Next on the proverbial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping block?
According to reports, it’s former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Reports from Pelosi’s home state of California surfaced over the weekend that President Donald Trump’s administration is looking to sell two prominent federal buildings in San Francisco, including the recently dubbed Nancy Pelosi Federal Building.
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The Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, a two-decade-old, 18-story tower known as the San Francisco Federal Building until its formal dedication meant to honor the former House speaker in December, sits on Mission and 7th streets in an area that has been for years plagued by open-air drug dealing, illegal markets reselling stolen goods, and other crime, according to local reports.
In 2023, hundreds of federal employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) assigned to the building were instructed to work from home over safety concerns, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
At the time, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, demanded its closure due to the drug dealing at the building’s doorstep.
According to a Fox News report last December, the Federal Protective Service was forced to ramp up security at the corner since the 7th Street federal building was formally named after Pelosi.
Residents who spoke to local media outlet KGO-TV said that the problems just seemed to have been moved a block over, as federal employees would now enjoy the benefit of armed security, while everyday citizens do not.
The building, which can accommodate roughly 2,000 workers, currently houses offices for Pelosi, HHS, as well as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Trump administration argues that offloading the buildings will reduce maintenance costs, and it is opting to lease office space for federal workers instead.
In addition to Pelosi’s namesake building, the Trump administration is reportedly also considering selling the 1930s-era federal building at 50 United Nations Plaza, which currently serves as the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) regional headquarters.
KGO-TV reported the potential sales, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle, which cited a GSA document that earmarked both federal properties in San Francisco as “non-core” assets to possibly be sold off.
Andy Ball, a developer who worked as a concrete subcontractor on the building two decades ago, told the San Francisco Chronicle the project was a “waste of taxpayer money from day one.”
“No investor would have built this building,” Ball said, estimating the costs were about “50% greater” than if the project had been funded by the private sector.
“In this market, it will represent the greatest difference between cost to build and its sale value.”