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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Symphony musicians and management were very nearly singing an \u003ca href=\"http://www.ca-in-sapporo.com/interests/beethoven.html\">\"Ode to Joy\"\u003c/a> on Monday after reaching an agreement to resume concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92985\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/31/san-francisco-symphony-tentative-deal-to-end-strike/san-francisco-symphony-musicians-on-strike/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92985\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92985\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/san-francisco-symphony-musicians-on-strike-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Symphony musicians marched on a picket line on March 21. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Symphony musicians marched on a picket line on March 21. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two parties announced Sunday they had drawn up a tentative new contract after a strike that silenced the orchestra for 2½ weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The musicians have to ratify the proposed contract, and so does the Symphony's Board of Governors. But the musicians voted to return to the symphony hall while looking it over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides said their mood was jubilant as they anticipated the first post-strike music, a Tuesday morning concert for children in elementary school as part of the Symphony's \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Youth-Family/Music-in-SF-Public-Schools/Adventures-in-Music.aspx\">Adventures in Music\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will characterize it right now as a sense of celebration. We're looking forward to it very much,\" the Symphony's executive director, Brent Assink, told KQED's Paul Lancour.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're feeling positive for the future,\" David Gaudry, a violist who chairs the musicians' negotiating committee, said to KQED's Polly Stryker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee has recommended the musicians ratify the contract, but the vote can't take place until 48 hours after musicians get corrected copies of the proposed contract, said Gaudry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strike stopped an East Coast tour and silenced several programs at Davies Symphony Hall. The musicians were angry about an offer that included wage freezes, cuts in health care benefits and pension changes. Symphony management said its musicians were already among the highest paid in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a week ago, the two sides sounded pretty tense. 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I would say there was fair movement on both sides.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that he is itching to open his viola case after days spent locked in a negotiating room or glued to a computer screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Symphony posted more information about \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Ticketholder-Information-During-Work-Stoppage\">rescheduled concerts\u003c/a> for ticket holders.\u003cbr>\nHere's the Symphony's press release, issued about 4 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSICIANS AND ADMINISTRATION REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR NEW 26-MONTH CONTRACT\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Concerts will resume Tuesday, April 2 with free performance for SF schoolchildren\u003cbr>\nAll concerts this week to go on as scheduled\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2013 – San Francisco Symphony (SFS) administration and musicians, as represented by Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local No. 6, American Federation of Musicians, have reached a tentative agreement for a new 26-month contract, subject to ratification by the full Orchestra and approval by the Board of Governors. 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"content": "\u003cp>Quick, what is California doing as well as Mississippi and Nevada but worse than all the other states? As you might have guessed from the headline of this post, the answer is \"hire people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92845\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/californias-jobless-rate-dips-to-9-6-percent/unemployment-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92845\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92845 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/unemployment-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, the Golden State's jobless rate drifted down to 9.6 percent in preliminary estimates. It's only a modest drop from January's rate of 9.8 percent. Still, it continues a positive trend that began back in November 2010 when the rate dropped from its peak of 12.4 percent the month before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this rate, it will take us years to get back to the pre-recession rate of about 5 percent, which the state enjoyed in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has scads of \u003ca href=\"http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST06000003?data_tool=XGtable\">California historical data\u003c/a>, including trend lines that show how the labor force has been increasing steadily while employment rises and falls.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also offers a breakdown of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm\">which sectors have added jobs\u003c/a> and which have subtracted them. (Construction is up 6.2 percent, further evidence that the housing crisis is ending.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it has another database showing the unemployment \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.ht\">rates by state\u003c/a>. (Interested in moving to North Dakota? You'll find only 3.3 percent unemployment there. Consider also Nebraska, South Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming, all under 5 percent. We hear the winters are a bit cooler in those states, but that's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/\">expected to change\u003c/a> in coming years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the press release from the California Employment Development Department offering a wonkfest of detail, including county-by-county stats:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California’s unemployment rate decreased to 9.6 percent in February, and nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 41,200 during the month for a total gain of 725,100 jobs since the recovery began in February 2010, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two separate surveys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. unemployment rate also decreased in February to 7.7 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the state’s unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, and in February 2012, the unemployment rate was 10.8 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,500 California households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonfarm jobs in California totaled 14,570,400 in February, an increase of 41,200 jobs over the month, according to a survey of businesses that is larger\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>and less variable statistically. The survey of 42,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over-year change (February 2012 to February 2013) shows an increase of 293,800 jobs (up 2.1 percent)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal survey of households, done with a smaller sample than the survey of employers, shows an increase in the number of employed people. It estimates the number of Californians holding jobs in February was 16,850,000, an increase of 73,000 from January 2013, and up 368,000 from the employment total in February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people unemployed in California was 1,792,000 – down by 26,000 over the month, and down by 209,000 compared with February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DETAIL (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDD’s report on payroll employment (wage and salary jobs) in the nonfarm industries of California totaled 14,570,400 in February, a net gain of 41,200 jobs since the January survey. This followed a gain of 4,200 jobs (as revised) in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six categories (construction; information; financial activities; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; and government) added jobs over the month, gaining 57,700 jobs. Leisure and hospitality posted the largest increase over the month, adding 15,700 jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four categories (manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities; educational and health services; and other services) reported job declines over the month, down 16,500 jobs. Trade, transportation and utilities posted the largest decrease over the month, down 7,000 jobs. One category, mining and logging, was unchanged over the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a year-over-year comparison (February 2012 to February 2013), nonfarm payroll employment in California increased by 293,800 jobs (up 2.1 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight categories (construction; trade, transportation and utilities; information; financial activities; professional and business services; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and other services) posted job gains over the year, adding 310,300 jobs. Professional and business services posted the largest gains on a numerical basis, adding 77,800 jobs (up 3.5 percent). Construction posted the largest gains on a percentage basis, up 6.2 percent (adding 35,800 jobs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three categories (mining and logging; manufacturing; and government) posted job declines over the year, down 16,500 jobs. Government posted the largest declines on a numerical basis, down by 9,500 jobs (a 0.4 percent decrease). Mining and logging posted the largest declines on a percentage basis, decreasing by 0.7 percent (down 200 jobs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In related data, the EDD reported that there were 487,497 people receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits during the February survey week. This compares with 519,632 last month and 565,418 last year. At the same time, new claims for unemployment insurance were 41,698 in February 2013, compared with 68,907 in January and 55,287 in February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>(Amounts in thousands)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">Industrial Classification\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">Change Over\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">12 Months\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(Percent)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\n\u003c/p>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Nonagricultural Wage andSalary Workers . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,570.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,529.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,276.6\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Mining and logging . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">29.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">29.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">30.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">616.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">611.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">581.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">6.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,243.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,247.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,250.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Trade, transportation andutilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,747.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,754.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,702.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">432.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">421.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">425.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Financial activities . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">785.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">781.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">767.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Professional and businessservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,281.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,271.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,203.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">3.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Educational and healthservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,903.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,907.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,860.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Leisure and hospitality . . . . .Other services . . . . . . . . . . .Government* . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,649.4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">507.0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,372.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,633.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">509.8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,361.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,572.2\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">501.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,382.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">4.9\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Agriculture\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">408.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">402.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">397.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>*Includes all civilian employees of federal, state, and local governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>TABLE A\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">December 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Civilian labor force\u003csup>a\u003c/sup> . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,642,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,594,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,558,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,483,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Total civilian employment . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,850,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,777,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,745,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,482,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\"> 1,792,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,818,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,813,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,001,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Seasonally adjusted rate % . