.3 million vehicle miles traveled from the region's streets and highways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The pilot program took cars off the road and created a situation where the shuttles could operate safely, as opposed to the kind of unregulated Wild West conditions that were out there before,\" said Tom Maguire, director of SFMTA's Sustainable Streets program, which produced the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot project is scheduled to run through the end of January 2016. Business groups support making the program permanent, but whether it becomes a fixture on city streets may depend on the outcome of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-activists-and-seiu-sue-city-over-google-bus-plan\" target=\"_blank\">a lawsuit filed last year\u003c/a> by anti-eviction activists who say the private shuttle buses have fueled a rising tide of displacement in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks to require the city to review the pilot project under the California Environmental Quality Act, a review that must include an assessment of the project's impact on pedestrian and bicyclist safety, on air quality and on its \"potential to displace low- and moderate-income individuals.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shuttle opponents \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-s-temporary-tech-shuttle-rules-get-good-6549938.php\" target=\"_blank\">told the San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We’ve been pretty upset that the SFMTA, in evaluating the program, has not looked at the impacts on housing that the stops are having,” said Erin McElroy, of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project. “We’ve found that rents have risen dramatically in the areas where stops are located, and so have evictions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cynthia Crews, a self-described “transit geek,” is part of a group that has sued the city, seeking an environmental impact report on the shuttle program. 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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_26964703/uc-tuition-hike-debate-reveals-struggle-over-university\" target=\"_blank\">UC tuition-hike debate reveals struggle over university autonomy (Bay Area News Group):\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A growing rift between the University of California and Gov. Jerry Brown over tuition increases has exposed a broader struggle over who controls the powerhouse university system and who should pay for it. Beneath the tuition-hike debate set to play out at Wednesday's UC Regents meeting in San Francisco is a palpable tension between state government and a public university that historically has operated with relative autonomy and which has grown increasingly reliant on tuition and other private funding, rather than state subsidies, to pay its bills. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_26964703/uc-tuition-hike-debate-reveals-struggle-over-university\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/If-UC-managed-its-endowment-better-it-could-skip-5902321.php\" target=\"_blank\">If UC managed its endowment better, it could skip tuition increases\u003c/a> (San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the hopes of picking up another $100 million per year, the UC Regents are meeting this week to discuss UC President Janet Napolitano’s recommendation that tuition be increased by 5 percent a year over the next five years. ... What the regents don’t want us to focus on is that there might never have been a need to increase tuition three-fold since 2002. Had they simply taken a page from Yale Endowment guru David Swensen’s book, UC might not have had to raise tuition at all. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/If-UC-managed-its-endowment-better-it-could-skip-5902321.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26964136/facebook-shuttle-drivers-vote-union\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook shuttle drivers voting on union\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In what could be a precedent-setting victory for the modestly paid service-industry workers who help keep the Silicon Valley economy humming, shuttle bus drivers who take Facebook employees to and from work will vote Wednesday on whether to unionize, hoping success at the poll will lead to others joining what they say is a campaign for better pay and working conditions. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26964136/facebook-shuttle-drivers-vote-union\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/11/19/yank-sing-workers-get-4-million-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\">Workers at San Francisco's Yank Sing restaurant get $4 million wage settlement\u003c/a> (SFGate's Inside Scoop blog):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At a time where restaurant labor practices are the subject of continued discussion and debate, one of San Francisco’s most popular restaurants has paid a massive labor settlement to its workers. Today, Yank Sing announced that it has reached a $4 million dollar backpay and benefits settlement for 280 affected current and former employees. Between its two locations, Yank Sing currently employs 90 full-time staffers (30 hours or more per week) and 60 part-time staffers. On an average weekend, Yank Sing will do more than 1,000 covers a day at its Rincon Center location, and another 300 at its Stevenson location. \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/11/19/yank-sing-workers-get-4-million-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-restaurant-wage-theft-20141119-story.html#page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Restaurants are feeling the heat in crackdown on wage theft\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For 56 years, the Chan family has been serving up tasty dim sum dumplings stuffed with pork and shrimp to throngs of business executives, tourists and San Francisco Bay Area families. ... But Henry and Judy Chans' Yank Sing restaurant didn't fare so well last year with state and city labor inspectors. Investigations and audits, spurred by complaints from dozens of employees — mainly Chinese immigrants who spoke little English — revealed numerous violations of state wage-and-hour laws at their restaurant in the heart of San Francisco's financial district and a smaller location six blocks away. