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Proposal to add cash for S.F. schoolsBY ADRIEL HAMPTONOf The Examiner Staff    Standing with teachers, parents and campaign supporters, Supervisor Tom Ammiano on Thursday announced a nearly $7 million plan to fund schools, HIV/AIDS programs and hospital translators.    Ammiano's plan calls on the supervisors' budget committee to cut battalions at the fire department, cut the police overtime budget and shift nearly $5 million in street cleaning costs to the fatter Public Utilities Commission budget.    Margaret Brodkin of Coleman Advocates, a youth-oriented nonprofit, said Ammiano's plan helps break the "Berlin Wall down Van Ness" between City Hall and the school district.    School Board members Sarah...