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Civic
San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
Social Security Under Strain
29 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2025 at 9:06 pm.
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Staffing cuts, office closures and stricter rules are straining the Social Security system. In this episode, we hear from beneficiaries, workers, and advocates about increasingly long wait times and unanswered phone calls, what’s breaking down — and what it means for the more than 100,000 San Francisco residents who rely on the program to survive.