Due to safety concerns, SF gov't workers told to stay home
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Employees at downtown San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi Federal Building are being warned that rolling up to the office in person may be too dangerous a risk. Though police cover the area, lax directives are perpetuating wild drug- and violence-filled streets, about which Rep. Pelosi herself is worried. From Fortune.
While many Silicon Valley companies are playing hardball when it comes to getting workers back to the office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is telling workers in San Francisco to stay home indefinitely.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the stay-at-home recommendation was issued on Aug. 4, as a result of safety concerns for workers at the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building downtown. The area has become one that’s frequented by drug dealers and users on a regular basis.
“In light of the conditions at the [federal building], we recommend employees…maximize the use of telework for the foreseeable future,” HHS Assistant Secretary for Administration Cheryl R. Campbell wrote in a memo....
At about the same time the memo was sent, Rep. Nancy Pelosi herself met with the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California to express concerns over the safety of workers at the building. (Pelosi’s staff has not been advised to work remotely, the Chronicle reported.)
The federal building is protected by the Federal Protective Service, which coordinated with San Francisco police. Despite that, the area is littered with dealers, and drug users congregate (and use the product they buy) on the concrete benches along the property.
This article originally appeared in Fortune. Read the whole thing here.
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