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.6\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">10.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>US seasonally adjusted rate % .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.9\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">8.3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>TABLE B\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, UNADJUSTED DATA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">December 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Civilian labor force\u003csup>a\u003c/sup> . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,647,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,556,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,540,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,475,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Total civilian employment . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,837,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,632,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,731,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,391,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,810,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,925,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,809,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,084,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unadjusted rate % . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">10.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">11.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003csup>a\u003c/sup>\u003c/strong>Labor force by place of residence including workers involved in trade disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003csup>2\u003c/sup>\u003c/strong>Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method that removes typical employment patterns that occur at various times throughout the year (e.g., additional retail hiring during the holiday season).\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"581\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd width=\"6\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd colspan=\"15\" valign=\"top\" width=\"575\">\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>MONTHLY LABOR FORCE DATA FOR COUNTIES\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\"> \u003cstrong> February 2013 (Preliminary); 2012 BENCHMARK\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>COUNTY\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">\u003cstrong> LABOR 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Quick, what is California doing as well as Mississippi and Nevada but worse than all the other states? As you might have guessed from the headline of this post, the answer is \"hire people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92845\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/29/californias-jobless-rate-dips-to-9-6-percent/unemployment-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92845\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92845 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/unemployment-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, the Golden State's jobless rate drifted down to 9.6 percent in preliminary estimates. It's only a modest drop from January's rate of 9.8 percent. Still, it continues a positive trend that began back in November 2010 when the rate dropped from its peak of 12.4 percent the month before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this rate, it will take us years to get back to the pre-recession rate of about 5 percent, which the state enjoyed in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has scads of \u003ca href=\"http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST06000003?data_tool=XGtable\">California historical data\u003c/a>, including trend lines that show how the labor force has been increasing steadily while employment rises and falls.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also offers a breakdown of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm\">which sectors have added jobs\u003c/a> and which have subtracted them. (Construction is up 6.2 percent, further evidence that the housing crisis is ending.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it has another database showing the unemployment \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.ht\">rates by state\u003c/a>. (Interested in moving to North Dakota? You'll find only 3.3 percent unemployment there. Consider also Nebraska, South Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming, all under 5 percent. We hear the winters are a bit cooler in those states, but that's \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/\">expected to change\u003c/a> in coming years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the press release from the California Employment Development Department offering a wonkfest of detail, including county-by-county stats:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California’s unemployment rate decreased to 9.6 percent in February, and nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 41,200 during the month for a total gain of 725,100 jobs since the recovery began in February 2010, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two separate surveys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. unemployment rate also decreased in February to 7.7 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the state’s unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, and in February 2012, the unemployment rate was 10.8 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,500 California households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonfarm jobs in California totaled 14,570,400 in February, an increase of 41,200 jobs over the month, according to a survey of businesses that is larger\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>and less variable statistically. The survey of 42,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over-year change (February 2012 to February 2013) shows an increase of 293,800 jobs (up 2.1 percent)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal survey of households, done with a smaller sample than the survey of employers, shows an increase in the number of employed people. It estimates the number of Californians holding jobs in February was 16,850,000, an increase of 73,000 from January 2013, and up 368,000 from the employment total in February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people unemployed in California was 1,792,000 – down by 26,000 over the month, and down by 209,000 compared with February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DETAIL (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDD’s report on payroll employment (wage and salary jobs) in the nonfarm industries of California totaled 14,570,400 in February, a net gain of 41,200 jobs since the January survey. This followed a gain of 4,200 jobs (as revised) in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six categories (construction; information; financial activities; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; and government) added jobs over the month, gaining 57,700 jobs. Leisure and hospitality posted the largest increase over the month, adding 15,700 jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four categories (manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities; educational and health services; and other services) reported job declines over the month, down 16,500 jobs. Trade, transportation and utilities posted the largest decrease over the month, down 7,000 jobs. One category, mining and logging, was unchanged over the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a year-over-year comparison (February 2012 to February 2013), nonfarm payroll employment in California increased by 293,800 jobs (up 2.1 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight categories (construction; trade, transportation and utilities; information; financial activities; professional and business services; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and other services) posted job gains over the year, adding 310,300 jobs. Professional and business services posted the largest gains on a numerical basis, adding 77,800 jobs (up 3.5 percent). Construction posted the largest gains on a percentage basis, up 6.2 percent (adding 35,800 jobs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three categories (mining and logging; manufacturing; and government) posted job declines over the year, down 16,500 jobs. Government posted the largest declines on a numerical basis, down by 9,500 jobs (a 0.4 percent decrease). Mining and logging posted the largest declines on a percentage basis, decreasing by 0.7 percent (down 200 jobs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In related data, the EDD reported that there were 487,497 people receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits during the February survey week. This compares with 519,632 last month and 565,418 last year. At the same time, new claims for unemployment insurance were 41,698 in February 2013, compared with 68,907 in January and 55,287 in February of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>(Amounts in thousands)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">Industrial Classification\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">Change Over\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">12 Months\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(Percent)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\n\u003c/p>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Nonagricultural Wage andSalary Workers . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,570.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,529.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">14,276.6\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Mining and logging . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">29.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">29.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">30.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">616.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">611.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">581.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">6.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,243.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,247.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,250.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Trade, transportation andutilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,747.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,754.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,702.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">432.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">421.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">425.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Financial activities . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">785.0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">781.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">767.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Professional and businessservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,281.2\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,271.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,203.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">3.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Educational and healthservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,903.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,907.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,860.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Leisure and hospitality . . . . .Other services . . . . . . . . . . .Government* . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,649.4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">507.0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,372.9\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,633.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">509.8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,361.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,572.2\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">501.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,382.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">4.9\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1.1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">-0.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"180\">Agriculture\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">408.5\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">402.1\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">397.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>*Includes all civilian employees of federal, state, and local governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>TABLE A\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">December 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Civilian labor force\u003csup>a\u003c/sup> . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,642,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,594,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,558,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,483,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Total civilian employment . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,850,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,777,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,745,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,482,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\"> 1,792,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,818,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,813,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,001,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Seasonally adjusted rate % . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.6\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">10.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>US seasonally adjusted rate % .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.9\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">7.8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"right\">8.3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>TABLE B\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong>EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA, UNADJUSTED DATA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(prelim.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">January 2013\u003c/p>\n\u003cp align=\"center\">(revised)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">December 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"center\">February 2012\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Civilian labor force\u003csup>a\u003c/sup> . