SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Trump administration has reportedly decided to close the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region 9 Office in San Francisco. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi slammed the reported closure as "shortsighted."
"The HHS Region 9 office in San Francisco directly serves the needs of millions of Americans in the Bay Area, the state of California and beyond," Pelosi said in a statement. "By closing our regional office, the Trump Administration would choose to put the health and safety of Bay Area residents and all Californians in jeopardy, gut vital public health initiatives like the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and potentially axe hundreds of career civil servant jobs held by hardworking Californians."
ICE contractors knocking on doors in East Bay, according to congresswomanAccording to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, the office, which is located in the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, will be closed sometime this spring. There are 318 staff members at the office, some of whom work for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program which provides essential services for people living with HIV in the Bay Area and beyond.
"This shortsighted office closure would lead to critical service slowdowns for San Franciscans to get the resources they need and detrimental impacts to our public health response capabilities -- all in the name of so-called 'government efficiency,'" Pelosi said. "It is notable that this reported decision was made by the Trump Administration's leading vaccine denialist, Secretary Kennedy, whose extreme views on public health are out of step with the vast majority of the American people."
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who has been dogged by controversy for his views on vaccination, announced plans last month to consolidate the Department of Health and Human Services 10 regional offices to five.
KRON4 is working to independently confirm the closure.
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