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-restaurant-wage-theft-20141119-story.html#page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/11/18/mirkarimi_will_face_challenge_by_on.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mirkarimi Will\u003cbr>\nFace Challenge By One-Time Acting Sheriff Vicki Hennessy in 2015\u003c/a> (SFist):\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It looks like Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will once again have to defend himself against some three-year-old allegations of domestic violence as he attempts a re-election bid next year. And reportedly challenging him in the race will be the woman who was instated as his temporary replacement during his 2012 suspension, Ethics Commission hearing, and subsequent near-dismissal, former sheriff's deputy Vicki Hennessy. \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/11/18/mirkarimi_will_face_challenge_by_on.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/11/19/san-jose-bike-party-incorporates-to-pursue-nonprofit-status/\" target=\"_blank\">Controversy surrounds attempt to incorporate San Jose 'Bike Party'\u003c/a> (Inside San Jose):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The first time that Joe Tate encountered San Jose Bike Party was outside his home in downtown a few years ago. Hearing shouts and music, he stepped out to see a whir of lights and a crush of riders—thousands of them. ... It wasn’t long before he volunteered for “The Hub,” the party’s core organizers who map out routes and drum up ideas for themes. ... But there’s been recent murmurs that Tate’s moving to suck the soul out of Bike Party, to quell the chaos that drew him to the event in the first place. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/11/19/san-jose-bike-party-incorporates-to-pursue-nonprofit-status/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.si.com/nba/2014/11/19/jason-collins-retirement-nba\" target=\"_blank\">Former Stanford star Jason Collins announces retirement from NBA:\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It has been 18 exhilarating months since I came out in Sports Illustrated as the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional team sports. And it has been nine months since I signed with the Nets and became the first openly gay male athlete to appear in a game in one of those leagues. 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Beneath the tuition-hike debate set to play out at Wednesday's UC Regents meeting in San Francisco is a palpable tension between state government and a public university that historically has operated with relative autonomy and which has grown increasingly reliant on tuition and other private funding, rather than state subsidies, to pay its bills. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_26964703/uc-tuition-hike-debate-reveals-struggle-over-university\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/If-UC-managed-its-endowment-better-it-could-skip-5902321.php\" target=\"_blank\">If UC managed its endowment better, it could skip tuition increases\u003c/a> (San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the hopes of picking up another $100 million per year, the UC Regents are meeting this week to discuss UC President Janet Napolitano’s recommendation that tuition be increased by 5 percent a year over the next five years. ... What the regents don’t want us to focus on is that there might never have been a need to increase tuition three-fold since 2002. Had they simply taken a page from Yale Endowment guru David Swensen’s book, UC might not have had to raise tuition at all. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/If-UC-managed-its-endowment-better-it-could-skip-5902321.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26964136/facebook-shuttle-drivers-vote-union\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook shuttle drivers voting on union\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In what could be a precedent-setting victory for the modestly paid service-industry workers who help keep the Silicon Valley economy humming, shuttle bus drivers who take Facebook employees to and from work will vote Wednesday on whether to unionize, hoping success at the poll will lead to others joining what they say is a campaign for better pay and working conditions. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26964136/facebook-shuttle-drivers-vote-union\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/11/19/yank-sing-workers-get-4-million-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\">Workers at San Francisco's Yank Sing restaurant get $4 million wage settlement\u003c/a> (SFGate's Inside Scoop blog):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At a time where restaurant labor practices are the subject of continued discussion and debate, one of San Francisco’s most popular restaurants has paid a massive labor settlement to its workers. Today, Yank Sing announced that it has reached a $4 million dollar backpay and benefits settlement for 280 affected current and former employees. Between its two locations, Yank Sing currently employs 90 full-time staffers (30 hours or more per week) and 60 part-time staffers. On an average weekend, Yank Sing will do more than 1,000 covers a day at its Rincon Center location, and another 300 at its Stevenson location. \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/11/19/yank-sing-workers-get-4-million-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-restaurant-wage-theft-20141119-story.html#page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Restaurants are feeling the heat in crackdown on wage theft\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For 56 years, the Chan family has been serving up tasty dim sum dumplings stuffed with pork and shrimp to throngs of business executives, tourists and San Francisco Bay Area families. ... But Henry and Judy Chans' Yank Sing restaurant didn't fare so well last year with state and city labor inspectors. Investigations and audits, spurred by complaints from dozens of employees — mainly Chinese immigrants who spoke little English — revealed numerous violations of state wage-and-hour laws at their restaurant in the heart of San Francisco's financial district and a smaller location six blocks away. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-restaurant-wage-theft-20141119-story.html#page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/11/18/mirkarimi_will_face_challenge_by_on.