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,647,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,556,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,540,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">18,475,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Total civilian employment . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,837,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,632,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,731,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">16,391,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,810,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,925,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">1,809,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">2,084,000\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"192\">Unadjusted rate % . . . . . . . . .\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.7\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">10.4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"108\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">9.8\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"102\">\n\u003cp align=\"right\">11.3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003csup>a\u003c/sup>\u003c/strong>Labor force by place of residence including workers involved in trade disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003csup>2\u003c/sup>\u003c/strong>Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method 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"content": "\u003cp>You can blame Craigslist or Google or blogs like this one. However you look at it, the Internet has disrupted the newspaper business. And the latest changes at the San Francisco Chronicle show that the upheaval isn’t over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, the newspaper \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Introducing-SFChronicle-com-4378480.php?t=f8cc2267d5793836fd\">announced\u003c/a> it will charge readers who want to read some of its content online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a related development on Monday, some Chronicle reporters and editors took the opportunity to protest changes in their health care plan. They posted red squares in place of their profile pictures on Twitter, as well as Facebook, and tweeted about their beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example:\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/NanetteAsimov/status/316353811293822976\u003cbr>\n(The profile picture in this example was a red square on Monday and Tuesday, but will change if Azimov changes her profile picture.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new paywall is a bit complicated. The newspaper is now running two websites, sfgate.com and sfchronicle.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how Chronicle President Mark Adkins describes the change:\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It gives our subscribers another option for getting the news and information they value from The Chronicle in an easy-to-use digital format organized like a newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subscribers also will have full access to The Chronicle’s most enduring legacy – its columnists. The list of premium content goes on, including The Chronicle’s award-winning coverage of sports and the outdoors, arts and cultural events, pop music and entertainment, architecture and urban design, the environment and climate change, business and technology, food and wine, health and fitness, politics and government, and editorials and opinion pieces.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Nowhere does Adkins mention that the newspaper is asking readers to pay for these features. That information is included in a press release that Marketing Director Michael Keith sent out on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SFChronicle.com is available as part of a digital package for only $12.00 a month. Most Chronicle print subscribers will have access to SFChronicle.com as part of their subscriptions. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>by Sam Harnett\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technology companies in California say they can't find enough U.S. programmers to fill jobs. So they're pushing hard for I-Squared, the Immigration Innovation Act, in the U.S. Senate that could more than triple the number of visas for high-skilled foreign workers from 85,000 a year to as many as 300,000. But some in the industry fear expanding the visa program would allow companies to replace more American workers with foreigners like Kriti Bajaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92135\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/22/tech-companies-push-to-expand-skilled-worker-visas-rankles-critics/harnett-h-1b-reform-photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92135\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-92135\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/Harnett-H-1B-Reform-photo-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Kriti Bajaj hopes to get hired on an H-1B visa after attending App Academy, an intensive coding course. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kriti Bajaj hopes to get hired on an H-1B visa after attending App Academy, an intensive coding course. (Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bajaj graduated from Stanford University with a degree in biology. Originally from India, she decided to head home after finishing school and pursue a PhD. But Bajaj soon realized she'd made a big mistake. Academia just wasn't for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were too many unknowns,” she said, “Nothing was working. I was in this dark little cell in the middle of nowhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bajaj decided to return to the Bay Area and try to restart her life as a computer programmer. She came back on a tourist visa, which meant that she had just 90 days to learn how to program and get hired as a web developer. That led her to App Academy -- one of many new, intensive coding camps that teaches web development from scratch. 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Some say that if she does succeed in getting an H-1B, she'll be robbing a job from an American.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If she's being hired for an H-1B visa based on nine weeks of programming work – Are you kidding me? – then it's an abuse of the visa,” said Norman Matloff, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Matloff claims companies use H-1B visas to replace older U.S. programmers with younger, cheaper foreigners like Bajaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The abuse is widespread across the board,” he said. “Everybody from the mainstream, household-name firms are abusing the program…. The central issue is wage and mobility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matloff argues that since employers sponsor workers for H-1Bs, it’s tricky for foreigners to negotiate higher salaries or switch jobs. They effectively get handcuffed to their employer at lower wages. That's why businesses want more H-1Bs, Matloff says. But tech companies have a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lobbying firm TechNet got 100 technology companies to sign a letter to President Obama and Congress, urging them to expand the H-1B program. Dan Turrentine, a vice president at TechNet, says the companies’ main complaint is that they can't find enough American employees to fill their job openings. The cap of 85,000 H-1Bs a year hasn't kept up with the demand for skilled tech workers. “That cap was set back in the ‘90s,” said Turrentine, “when the economy was much less dependent on technology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies like Facebook, Google, and Hewlett-Packard all signed the letter. But the truth is, most H-1B holders aren’t found at these companies. And they aren’t at start-ups either.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>More on immigration in California\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/05/on-immigration-high-tech-and-ag-dont-meet-literally/\">On Immigration, High Tech and Ag Don't Meet, Literally\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/21/is-silicon-valley-losing-its-foreign-talent/\">Why Silicon Valley Is Losing Foreign-Born Talent\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nearly half work at places like Infosys and Wipro – the multi-national information technology workhorses that churn out the unglamorous connective tissue of all modern business: boilerplate coding, user support and network maintenance. These businesses place workers in their U.S. offices on H-1Bs to improve the interface between their American client companies and their vast workforces in India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the H-1B program has thus become a vehicle for global I.T. firms to outsource tech work that used to be done in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustration with the program doesn't just come from professors like Matloff, or from older, out-of-work American programmers. It can also be heard from H-1B holders themselves, including Ardit Bajraktari. The 32-year-old from Albania says participating in the visa program feels like indentured servitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bajraktari is a mobile developer who has worked in Silicon Valley for a decade. He's been programming phones since the early 2000s, years before the first iPhone hit the market. Like many programmers in the Bay Area, Bajraktari has hopped around, working at places like MobiTV, Yammer and Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to keep your skill set up to date,” he said, “you have to move companies.”\u003cbr>\nBut every time Bajraktari switches jobs, he loses his H-1B visa sponsorship and risks deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's like you have a sword on your neck,” he said. “You have to find a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bajraktari came to the United States at 17 and graduated from Radford University in Virginia. Ever since he started working, a decade ago, Bajraktari has been trying to get a green card, the document granting legal permanent residence. Without it, he said, he will always feel the threat of that sword—deportation. With each new job, though, he must persuade the employer to petition for a green card for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bajraktari said his worst green card experience was at Amazon. He says the company promised him a visa during the job negotiations, which motivated him to take the position. Then, he says, it took nearly two years to start moving on the paperwork. It reminded Bajraktari of being in Albania under communism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make things move forward you have to threaten your company that you’re not going to work anymore,” he said. “It becomes a weird, weird situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The I-Squared bill now in the Senate has some provisions to address the challenges of H-1B job mobility. It would give employees a 60-day grace period between positions. But employers would still control the green card process. If the government really wants to stop companies from abusing H-1B visas Bajraktari says, it should give workers some control over their green card applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate continues to debate what to do with the H-1B visa, and the proposals in the I-Squared bill are also being considered by a bi-partisan group of senators preparing comprehensive immigration legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), a member of the bi-partisan group, has been urging reforms to address the outsourcing issue and compel companies to search first for American workers. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has been pushing to ensure that H-1B employees are paid competitive wages. The two have worked together in the past to try and reform the H-1B program. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Breaking: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/13/san-francisco-symphony-on-strike-concert-cancelled/img_2118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91365\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-91365\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/IMG_2118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Symphony and its striking musicians have failed to agree on a new contract after marathon negotiations, and the symphony announced this afternoon it's canceling an East Coast tour scheduled for later this week. Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.musiciansofthesanfranciscosymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\">the statement\u003c/a> from the musicians' website, followed by the symphony management's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For the past four days the SFS Musicians’ Negotiating Committee has been negotiating with the Administration in an earnest effort to reach a deal that would allow the orchestra to leave on its scheduled East Coast tour with concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Talks broke down at 4 am this morning. When it was apparent there would be no agreement by the deadline, the Federal Mediator who has been working with the parties for the last several weeks suggested a 60-day cooling off period. The proposed cooling off period required a media blackout but would have allowed the tour to proceed if approved by the orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today the Negotiating Committee met with the orchestra and presented the Federal Mediator’s suggested proposal. After a thorough review of the options, the orchestra voted down the cooling off period. The strike is continuing and we anticipate that the Carnegie tour is now cancelled.