If you’ve experienced issues with Social Security — missed checks, delayed responses, or inaccessible services — you can file a complaint with the California Department of Justice at oag.ca.gov/socialsecurity.

APPEARING IN THIS EPISODE:

Kelly Dearman – Executive Director, San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services

Paul Aguilar – Social Security disability beneficiary, long-term HIV survivor

Dr. Monica Gandhi – Professor of Medicine, UCSF; HIV/AIDS specialist

Joanna Parnes – Managing Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid

Laura Chiera – Director of Legal Services, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, San Francisco

Jacqueline Hopkins – Claims Specialist, Social Security Administration, Richmond office; union representative

Sylvia Norman – President, AFGE Local 3172, SSA workers union, Northern and Central California