San Francisco public health nurses will hold a strike authorization vote this week over what they say are inadequate and unsafe staffing levels at the city’s hospitals and clinics.

The vote will take place from Tuesday through Friday and will include the 2,300 San Francisco Department of Public Health nurses represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1021.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.