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We feel we have done everything we could to work with the Administration to reach a deal that would have allowed the tour to proceed. We are committed to achieving a fair contract that reflects the important role the Musicians play in the continuing success of the organization, and we deeply regret that this dispute has resulted in cancelled concerts for both our local audiences and on the East Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We look forward to performing for our Bay Area audiences soon. Keep checking for further details on upcoming concerts presented by the Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>And the statement from symphony management: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY THREE-CITY EAST COAST TOUR SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20-23 IS CANCELLED DUE TO MUSICIANS’ STRIKE\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musicians Reject Federal Mediator’s Recommendation for Cooling Off Period\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, 2013 – The Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have rejected a federal mediator’s proposal to resume playing concerts during a “cooling off” period while negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement continue. The Symphony’s administration was willing to abide by the federal mediator’s recommendation, based on developments over the past three days of talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of the musicians’ continuing work stoppage, the orchestra’s three-city East Coast tour on March 20-23 will not go forward. The tour was set to include performances at Carnegie Hall March 20 and 21, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on March 22, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on March 23. The ongoing five-day musicians’ strike has already forced cancellations of four concerts in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past three days of lengthy negotiations, overseen by a federal mediator, the musicians’ union rejected the latest administration proposals and continued their strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several proposals by the administration have been rejected by the musicians’ union. The most recent proposal offered increases in musician compensation to achieve a new annual minimum salary of $145,979 with annual increases of 1% and 2% for the latest two-year proposal. Contractual benefits also included a $74,000 maximum annual pension, 10 weeks paid vacation, and full coverage health care plan options with no monthly premium contributions for musicians and their families for three of the four options. Additional compensation for most active musicians also includes radio payments, over-scale, and seniority pay which raises the current average pay for SFS musicians to over $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply disappointed that the musicians have continued to reject proposals for a new agreement and that the musicians will not proceed with our planned East Coast tour,” said Brent Assink, Executive Director of the San Francisco Symphony. “We have negotiated in good faith since September, have shared volumes of financial information, and have offered many different proposals that we had hoped would lead to a new agreement by this time. We will continue to work hard to resolve this situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current economic environment, the San Francisco Symphony is facing the same challenges that many other orchestras and arts organizations around the country are facing. For all four years of its most recent collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, operating expenses have outpaced operating income. The Orchestra has incurred an operating deficit in each of those years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a non-profit organization, the Symphony’s financial statements are audited annually by an independent certified public accounting firm. These statements and related tax filings are publicly available in accordance with the law. Since negotiations began, the administration has been cooperative in sharing financial records and responded to the union’s requests for information in a timely manner. Since September, that includes over 50 formal requests for which over 500 pages of documentation were provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration has also offered to cooperate with third party financial consultants designated by the musicians to review the audited financial statements. In addition, the administration had offered the musicians the opportunity to have two members join the organization’s Audit Committee of the Board of Governors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration remains willing to continue negotiations with the musicians’ union under the auspices of a federal mediator in an effort to achieve a mutually agreeable contract. The administration will continue to work with the musicians to respond to requests for information, including requests about the Symphony's finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's rejection of the administration’s latest proposal also represents the latest in a series of delays by the musicians’ union in working with the administration on an agreement. While the administration provided its first proposal October 15, 2012 and offered six subsequent proposals, the musicians’ union did not formally respond to any administration proposal until mid-January 2013. The union did not formally respond to any of this information until just over 60 days ago, weeks after the November 24, 2013 expiration of the four-year contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the performances in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC should contact their local box office for information on refunds.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (6 p.m. Sunday, March 17): \u003c/strong>Symphony management and musicians announced that talks have broken down, that orchestra members voted down a proposed cooling-off period, and that the symphony's planned East Coast tour has been canceled. More details \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/17/san-francisco-symphony-cancels-tour-as-musicians-continue-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Saturday night, March 16):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony strike continues and this weekend's programs featuring \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2012-13/MTT-conducts-Mahler%E2%80%99s-Ninth-Symphony.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mahler's Ninth Symphony\u003c/a>--have been canceled. As talks continue, symphony management says it will provide an update Sunday on the status of the organization's East Coast tour, scheduled for this coming week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/13/san-francisco-symphony-on-strike-concert-cancelled/img_2118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91365\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/IMG_2118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91365\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The principal disputes center on pay (musicians are seeking increases to maintain parity with other premiere orchestras) and health care benefits. The musicians' union gives its side of the story \u003ca href=\"http://www.musiciansofthesanfranciscosymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> (also see slideshow below). And here's the latest press release from symphony management: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR\u003cbr>\nSUNDAY, MARCH 17 IS CANCELLED\u003cbr>\nDUE TO ONGOING WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NEGOTIATIONS STILL ONGOING \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2013 – Due to the ongoing work stoppage by musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time as negotiations are continuing. An update on the status of the Orchestra’s planned three-city East Coast tour scheduled to begin March 20 will be provided Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 17 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Ticket holders who have provided email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. Ticketholders for all cancelled concerts do not need to contact the box office prior to the cancelled concert start time. Refunds and exchanges will be honored in the days ahead. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons can reach customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday) and receive up-to-the-minute information the Orchestra’s website at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.sfsymphony.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new multi-year contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Previous posts below: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Friday, March 15):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony announced today that with musicians still on strike, it's canceling a concert scheduled for tonight (Friday, March 15) and won't reschedule it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the bad news for symphony lovers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the two sides are talking. The symphony said \"talks are moving forward\" after a 13-hour bargaining session most of the day yesterday and into this morning. The organization says it will make an announcement about its weekend concerts on Saturday. And still in question is whether the labor dispute, which centers on salaries and health benefit costs, will be resolved in time for the orchestra to make its planned East Coast tour next week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the symphony's Friday press release:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for FRIDAY, MARCH 15 CANCELED; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS MOVE FORWARD \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Talks are moving forward after a 13-hour negotiation session that continued into the early morning hours, and more talks are scheduled for Friday. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 15 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Saturday, March 16 8:00 p.m. concert will be issued Saturday morning, and an update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night, March 16. Ticket holders for these concerts with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (March 13):\u003c/strong> Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike today after eight months of fruitless talks with management centered on wage and benefit issues. The immediate impact: The symphony announced a concert scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday has been canceled. Also in jeopardy: a tour to the East Coast, including stops at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/National-Tour-March-2013.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">planned program\u003c/a> for the tour was \"Drift and Providence\" by Berkeley native \u003ca href=\"http://www.samuelcarladams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Carl Adams\u003c/a>, which the symphony premiered last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union representing musicians has been seeking a 5 percent raise to keep San Francisco Symphony players on par with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Contract talks had stalled over a union demand that the symphony open its books. Symphony management has proposed a freeze in both wages and benefits, citing players' average salary of $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The administration has prepared an offer, but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator,\" said Executive Director Brent Assink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musicians say symphony management had offered a contract without any raises, even as Assink himself got a bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Symphony musicians last went on strike in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the the press releases from the musicians' union and the symphony on a strike called today by musicians. We'll have more details from an 11 a.m. press conference by both symphony officials and the musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/symphonystrike/_files/iframe.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Today: San Francisco Symphony Musicians To Make Major Announcement\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWith Just One Week Left To Reach A Labor Agreement and Management Stalling, Musicians Will Make a Major Announcement About Labor Action\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHO: San Francisco Symphony Musicians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHAT: A major announcement by the Musicians about their labor negotiations with Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BACKGROUND: Last week, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Symphony Musicians voted unanimously to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached with management by March 19, the day the Symphony is scheduled to begin an East Coast tour. Management has refused to open its financial books so that a fair deal can be reached that will keep the orchestra competitive with its peers in Chicago and Los Angeles and remain a world class symphony. Instead management is rewarding themselves with six figure bonuses and seeking a contract that will not allow Musicians to keep up with the cost of living, which is why Musicians, such as David Herbert – who is joining the Chicago Symphony – are leaving. The San Francisco Symphony receives approximately $2.6 million in annual funding support from the public, yet management will not open the books and be transparent about how those funds are being used. On March 12, management stalled negotiations yet once again, and as a result the Musicians will make a major labor announcement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for 2:00 PM MARCH 14 CANCELLED DUE TO WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2013 – Due to a work stoppage by the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), the concert scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Patrons can obtain up-to-the-minute information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org/press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, have rejected proposals from the Orchestra administration for a new three-year contract that would have kept the musicians among the three highest paid orchestras in the country. The administration notified the musicians that a revised proposal would be presented Thursday, March 14 but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest administration proposal offered a minimum base yearly salary of $141,700 in the first year, with multi-year increases to $144,560 by the end of the proposed contract. During the most recent four-year contract, the musicians’ base minimum pay increased by 17.3%, an average of 4.3% per year. In addition to the minimum base salary, other musician compensation such as radio payments, over-scale, and seniority raises the current annual average pay for SFS musicians to over $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s most recent offer also maintained all current benefit payment levels including 10 weeks paid vacation, a maximum pension of $74,000 annually upon retirement, paid sick leave, and a full coverage health plan with no monthly contribution for individual musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are disappointed that the musicians have chosen to strike and deeply regret any inconvenience to our patrons,” said Brent Assink, Executive Director of the San Francisco Symphony. “We will continue to work hard to develop a fair agreement that gives our talented musicians a contract that reflects our stature as one of the top orchestras in the country but also one that sets a prudent financial course for the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providing affordable health care options for musicians remains a key goal. With the rising cost of health care, SFS administration proposed health care plan changes but still offered a health care plan option with no monthly contribution for individual musicians. The latest proposal also maintained a maximum $74,000 annual pension for retiring musicians, with a slight increase in retirement age to draw full pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current economic environment, the San Francisco Symphony is facing the same challenges that other major American orchestras around the country are facing. For all four years of its most recent collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, operating expenses have outpaced operating income. While concert and related revenues have increased 2.4% compounded annually during the term of the four-year agreement, concert production expenses have increased 8.1% compounded annually. