SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Numerous employees with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region 9 Office in San Francisco arrived at work on April Fool’s Day to find that they were no longer employed. The layoffs came as part of the Trump Administration’s decision to close the office, which employed 318 people. Former federal worker Julie Fong, who worked of the the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for 25 years, told KRON 4 reporter Will Tran that she received a layoff notice by email when she arrived at the office Tuesday morning. “We all received impersonal emails on April Fool’s Day and it was not an April Fool’s joke,” Fong said. “... It feels intentionally cruel and malicious, to be honest. Which is in line with some of the other things we’ve experienced recently.” Trump has dubbed April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ for his tariffs. Here’s what to expect Former DHHS employee Michael Charboneau told KRON 4 that he had no idea that the layoffs were coming Tuesday morning. “Our badges would let us into the building but not into our suite,” Charboneau said. “Some people were already inside so they let us in. One of the supervisors came and gave me a hug right away.” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called the reported closure as “shortsighted” in a public statement Tuesday. Some of the layoffs include employees with the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides essential services for people living with HIV in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Pelosi slams Trump administration’s abrupt closure of HHS Regional Office in SF “We’re all thinking about the communities that we serve,” Fong said. “We work with some fantastic state governments and tribal governments and I know they will continue the work, but it’s going to be challenging.” ...read more read less