Here is my letter to Jennifer Ferrigno, legislative aide to Supervisor Hillary Ronan.  I'll post a separate blog on SF's Budget Public Comment Day.

Dear Jennifer Ferrigno,

Thank you so much for meeting with those of us advocating for the Climate Equity Hub yesterday.  

I was surprised to hear that Supervisor Ronen's comments on the Fixing Our City podcast were used to condemn her rather than praise her, and I thought of her when I read today's SF Chronicle article "S.F. leaders say 'unfair' reporting of city's big problems not helpful."  During the interview she corrected the interviewer Laura Wenus' statement that San Francisco is the worst of cities ("way up there")  in terms of encampments and drug overdoses, and, after checking facts,  Laura Wenus acknowledged that the supervisor was right.  I'd really like to have the transcripts to show how right-on the supervisor was.  She impressed me as very active, concerned, well-informed, and articulate ("not faking it")  in the interview, so I was genuinely surprised when I found out yesterday that people were damning for what she had to say--taken out of context!

Soon after she was first elected and I was doing outreach for City College, we ran into her in the Mission when she and someone else were looking into possible places for a Navigation Center.  She was with us when CARA (California Alliance for Retired Americans) members were trying to help a veterinary spot on 16th Street unionize.  She spoke in the Green Room when there was a dinner and program to help domestic workers.  She's really been a genuine pro-active presence.

Thank you for all you're doing, and please pass on my admiration to Supervisor Ronen too. 

Tina Martin

As  I mentioned yesterday, I've put Poverty, by America on hold at the SF Public Library.   

Here's the link for the podcast I refer to:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts/article/soup-with-hillary-ronen-18140301.php