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (6 p.m. Sunday, March 17): \u003c/strong>Symphony management and musicians announced that talks have broken down, that orchestra members voted down a proposed cooling-off period, and that the symphony's planned East Coast tour has been canceled. More details \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/17/san-francisco-symphony-cancels-tour-as-musicians-continue-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Saturday night, March 16):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony strike continues and this weekend's programs featuring \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2012-13/MTT-conducts-Mahler%E2%80%99s-Ninth-Symphony.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mahler's Ninth Symphony\u003c/a>--have been canceled. As talks continue, symphony management says it will provide an update Sunday on the status of the organization's East Coast tour, scheduled for this coming week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/13/san-francisco-symphony-on-strike-concert-cancelled/img_2118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91365\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/IMG_2118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91365\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The principal disputes center on pay (musicians are seeking increases to maintain parity with other premiere orchestras) and health care benefits. The musicians' union gives its side of the story \u003ca href=\"http://www.musiciansofthesanfranciscosymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> (also see slideshow below). And here's the latest press release from symphony management: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR\u003cbr>\nSUNDAY, MARCH 17 IS CANCELLED\u003cbr>\nDUE TO ONGOING WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NEGOTIATIONS STILL ONGOING \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Refunds and exchanges will be honored in the days ahead. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons can reach customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday) and receive up-to-the-minute information the Orchestra’s website at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.sfsymphony.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new multi-year contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Previous posts below: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Friday, March 15):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony announced today that with musicians still on strike, it's canceling a concert scheduled for tonight (Friday, March 15) and won't reschedule it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the bad news for symphony lovers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the two sides are talking. The symphony said \"talks are moving forward\" after a 13-hour bargaining session most of the day yesterday and into this morning. The organization says it will make an announcement about its weekend concerts on Saturday. And still in question is whether the labor dispute, which centers on salaries and health benefit costs, will be resolved in time for the orchestra to make its planned East Coast tour next week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the symphony's Friday press release:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for FRIDAY, MARCH 15 CANCELED; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS MOVE FORWARD \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Talks are moving forward after a 13-hour negotiation session that continued into the early morning hours, and more talks are scheduled for Friday. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 15 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Saturday, March 16 8:00 p.m. concert will be issued Saturday morning, and an update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night, March 16. Ticket holders for these concerts with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (March 13):\u003c/strong> Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike today after eight months of fruitless talks with management centered on wage and benefit issues. The immediate impact: The symphony announced a concert scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday has been canceled. Also in jeopardy: a tour to the East Coast, including stops at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/National-Tour-March-2013.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">planned program\u003c/a> for the tour was \"Drift and Providence\" by Berkeley native \u003ca href=\"http://www.samuelcarladams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Carl Adams\u003c/a>, which the symphony premiered last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union representing musicians has been seeking a 5 percent raise to keep San Francisco Symphony players on par with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Contract talks had stalled over a union demand that the symphony open its books. Symphony management has proposed a freeze in both wages and benefits, citing players' average salary of $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The administration has prepared an offer, but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator,\" said Executive Director Brent Assink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musicians say symphony management had offered a contract without any raises, even as Assink himself got a bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Symphony musicians last went on strike in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the the press releases from the musicians' union and the symphony on a strike called today by musicians. We'll have more details from an 11 a.m. press conference by both symphony officials and the musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/symphonystrike/_files/iframe.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Today: San Francisco Symphony Musicians To Make Major Announcement\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWith Just One Week Left To Reach A Labor Agreement and Management Stalling, Musicians Will Make a Major Announcement About Labor Action\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHO: San Francisco Symphony Musicians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHAT: A major announcement by the Musicians about their labor negotiations with Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BACKGROUND: Last week, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Symphony Musicians voted unanimously to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached with management by March 19, the day the Symphony is scheduled to begin an East Coast tour. Management has refused to open its financial books so that a fair deal can be reached that will keep the orchestra competitive with its peers in Chicago and Los Angeles and remain a world class symphony. Instead management is rewarding themselves with six figure bonuses and seeking a contract that will not allow Musicians to keep up with the cost of living, which is why Musicians, such as David Herbert – who is joining the Chicago Symphony – are leaving. The San Francisco Symphony receives approximately $2.6 million in annual funding support from the public, yet management will not open the books and be transparent about how those funds are being used. On March 12, management stalled negotiations yet once again, and as a result the Musicians will make a major labor announcement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for 2:00 PM MARCH 14 CANCELLED DUE TO WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2013 – Due to a work stoppage by the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), the concert scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Patrons can obtain up-to-the-minute information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org/press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, have rejected proposals from the Orchestra administration for a new three-year contract that would have kept the musicians among the three highest paid orchestras in the country. The administration notified the musicians that a revised proposal would be presented Thursday, March 14 but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest administration proposal offered a minimum base yearly salary of $141,700 in the first year, with multi-year increases to $144,560 by the end of the proposed contract. During the most recent four-year contract, the musicians’ base minimum pay increased by 17.3%, an average of 4.3% per year. In addition to the minimum base salary, other musician compensation such as radio payments, over-scale, and seniority raises the current annual average pay for SFS musicians to over $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s most recent offer also maintained all current benefit payment levels including 10 weeks paid vacation, a maximum pension of $74,000 annually upon retirement, paid sick leave, and a full coverage health plan with no monthly contribution for individual musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are disappointed that the musicians have chosen to strike and deeply regret any inconvenience to our patrons,” said Brent Assink, Executive Director of the San Francisco Symphony. “We will continue to work hard to develop a fair agreement that gives our talented musicians a contract that reflects our stature as one of the top orchestras in the country but also one that sets a prudent financial course for the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providing affordable health care options for musicians remains a key goal. With the rising cost of health care, SFS administration proposed health care plan changes but still offered a health care plan option with no monthly contribution for individual musicians. The latest proposal also maintained a maximum $74,000 annual pension for retiring musicians, with a slight increase in retirement age to draw full pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current economic environment, the San Francisco Symphony is facing the same challenges that other major American orchestras around the country are facing. For all four years of its most recent collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, operating expenses have outpaced operating income. While concert and related revenues have increased 2.4% compounded annually during the term of the four-year agreement, concert production expenses have increased 8.1% compounded annually. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Saturday, March 16):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony strike continues and tonight's program--\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2012-13/MTT-conducts-Mahler%E2%80%99s-Ninth-Symphony.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mahler's Ninth Symphony\u003c/a>--has been canceled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/13/san-francisco-symphony-on-strike-concert-cancelled/img_2118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91365\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/IMG_2118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91365\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The principal disputes center on pay (musicians are seeking increases to maintain parity with other premiere orchestras) and health care benefits. The musicians' union gives its side of the story \u003ca href=\"http://www.musiciansofthesanfranciscosymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> (also see slideshow below). And here's the latest press release from symphony management: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / March 16, 2013\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR\u003cbr>\nSATURDAY, MARCH 16 IS CANCELLED\u003cbr>\nDUE TO LABOR STOPPAGE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 16 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night. Ticket holders with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Friday, March 15):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony announced today that with musicians still on strike, it's canceling a concert scheduled for tonight (Friday, March 15) and won't reschedule it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the bad news for symphony lovers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the two sides are talking. The symphony said \"talks are moving forward\" after a 13-hour bargaining session most of the day yesterday and into this morning. The organization says it will make an announcement about its weekend concerts on Saturday. And still in question is whether the labor dispute, which centers on salaries and health benefit costs, will be resolved in time for the orchestra to make its planned East Coast tour next week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the symphony's Friday press release:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for FRIDAY, MARCH 15 CANCELED; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS MOVE FORWARD \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Talks are moving forward after a 13-hour negotiation session that continued into the early morning hours, and more talks are scheduled for Friday. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 15 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Saturday, March 16 8:00 p.m. concert will be issued Saturday morning, and an update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night, March 16. Ticket holders for these concerts with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (March 13):\u003c/strong> Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike today after eight months of fruitless talks with management centered on wage and benefit issues. The immediate impact: The symphony announced a concert scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday has been canceled. Also in jeopardy: a tour to the East Coast, including stops at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/National-Tour-March-2013.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">planned program\u003c/a> for the tour was \"Drift and Providence\" by Berkeley native \u003ca href=\"http://www.samuelcarladams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Carl Adams\u003c/a>, which the symphony premiered last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union representing musicians has been seeking a 5 percent raise to keep San Francisco Symphony players on par with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Contract talks had stalled over a union demand that the symphony open its books. Symphony management has proposed a freeze in both wages and benefits, citing players' average salary of $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The administration has prepared an offer, but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator,\" said Executive Director Brent Assink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musicians say symphony management had offered a contract without any raises, even as Assink himself got a bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Symphony musicians last went on strike in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the the press releases from the musicians' union and the symphony on a strike called today by musicians. We'll have more details from an 11 a.m. press conference by both symphony officials and the musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/symphonystrike/_files/iframe.