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.
Wendelin Van Draanen In addition to the Sammy Keyes series, Wendelin Van Draanen is also the author of the Shrederman books and the novels Flipped and Swear to Howdy. Today you will find Wendelin Van Drannen in California with her two sons and her husband who happens to have a knack for helping her brainstorm ideas for her books.