The State - News from July 5, 1989

Asian-Americans make up 28% of the San Francisco government’s professional work force but hold 11% of the administrative positions, according to a new study. In its report, the Chinese for Affirmative Action organization charged that Asian-Americans have the worst promotional opportunities of any ethnic group in the city’s civil service system. “Hundreds of Asian professionals who have toiled in the trenches are being bypassed,” said Henry Der, executive director of the 20-year-old civil rights organization. Der said the situation for Asians has not changed measurably since the group did a similar study in 1985. Mayor Art Agnos welcomed the report, but said he disagreed that the situation has gone unchanged since 1985.