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Today: San Francisco Symphony Musicians To Make Major Announcement\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWith Just One Week Left To Reach A Labor Agreement and Management Stalling, Musicians Will Make a Major Announcement About Labor Action\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHO: San Francisco Symphony Musicians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHAT: A major announcement by the Musicians about their labor negotiations with Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BACKGROUND: Last week, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Symphony Musicians voted unanimously to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached with management by March 19, the day the Symphony is scheduled to begin an East Coast tour. Management has refused to open its financial books so that a fair deal can be reached that will keep the orchestra competitive with its peers in Chicago and Los Angeles and remain a world class symphony. Instead management is rewarding themselves with six figure bonuses and seeking a contract that will not allow Musicians to keep up with the cost of living, which is why Musicians, such as David Herbert – who is joining the Chicago Symphony – are leaving. The San Francisco Symphony receives approximately $2.6 million in annual funding support from the public, yet management will not open the books and be transparent about how those funds are being used. On March 12, management stalled negotiations yet once again, and as a result the Musicians will make a major labor announcement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for 2:00 PM MARCH 14 CANCELLED DUE TO WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2013 – Due to a work stoppage by the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), the concert scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Patrons can obtain up-to-the-minute information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org/press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, have rejected proposals from the Orchestra administration for a new three-year contract that would have kept the musicians among the three highest paid orchestras in the country. The administration notified the musicians that a revised proposal would be presented Thursday, March 14 but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest administration proposal offered a minimum base yearly salary of $141,700 in the first year, with multi-year increases to $144,560 by the end of the proposed contract. During the most recent four-year contract, the musicians’ base minimum pay increased by 17.3%, an average of 4.3% per year. In addition to the minimum base salary, other musician compensation such as radio payments, over-scale, and seniority raises the current annual average pay for SFS musicians to over $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s most recent offer also maintained all current benefit payment levels including 10 weeks paid vacation, a maximum pension of $74,000 annually upon retirement, paid sick leave, and a full coverage health plan with no monthly contribution for individual musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are disappointed that the musicians have chosen to strike and deeply regret any inconvenience to our patrons,” said Brent Assink, Executive Director of the San Francisco Symphony. “We will continue to work hard to develop a fair agreement that gives our talented musicians a contract that reflects our stature as one of the top orchestras in the country but also one that sets a prudent financial course for the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providing affordable health care options for musicians remains a key goal. With the rising cost of health care, SFS administration proposed health care plan changes but still offered a health care plan option with no monthly contribution for individual musicians. The latest proposal also maintained a maximum $74,000 annual pension for retiring musicians, with a slight increase in retirement age to draw full pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current economic environment, the San Francisco Symphony is facing the same challenges that other major American orchestras around the country are facing. For all four years of its most recent collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, operating expenses have outpaced operating income. While concert and related revenues have increased 2.4% compounded annually during the term of the four-year agreement, concert production expenses have increased 8.1% compounded annually. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Saturday, March 16):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony strike continues and tonight's program--\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2012-13/MTT-conducts-Mahler%E2%80%99s-Ninth-Symphony.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mahler's Ninth Symphony\u003c/a>--has been canceled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/13/san-francisco-symphony-on-strike-concert-cancelled/img_2118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91365\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/IMG_2118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91365\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday morning. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The principal disputes center on pay (musicians are seeking increases to maintain parity with other premiere orchestras) and health care benefits. The musicians' union gives its side of the story \u003ca href=\"http://www.musiciansofthesanfranciscosymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> (also see slideshow below). And here's the latest press release from symphony management: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / March 16, 2013\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR\u003cbr>\nSATURDAY, MARCH 16 IS CANCELLED\u003cbr>\nDUE TO LABOR STOPPAGE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 16 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night. Ticket holders with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update (Friday, March 15):\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Symphony announced today that with musicians still on strike, it's canceling a concert scheduled for tonight (Friday, March 15) and won't reschedule it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the bad news for symphony lovers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the two sides are talking. The symphony said \"talks are moving forward\" after a 13-hour bargaining session most of the day yesterday and into this morning. The organization says it will make an announcement about its weekend concerts on Saturday. And still in question is whether the labor dispute, which centers on salaries and health benefit costs, will be resolved in time for the orchestra to make its planned East Coast tour next week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the symphony's Friday press release:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for FRIDAY, MARCH 15 CANCELED; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS MOVE FORWARD \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2013 – Due to the labor stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony, the concert scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Talks are moving forward after a 13-hour negotiation session that continued into the early morning hours, and more talks are scheduled for Friday. No further concert cancellations have been announced at this time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrons with tickets to the March 15 concert may exchange them for an upcoming concert, donate their tickets, or receive a refund. Patrons can obtain information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 (between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update for the Saturday, March 16 8:00 p.m. concert will be issued Saturday morning, and an update for the Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. concert will be issued by Saturday night, March 16. Ticket holders for these concerts with email addresses or phone numbers will receive direct notification from the Symphony. All news will also be posted at www.sfsymphony.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestra administration are working toward a new three-year contract. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (March 13):\u003c/strong> Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike today after eight months of fruitless talks with management centered on wage and benefit issues. The immediate impact: The symphony announced a concert scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday has been canceled. Also in jeopardy: a tour to the East Coast, including stops at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/National-Tour-March-2013.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">planned program\u003c/a> for the tour was \"Drift and Providence\" by Berkeley native \u003ca href=\"http://www.samuelcarladams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Carl Adams\u003c/a>, which the symphony premiered last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union representing musicians has been seeking a 5 percent raise to keep San Francisco Symphony players on par with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Contract talks had stalled over a union demand that the symphony open its books. Symphony management has proposed a freeze in both wages and benefits, citing players' average salary of $165,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The administration has prepared an offer, but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator,\" said Executive Director Brent Assink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musicians say symphony management had offered a contract without any raises, even as Assink himself got a bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Symphony musicians last went on strike in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the the press releases from the musicians' union and the symphony on a strike called today by musicians. We'll have more details from an 11 a.m. press conference by both symphony officials and the musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/symphonystrike/_files/iframe.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Today: San Francisco Symphony Musicians To Make Major Announcement\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWith Just One Week Left To Reach A Labor Agreement and Management Stalling, Musicians Will Make a Major Announcement About Labor Action\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHO: San Francisco Symphony Musicians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WHAT: A major announcement by the Musicians about their labor negotiations with Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BACKGROUND: Last week, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Symphony Musicians voted unanimously to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached with management by March 19, the day the Symphony is scheduled to begin an East Coast tour. Management has refused to open its financial books so that a fair deal can be reached that will keep the orchestra competitive with its peers in Chicago and Los Angeles and remain a world class symphony. Instead management is rewarding themselves with six figure bonuses and seeking a contract that will not allow Musicians to keep up with the cost of living, which is why Musicians, such as David Herbert – who is joining the Chicago Symphony – are leaving. The San Francisco Symphony receives approximately $2.6 million in annual funding support from the public, yet management will not open the books and be transparent about how those funds are being used. On March 12, management stalled negotiations yet once again, and as a result the Musicians will make a major labor announcement today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULED for 2:00 PM MARCH 14 CANCELLED DUE TO WORK STOPPAGE BY MUSICIANS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2013 – Due to a work stoppage by the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), the concert scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Patrons can obtain up-to-the-minute information on concerts, ticket exchanges and customer service by calling the Symphony Box Office at (415) 864-6000 and on the Orchestra’s website at www.sfsymphony.org/press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Musicians Union of San Francisco, Local 6, American Federation of Musicians, representing musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, have rejected proposals from the Orchestra administration for a new three-year contract that would have kept the musicians among the three highest paid orchestras in the country. The administration notified the musicians that a revised proposal would be presented Thursday, March 14 but the musicians decided to strike rather than continue negotiations overseen by a federal mediator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest administration proposal offered a minimum base yearly salary of $141,700 in the first year, with multi-year increases to $144,560 by the end of the proposed contract. During the most recent four-year contract, the musicians’ base minimum pay increased by 17.3%, an average of 4.3% per year. 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"disqusTitle": "News Pix: Chez Panisse Fire; 'Bay Lights' Sparkle on West Span; Memorializing Teen Death",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/03/08/fire-at-chez-panisse-damages-front-of-restaurant/\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90970\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/PhotoWeek130308chezfire.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130308chezfire\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant known the world over for its innovative cuisine, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/03/08/fire-at-chez-panisse-damages-front-of-restaurant/\">struck by a fire\u003c/a> at 3 a.m. While the flames were mostly contained to the front porch, the restaurant is closed until further notice. The source of the fire is unknown. (Colleen Neff/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/08/news-pix-chez-panisse-fire-bay-lights-sparkle-on-west-span-memorializing-teen-death/photoweek130308memorial/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90971\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90971\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/PhotoWeek130308memorial.