SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – It’s one of the oldest forms of affordable housing in San Francisco, SROs, short for single room occupancy hotels. Now, the very people who fought to preserve this housing of last resort are calling it
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More than 130 restaurant workers have won a $2.6 million settlement from former employer Kome Japanese Seafood Buffet in Daly City, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
The settlement announced this week comes after a yearslong struggle between
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■帝利市高味海鮮餐廳員工被欠薪維權行動和解收場，133名員工獲得260萬元欠薪。圖為被欠薪華人員工2018年6月在餐廳門前抗議維權。華人進步會提供
(本報記者徐明月三藩市報道)
經過近兩年的維權之路，位於帝利市（Daly City）現已結業的高味（Kome）海鮮自助餐廳欠薪風波終落下帷幕。133名被拖欠工資的員工與餐廳達成和解，將取得被拖欠的薪金共260萬元。
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灣區的華人進步協會（CPA）、亞太環保網絡（APEN）等社區組織日前舉行視訊討論會，希望民眾11月公投支持15號法案，堵住加州商業公司財產稅漏洞，為公立學校和重要的地方服務增加120億經費。華人大學生黃幸瑜（Xingyu Huang）說，新移民來讀高中時，學校因經費關閉；家中申請可負擔房6年沒消息。若通過法案，能籌資大力支持教育和住房等服務。
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「學校與社區為首」（Schools & Communities First）提案進入11月公投，該提案旨在通過彌補加州商業公司財產稅收漏洞，為全加州的公立學校和緊急的地方服務收回120億元。
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When San Francisco’s first confirmed cases of the coronavirus emerged in early March, it seemed unclear how to fight the pandemic — if wearing a mask provided any protection, if going for a walk outside was safe or if pieces
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三藩市市參事會23日以10票對1票通過由馬兆明(Gordon Mar)提出的「重新受僱權」法案，要求大企業僱主先僱用被裁員工，才可聘用新求職者。
《三藩市觀察家報》報道，馬兆明認為，當經濟重啟之時，需有公平過程聘回舊員工是「迫切需要」，又指此舉「將有助數以萬計失業工人」。
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Workers laid off from large employers in San Francisco were granted the right Tuesday to return to their old jobs.
The Board of Supervisors voted 10-to-1 to approve Supervisor Gordon Mar’s “right to reemployment” legislation that requires large employers to
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