Our Mission at Protect Our Benefits
Protect Our Benefits (POB) is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the health and pension benefits of the nearly 36,000 San Francisco City & County retirees and surviving spouses in the San Francisco Health Service System (HSS) and the San Francisco Employees Retirement System (SFERS). We work to strengthen alliances with groups that already share POB’s objectives and to establish new relationships with other groups and individuals who have similar objectives. We are committed to taking the legal and political actions necessary to achieve our goals. Our 7,000 supporters and contributors have one common goal: to protect and enhance the health and retirement benefits we have earned during out years of dedicated service.
Meet Our Founder
Nancy Gin
Nancy Gin, pioneering activist, San Francisco city worker, and one of the founders of Protect Our Benefits, cared passionately about her fellow workers. She wanted city retirees to live a dignified retirement. Honor Nancy’s legacy and all retirees by supporting POB’s ongoing efforts to protect our earned benefits.
Recent News
Message from the President: Good News Ahead for Retirees in 2024
During tough economic times for San Francisco, I have some good news to report on how POB is being an effective watchdog over our [...]
Victory: SF Health Service System to Allow Remote Public Comments to Continue
Once again our advocacy paid off with our Health Service System. At its February 8 meeting, the SFHSS Board voted to continue to allow [...]
The Power of POB Does it Again!
Thank you to all our members who joined with our partner organizations like Retired Firefighters and Veteran Police Officers Association and others in getting [...]
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Protect Our Benefits
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Alternatively, checks can be mailed to:
Protect Our Benefits Trust
P.O. Box 210250
San Francisco, CA 94121-0250
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If you are a retiree or beneficiary of the City and County of San Francisco and would like to participate with Protect Our Benefits, please e-mail us at Participate@protectourbenefits.org. Be sure to let us know where you reside and what you are interested in doing. Since POB is an all-volunteer group, please allow a few days for us to respond.