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130308memorial\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>Friends and fellow Lowell High School students left flowers, notes and photos at an impromptu memorial for Hanren Chang, who was killed in a traffic collision near Sloat Boulevard and Forest View Drive on March 2. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2013/03/06/city-approves-funds-for-sloat-boulevard-pedestrian-safety/\">approved funding Tuesday \u003c/a>for pedestrian safety improvements on Sloat Boulevard like flashing yellow lights and wider sidewalks. (Tom Prete/\u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/\">Ocean Beach Bulletin\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/08/news-pix-chez-panisse-fire-bay-lights-sparkle-on-west-span-memorializing-teen-death/photoweek130308sjhomeless/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90973\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90973\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/PhotoWeek130308SJhomeless.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130308SJhomeless\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>On a grassy open field near the San Jose airport, sits a homeless encampment of dozens of tents and over a hundred people. City officials have stated they will be removing the camp and the people very soon. (Mewael Tekleab/\u003ca href=\"http://www.sjbeez.org/\">San Jose Beez\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/08/news-pix-chez-panisse-fire-bay-lights-sparkle-on-west-span-memorializing-teen-death/photoweek130308baylights/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90978\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90978\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/PhotoWeek130308baylights.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130308baylights\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>Rain drenched the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/06/watch-video-thousands-turn-out-in-san-francisco-to-see-bay-bridge-lights/\">thousands of people who came out to watch the debut of the Bay Lights\u003c/a> on March 5. Artist Leo Villareal pressed laptop keys that illuminated a project two and a half years in the making. Villareal’s computer program will insure no sequences ever repeat over the two-year life of the piece. (Steve Rhodes/\u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/\">Oakland Local\u003c/a>)\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90980\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/PhotoWeek130308postoffice.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130308postoffice\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">On Tuesday March 5, the Berkeley City Council adopted a resolution \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/03/06/council-asks-for-1-year-moratorium-on-post-office-sale/\">to ask the U.S. Postal Service to press the pause button for at least one year\u003c/a> on its plans to sell the Renaissance-style building at Allston Way that houses the city's downtown post office. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/parksdh/\">D.H. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/yahoo.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58972\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/yahoo.jpeg\" alt=\"yahoo\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>The news that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting has created as much buzz as \u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57473289-276/what-hiring-marissa-mayer-immediately-does-for-yahoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her initial hiring\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/marissa-mayer-the-first-ever-pregnant-ceo-of-a-fortune-500-tech-company/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her pregnancy\u003c/a>, or her \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/02/marissa_mayer_gives_birth_to_baby_boy_yahoo_ceo_s_short_maternity_leave_is_a_big_mistake_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incredibly short maternity leave\u003c/a>. In other words, it’s getting a lot of attention, and much of it negative. It’s also sparked a serious debate about the relationship between employees’ work and home life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The discovery of the internal memo announcing the restriction (dug up by Kara Swisher of \u003ca href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20130222/physically-together-heres-the-internal-yahoo-no-work-from-home-memo-which-extends-beyond-remote-workers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things D\u003c/a>) has stirred up that Internet-age old question of whether working at home actually benefits organizations. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201302260900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny\u003c/a> took up the conversation Tuesday. Following are edited highlights from the show and things to keep in mind as the conversation rages on …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1) Marissa Mayer’s Job Title is ‘CEO’ Not ‘Promoter of Work/Life Balance’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The assumption is, if you’re a woman, you’re going to do things that are beneficial to all women and that that will be one of your highest priorities,” said \u003ca href=\"http://www.uchastings.edu/academics/faculty/facultybios/williams/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Williams\u003c/a>, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. “And I think it’s really important to say loud and clear [that] if a woman doesn’t have that as one of her highest priorities, that makes her kind of like most men. And she has every right to. Women should be as diverse as men should.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as the media and perhaps individual women across the globe view Mayer as a harbinger of work/life balance reform or a bellwether for women in tech, she is simply a woman in charge of a tech giant, trying to keep it profitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me this isn’t really about work/life, it’s about company/no company,” said Shane Mac, director of products at \u003ca href=\"http://about.zaarly.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zaarly,\u003c/a> a San Francisco based startup, who realized relatively early on that his company could not be run remotely. “It’s about taking in Yahoo, which is a pretty legendary brand and kind of symbolizes what this valley and area is, and not becoming \u003ca href=\"http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/popular-search-engines-in-the-90s-then-and-now/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AltaVista, Lycos and AskJeeves\u003c/a> …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe [management] feels like this is the medicine that Yahoo needs,” said Swisher. “Maybe she feels like there’s no other way of fixing it. Unfortunately what’s happened is she’s created a focus on the work-from-home thing versus fixing what ails Yahoo.” \u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Yahoo Might Have Needed A Kick in the Butt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5658887/yahoo-s-woes-in-search-engine-share-continues-as-microsoft-gains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plenty of evidence\u003c/a> that Yahoo has been suffering in recent years and that \u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57478331-93/marissa-mayer-enters-the-yahoo-pressure-cooker/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">there’s lots of pressure\u003c/a> on Mayer to put the company back on top. Swisher says that the telecommuting ban may have been prompted by a perceived lack of urgency among company employees:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know from sources she was frustrated that the Yahoo parking lots were sort of slow to fill in the morning and quick to empty out in the afternoon,” said Swisher. “I think that was a big issue. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you go to the Yahoo campus, you know when you comparatively visit Google or Twitter or Facebook, there’s a real energy on those campuses and Yahoo for years has been rather enervated …” said Swisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Working From Home is Productive, Despite Stigma\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/striking-the-balance.html?cmpid=alumni\">A recent Stanford study\u003c/a> found that workers who telecommute are happier and more productive than their in-office counterparts. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/striking-the-balance.html?cmpid=alumni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The study\u003c/a> examined productivity of call center workers for a Chinese travel agency who worked from home versus those who worked in an office. The telecommuters in the study answered more calls, worked more hours, and took shorter breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forum received \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KQEDForum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple comments\u003c/a> from telecommuters saying that they are perceived as slackers and have to try harder to make their contributions known. Williams, from the Center for WorkLife Law, called this the “flexibility stigma.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The assumption is that if you’re working in a traditional way and not taking time off and your you-know-what is on your chair, then you’re productive. And the assumption is, if you even so much as take family leave, especially for fathers, that you’re unproductive and uncommitted. This is a very strong automatic assumption; it’s a very strong stigma and it’s not related to reality, it’s related to perception. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For men actually, it’s related to the perception that if you’re taking leave or you’re on a flexible schedule that you’re more feminine than other men,” said Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Being Productive is Different Than Being Innovative\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even supporters of telecommuting acknowledged that it wouldn’t work for every company or for every position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are people at Yahoo who could be collaborating and innovating and haven’t been,” said John Roberts, a professor of strategic management and international business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “And that collaboration and innovation is encouraged by having people there face to face, interacting formally and informally. But for people who are doing technical support or doing relatively straightforward programming tasks, or people who are managing databases — there’s not a lot of innovation potential in their jobs. To allow those who want to work from home to do so makes their lives better, makes them happier, and makes them more productive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said Williams: “It’s not an issue of whether telecommuting suits a company, it’s really an issue of whether telecommuting — properly managed — is suitable for an individual job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as most of the Forum guests agreed that telecommuting is not appropriate for every position, most also agreed that managing remote workers required a different approach than managing those you see every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Remote Workers Require Different Management\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The management of remote takes a lot of time,” said Mac of Zaarly, the startup. “And you have to invest in it and put time into it. And if that’s where you set your culture and what you believe in, I think it’s very doable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s necessarily true that managing remote people takes more time,” said Williams. “I do think it takes some thought and takes some careful thinking through. That’s been done, actually, long since 20 years ago, but you do have to, in a very deliberate way, set up interactions and check-in points.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps this is what Yahoo’s shift in policy reveals — that the company simply could not motivate or effectively manage its remote employees: “It’s an issue of management,” said Swisher. “They have to get these people who are working from home excited also. They can’t do that obviously, so they want them all at the office.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/yahoo.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58972\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/yahoo.jpeg\" alt=\"yahoo\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>The news that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting has created as much buzz as \u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57473289-276/what-hiring-marissa-mayer-immediately-does-for-yahoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her initial hiring\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/marissa-mayer-the-first-ever-pregnant-ceo-of-a-fortune-500-tech-company/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her pregnancy\u003c/a>, or her \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/10/02/marissa_mayer_gives_birth_to_baby_boy_yahoo_ceo_s_short_maternity_leave_is_a_big_mistake_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incredibly short maternity leave\u003c/a>. In other words, it’s getting a lot of attention, and much of it negative. It’s also sparked a serious debate about the relationship between employees’ work and home life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The discovery of the internal memo announcing the restriction (dug up by Kara Swisher of \u003ca href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20130222/physically-together-heres-the-internal-yahoo-no-work-from-home-memo-which-extends-beyond-remote-workers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things D\u003c/a>) has stirred up that Internet-age old question of whether working at home actually benefits organizations. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201302260900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny\u003c/a> took up the conversation Tuesday. Following are edited highlights from the show and things to keep in mind as the conversation rages on …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1) Marissa Mayer’s Job Title is ‘CEO’ Not ‘Promoter of Work/Life Balance’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The assumption is, if you’re a woman, you’re going to do things that are beneficial to all women and that that will be one of your highest priorities,” said \u003ca href=\"http://www.uchastings.edu/academics/faculty/facultybios/williams/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Williams\u003c/a>, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. “And I think it’s really important to say loud and clear [that] if a woman doesn’t have that as one of her highest priorities, that makes her kind of like most men. And she has every right to. Women should be as diverse as men should.