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mirkarimi Will\u003cbr>\nFace Challenge By One-Time Acting Sheriff Vicki Hennessy in 2015\u003c/a> (SFist):\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It looks like Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will once again have to defend himself against some three-year-old allegations of domestic violence as he attempts a re-election bid next year. And reportedly challenging him in the race will be the woman who was instated as his temporary replacement during his 2012 suspension, Ethics Commission hearing, and subsequent near-dismissal, former sheriff's deputy Vicki Hennessy. \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/11/18/mirkarimi_will_face_challenge_by_on.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/11/19/san-jose-bike-party-incorporates-to-pursue-nonprofit-status/\" target=\"_blank\">Controversy surrounds attempt to incorporate San Jose 'Bike Party'\u003c/a> (Inside San Jose):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The first time that Joe Tate encountered San Jose Bike Party was outside his home in downtown a few years ago. Hearing shouts and music, he stepped out to see a whir of lights and a crush of riders—thousands of them. ... It wasn’t long before he volunteered for “The Hub,” the party’s core organizers who map out routes and drum up ideas for themes. ... But there’s been recent murmurs that Tate’s moving to suck the soul out of Bike Party, to quell the chaos that drew him to the event in the first place. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2014/11/19/san-jose-bike-party-incorporates-to-pursue-nonprofit-status/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.si.com/nba/2014/11/19/jason-collins-retirement-nba\" target=\"_blank\">Former Stanford star Jason Collins announces retirement from NBA:\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It has been 18 exhilarating months since I came out in Sports Illustrated as the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional team sports. And it has been nine months since I signed with the Nets and became the first openly gay male athlete to appear in a game in one of those leagues. 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The complaint also says the pilot program should be blocked because it improperly allows the use of public bus stops for private purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit warns that the pilot project could have a wide range of negative effects, including air pollution, increased cancer risks, displacement of low- and moderate-income workers and impacts on pedestrian and cyclist safety. Tech companies and other proponents of the shuttles say that by giving workers an alternative to driving, the buses reduce traffic congestion and pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plaintiffs include a group calling itself the Coalition for Fair, Legal and Environmental Transit, SEIU Local 1021, and two individuals: Elizabeth “Alysabeth” Alexander, a vice president of Local 1021, and Sara Shortt of the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco. 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(David Gartner/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://documents.bayareacouncil.org/sfshuttlepreso.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A \u003c/a>poll released today by \u003ca href=\"http://www.emcresearch.com/\" target=\"_blank\">EMC Research\u003c/a> and commissioned by \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\">the Bay Area Council\u003c/a>, a pro-business group, suggests that people are not as upset about “Google buses” or tech shuttles as anecdotal evidence would lead you to believe. Protests, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/activists/\" target=\"_blank\">previously covered by KQED\u003c/a>, have attracted attention from around the country as buses shuttling employees to tech jobs in the South Bay were surrounding by activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not everyone is angry. The new poll found that a majority — 57 percent of the 500 likely voters polled — had a favorable or somewhat favorable impression of tech employee shuttle buses, while 15 percent said they had never heard of such a thing. The telephone survey also found that those surveyed had an even more favorable impression of tech workers and the impact of recent tech sector growth on the city. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/20/activists-appeal-san-francisco-tech-bus-plan\" target=\"_blank\">A plan to allow the shuttles to use some city Muni stops also garnered support\u003c/a>, because people believe the tech shuttle buses decrease traffic and pollution. However, 70 percent also said they supported some form of regulation of the shuttle buses. 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That study, called \u003ca href=\"http://thesanfranciscosurvey.com/2013november/\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco Survey\u003c/a>, asked residents broader questions on their feelings about housing, the problems they face and the economic changes in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just five months ago, 84 percent of the people polled said they felt that the tech growth has greatly impacted the cost of living in the city. Did their opinions change since then or did the questions change? Ted Gullickson, of the San Francisco Tenants Union, told KQED reporter Sara Hossaini that he wasn’t surprised by today’s survey finding support for tech shuttles — because it didn’t bring up living costs or housing prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the November survey:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fembeds%2F214545312%2Fcontent&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F214545312%2FThe-San-Francisco-Survey&image=http%3A%2F%2Fimgv2-3.scribdassets.com%2Fimg%2Fword_document%2F214545312%2F111x142%2F3e25a652ec%2F1395793515&key=981697b3caaa4776a9e96c1890128d7f&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=scribd\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F214545312%2FThe-San-Francisco-Survey\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">via \u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Scribd\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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