Unlike Prop B, Mr. Adachi's new plan wouldn't modify employees' health-care costs, which are also skyrocketing.

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But when they went to visit, family members repeatedly chased them away, according to Tomoko Iwamatsu, an Adachi ward official.

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Progressive public defendant Jeff Adachi, a mayoral candidate, had proposed making all employees contribute more to their pensions and health care.

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