Living Poor in San Francisco
“I was born and raised in San Francisco but had to move to Oakland to provide for my young twins,” 24-year old working single mother Jaquayla Burton told me. “I […]
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Press Coverage
Scenes From the Struggle for Economic Justice
Karl Kramer talks about the current issues of the Community Jobs Program and reformations needed to improve the program. Read more: http://www.sfbg.com/2013/05/01/scenes-struggle-economic-justice
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SF’s Minimum Wage Rises to Highest in the Country
Thousands of San Francisco’s low-wage workers will see more added to their paycheck in the New Year. The annual increase in the minimum wage kicks in on January 1, once
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San Francisco Minimum Wage to Top $10
David Frias and Karl Kramer on the minimum wage increase to $10.24. David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America.
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A happier New Year in prospect for San Francisco’s poor when it will become first U.S. city to raise minimum wage to $10
The citizens of San Francisco will have one more thing to celebrate on New Year’s Day – as the city becomes the first to introduce a $10 minimum wage. The