Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein Prevent Closure of Western Addition Social Security Office
Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein Prevent Closure of Western Addition Social Security Office
Thursday, April 7, 2005
San Francisco -- At the urging of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senators Barbara Boxer, and Dianne Feinstein, the Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced it was reversing its decision to close its office in San Francisco?s Western Addition neighborhood.
?I thank Regional Commissioner Peter Spencer for reversing the Social Security Administration?s decision to close the Western Addition office, as well as Senators Boxer and Feinstein for joining me in opposing the closure,? Pelosi said. ?Keeping this Social Security Administration office open will ensure that elderly and disabled residents in the Western Addition, Inner Richmond, Japantown and Pacific Heights can continue to receive critical services and information about their Social Security benefits in a setting that is convenient, safe and familiar.?
Pelosi wrote SAA Regional Commissioner Peter D. Spencer on March 11, 2005 to protest the closure, convey the depth of community opposition to the proposed closure of the Western Addition office, and ask for a detailed explanation of the reasons for the closure. On April 1, 2005, Pelosi?s office met with Mr. Spencer to reiterate her opposition to the closure.
"San Franciscans must be able to obtain the Social Security benefits they have earned," Pelosi said. "The strong public opposition to the President's privatization plan has made clear that Social Security is critical to millions of Americans."