SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — On Wednesday, Juliette Suarez, a UCSF licensed clinical social worker and UPTE member, published an op-ed calling for safe staffing standards for social workers at San Francisco General Hospital following the death of her colleague, Alberto Rangel.
On Dec. 4, 2025, Alberto Rangel suffered a “fatal stabbing,” which has “brought renewed urgency to…long-held concerns about safety” within San Francisco General Hospital clinics.
Following Rangel’s death, the Department of Public Health “added security at some hospital sites.” However, “many UCSF campus social workers are still working in clinics without security.” This includes times when “they conduct home visits and deploy street teams.”…