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as the media and perhaps individual women across the globe view Mayer as a harbinger of work/life balance reform or a bellwether for women in tech, she is simply a woman in charge of a tech giant, trying to keep it profitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Working From Home is Productive, Despite Stigma\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/striking-the-balance.html?cmpid=alumni\">A recent Stanford study\u003c/a> found that workers who telecommute are happier and more productive than their in-office counterparts. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/striking-the-balance.html?cmpid=alumni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The study\u003c/a> examined productivity of call center workers for a Chinese travel agency who worked from home versus those who worked in an office. The telecommuters in the study answered more calls, worked more hours, and took shorter breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forum received \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KQEDForum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple comments\u003c/a> from telecommuters saying that they are perceived as slackers and have to try harder to make their contributions known. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>by Sam Harnett\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even from outside on the street I could hear the screams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After braving the morning rush of the financial district, I had arrived to cover the first day of \u003ca href=\"//devbootcamp.com/%E2%80%9D\">Dev Bootcamp\u003c/a>, an intensive web development course held in a nondescript building not too far from Chinatown. That’s where the screams -- well, more like cheers, really -- were coming from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88357\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/06/dev-bootcamp/devbootcamp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88357\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-88357\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/DevBootcamp-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy Dev Bootcamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Dev Bootcamp\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The program claims to transform, in nine short weeks, normal people into programmers. Price: $12,000. I hoped to be out of there and onto my next assignment before the coding got too heavy and the morning coffee wore off. But the very point of these bootcamps is that no one slips into the background and the energy remains at a constant boil. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thus after my Dev Bootcamp contact caught me slinking away from the 18 cheering participants, he soon had me walking through the rows, slapping their hands. Soon we went into forced mingling and touchy-feely ice breaking. A loud burst of “Gangnam Style” signified it was time to form a circle and engage in intimate AA-style personal introductions. Here I linked arms with the would-be devs and discussed in earnest the most embarrassing moment of my life. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Looking for a new career\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the students sitting around the circle resembled the stereotypical programming geek that still sometimes crop up in movies or TV shows. No coke-bottle classes or pallid skin, and not even the remotest sign of anti-social behavior. Even those with a computer science background were witty, enterprising and self-deprecating. Everyone in the circle talked about startups and areas of interest as if at an NGO round table discussion on how to save the world. How could web development reform the justice system? Could it change how we get our food? What about education reform? Linguistic analysis?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>The focus of the camp is to develop basic programming capacity while refining “soft skills” like teamwork and self-reflection\u003c/strong>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The students come from a broad mix of backgrounds. One is a Spanish ophthalmologist, another a Ph.D student in Japanese literature. A smattering of young college grads are also in the mix. These aren't slackers with dim employment prospects; they’re overachievers, with varying reasons for signing on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted to work for a small company doing something that I loved, something that I was interested in,\" said Brayden Cleary. \"With my major, what I learned in college, I didn't have an in at any of those companies – no marketable skills. I am doing this so that I have a fundamental understanding of programming technology ... \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eno Compton, the Japanese literature Ph.D., said he likes the educational approach. \"As I came close to finishing my doctorate ... it became clear that there is something really wrong with the university system now. To me, Dev Bootcamp is ... this tremendous new beginning for education ... that isn't [biased] towards what kind of degree you have, or did you get good grades. None of that. It's all about really loving something and wanting to learn it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are all bright, determined people, dead set on making the jump to a new career. But can they really become programmers in just nine weeks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beyond just programming chops\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dev Bootcamp curriculum centers around \u003ca href=\"//www.google.com/search?q=ruby+on+rails%E2%80%9D\">Ruby on Rails\u003c/a>, a versatile web development language. But as the founder, Shereef Bishay, explains, the language doesn't really matter. The focus of the camp is to develop basic programming capacity while refining “soft skills” like teamwork and self-reflection. That includes sessions on counseling, yoga and something on the F word. It's hard to imagine Bill Gates or Steve Jobs gave these topics much thought as they built their empires. But times have changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/03/dev-bootcamp/\" target=\"_blank\">Dev Bootcamp transforming education\u003c/a> (TechCrunch) \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And the truth is, programming itself has changed, too. Computer languages have evolved to be less code-intensive and more intuitive than what self-schooled programmers once punched out on hulking mainframes in the basements of universities, or on astronomically expensive home computers. Programmers who once had to write thousands of lines of code to complete a task can now do the same thing in minutes with Ruby on Rails or Python.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These innovations have dropped the technical bar significantly for an entry-level web developer. You still need to have the problem-solving skills of a programmer, but you don't have to memorize massive tomes of language rules or churn out lines of immaculate C++. According to recruiter Lisa Hall, what companies are putting a priority on when they look for developers are motivation, drive, creative thinking, team orientation and learning ability. These qualities, says Hall, are now prized more than pure programming power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall works at VonChurch, an agency that specializes in hiring for the digital entertainment industry. She’s currently working with two recent grads from a program similar to Dev Bootcamp based in New York. Neither had any previous experience in programming, but now that they've graduated, tech companies have come calling with offers of a job interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall says companies still need great hardcore programmers with the kind of deep background developed at four-year college computer science programs. But to meet current demand, there just aren't enough of those to go around. So the tech industry is hungry for progammers with even basic qualifications. The rewards can be great. In the Bay Area, the starting salary for an entry-level web development position is roughly $85,000 a year, says both Bishay and Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dev Bootcamp says 16 of the 17 job-seekers who graduated with its first cohort last spring found employment. Twitter and OUYA, a maker of video game consoles, confirmed to me they have hired Dev Bootcamp graduates. Bishay is set to open another school in Chicago, and his classes are booked through June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bishay says the acceptance rate into the program is about 15 percent, around the same as it is for a prestigious college. But the attributes that will gain you a spot couldn’t be more different. First off, traditional factors factors like grades, prerequisites, and tests matter very little. Applicants only have to plug in some basic information and upload a video of themselves. To make the final cut, Bishay conducts an interview over Skype. He says he is looking basically for “nice people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the industry is so sanguine about the ability of novices to ramp up so quickly and attain parity with those who have taken a more traditional route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There have always been bootcamps in the tech skills business,\" says Scott Melland, CEO of Dice, a tech employment site where job-seekers post profiles and recruiters can search for particular skills. \"The most successful ones have been training programs where they are taking existing tech professionals and updating their skills, or helping those people learn new technology or new programming languages ... 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"content": "\u003cp>Think of it like a mushroom. Up near the top, there’s a big, fat cap of Baby Boomers; down below, the stem is struggling to hold up under the weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88392\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/06/californias-baby-boomers-on-track-to-overwhelm-states-younger-working-adults/ex2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88392\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-88392 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/Ex2-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Ex2\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See those big bars in the middle? See the little bars to the left? (Courtesy USC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>USC’ Dowell Myers says The Day of Demographic Reckoning has come upon us. We share his thoughts because he's the lead researcher on a recently released report from the University of Southern California and the Lucile Packard Foundation, \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/research/popdynamics/pdf/2013_Myers_Californias-Diminishing-Children.pdf\">California's Diminishing Resource: Children\u003c/a>.\" Myers and his team analyzed data from the 2010 census and the American Community Survey to conclude that we're coming up on a rather large problem, economically speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been sneaking up on us gradually, and it has finally arrived,\" Myers told \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201302060850/b\">The California Report\u003c/a>. \"The oldest Baby Boomer turned 65 last year, and now 18 years of Baby Boomers are going to cross that line.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1970, children made up more than one-third of California's population. By 2030, they're expected to account for just one-fifth. 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He would prefer a California population of, oh, around 20 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem is, the people are already here, the people who are weighing us down, like myself: Baby Boomers. We’re not going away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pool of retirees at any given time relies on the pool of working adults to pay the taxes that support the social safety net - and to buy the houses of Baby Boomers planning to finance their retirement in Palm Springs with the proceeds. If there aren’t enough buyers to keep real estate prices stratospheric, Myers says, “It isn’t going to look pretty for anybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is that a problem?” I asked him. After all, for Gen X and Yers who can hang on for a few years, a catastrophic drop in real estate prices might prove a real windfall. (Making a calendar note to myself here for 2023: buy home in choice neighborhood.) But then Myers and his cohort wouldn't be able to finance their retirement in Palm Springs. He might show up at my door wanting to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might think we could reasonably expect to offset the demographic gap with in-migration. I have a friend in New Jersey who's thinking of doing it within the next five years. Between Silicon Valley, Hollywood, organic salad greens, shale oil and who knows what New New Economic Driver drives the economy a decade from now, surely we’ll draw enough new talent to come out on top?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not likely, Myers says. It would take an awful lot of people coming here sooner rather than later to offset the dropping birthrate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88391\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/06/californias-baby-boomers-on-track-to-overwhelm-states-younger-working-adults/ex1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88391\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-88391\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/Ex1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Ex1\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trend lines don't show us growing the population. (Courtesy USC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ixnay on the Baby Bump strategy. Ixnay on the Import Our Workforce strategy. Final pitch: make Baby Boomers keep working. As it is, many Californians are already working in some capacity past 55 or 65 or whatever we used to think of as the Typical Retirement Date. There again, Myers is dour on the aggregate possibilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“You can only flex it a little bit,” he says. By 75, most people are ready to throw in the towel, if they haven’t already.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So what does Myers suggest? He recommends we immediately restore our commitment to educating our children as if they were going to be the workforce of the future, as opposed to potential prison inmates. Budget troubles or no, Myers calls the cuts to education in California penny wise and pound foolish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The bulk of our workforce, our projections show, are going to be homegrown Californians. We sure better put them all to work at really high capacity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means more Californians need to get college degrees. Myers is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv5fihvbnh0&list=PL79EE48CBF0B345A8\">not alone\u003c/a> in that assessment. 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