In California, for example, a minimum-wage employee must work 130 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom rental, according to the report. The coalition has released this report annually for the past 25 years.
Satin Doll  is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded countless times, by such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords and opening with a ii-V-I turnaround.
Jacqueline Susann Dead at 53; Novelist Wrote 'Valley of Dolls'. acqueline Susann, whose 1966 book, Valley of the Dolls, became the world's best-selling novel and made her name a household word, died of cancer Saturday night at doctors Hospital. She was 53 years old.