**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201

Statement from SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford on the announcement of 500 layoffs at the City & County of San Francisco:

“The positions on the chopping block are critical public services that San Franciscans of all walks of life depend on. San Francisco’s recovery and economic success is tied to the workers who do the hard work every day to keep this city supported and deliver important services to the community. They clean our streets and parks, respond to emergencies, provide life-saving care in our public hospitals, help people in crisis on our streets and connect them with housing and services.

“That’s exactly why we must pass the Overpaid CEO Act this June. This common-sense measure will bring in $300 million a year to protect public services that Trump’s cuts through HR 1 will otherwise decimate, by requiring the largest corporations doing business in San Francisco to invest a fraction of what they are saving in HR 1 tax cuts back into this community to keep it a city people want to live and work in.”