San Francisco could lose hundreds of jobs in Trump, Pelosi fight

The Department of Health and Human Services’ regional office in downtown San Francisco will close and relocate its operations to Denver by early May as part of a national restructuring plan, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office told Politico.

The San Francisco HHS office is located in the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building. Around 318 federal employees work there, administering programs related to Medicaid, Medicare, and drug addiction treatment. Most of these workers could lose their jobs due to the restructuring effort under the Department of Government Efficiency’s initiative to reduce the federal workforce, Pelosi’s office said.

The move appears to be the latest escalation in the fierce rivalry between Pelosi and President Donald Trump. It comes after an executive order called for drastic cuts to the Presidio Trust, which Pelosi founded. Last month, a Native American tribe appealed to Trump to return the site to its custody.