For decades, veterans’ benefits were considered politically sacred. But as the first year of the Trump administration unfolded, many Bay Area veterans were shocked by efforts to slash the workforce of the VA medical system.
Now, it appears that thousands of vacancies will become permanent, and on Wednesday, advocates protested in San Francisco over what they consider a broken promise.
They gathered outside the Veterans Administration hospital in San Francisco, healthcare workers and their veteran patients, protesting a plan to eliminate thousands of unfilled positions in the VA healthcare system…