As mass layoffs commenced nationwide for Department of Health and Human Services workers, one employee seen leaving the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco Tuesday morning said she was "devastated" and "heartbroken.

"We're not political pawns," said Steven Weiner, a program specialist with the Office of Administration for Children and Families in San Francisco. "We work for the poorest of the poor. This decision doesn't just lack heart - it makes no sense.

The Trump administration has announced plans to close the San Francisco Department of Health and Human Services office this spring, a move harshly criticized by Nancy Pelosi.