Planning Commission Delays Day Labor Program Hearing Yet Again

Dear friends and allies of the SF Day Labor Program,

I am writing with the disturbing news that the SF Planning Department has for the FIFTH TIME IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS postponed the hearing to consider the Day Labor Program's move to 3358 Cesar Chavez St.!! The Department, lead by Gerald Green, continues to stall the process by creating new excuses every time a hearing date approaches. It is more and more clear that the building hearing is tied to the Mayor's current stalling of the city contract, which until recently was held by La Raza Centro Legal to run the SF Day Labor Program.

WE ARE STILL GOING TO CITY HALL ON DECEMBER 5!! Please join San Francisco day laborers in a rally and press conference on December 5, 1:30, main steps of City Hall. Day laborers and their supporters will denounce the Planning Department's stalling of the Day Labor Program's move to Cesar Chavez St., as well as the Mayor's termination of city funds to the Day Labor Program.

WE WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCING THE FILING OF OUR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY!! The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) is filing a lawsuit on behalf of La Raza Centro Legal/SF Day Labor Program because the city violated the workers' and our agency's First Amendment right to protest
without suffering retaliation.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT ON DECEMBER 5, 1:30, CITY HALL!!

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at renee [at] lrcl.org or
(415) 553-3404.

Venceremos,

Renee Saucedo