SAN LEANDRO — The shutdown of 21st Amendment Brewery, a Bay Area craft beer leader, will erase dozens of jobs in the Bay Area, affecting workers in two cities in the region, according to an official state government filing.

The brewery intends to eliminate a total of 76 jobs in the Bay Area, the company stated in a WARN notice it filed with the state Employment Development Department.

“The closings will involve the cessation of all operations and termination of all employees” of 21st Amendment Brewery, Nico Freccia, a managing partner, wrote in the WARN letter to the EDD.

Founded in 2000, the brewery will cease operations in San Leandro and in San Francisco.

The closures will eliminate 58 jobs at the company’s production center at 2010 Williams St. in San Leandro and another 18 jobs at

See Full Page