This is the email I sent to Libby and Maxine to describe Eskenazi's interview with Scott Wiener last night, reported in the Mission Local, which left out a few minor details.  

Dear Libby,

I hope your event last night was as engaging as the one I got to go to but that Maxine missed.  (I'm cc'ing her here.)  I took a lot of notes, but I see that Mission Local covered it quite well with the exception of a couple of dramatic moments the reporter left out.  

Here's what the Mission Local article doesn't mention:

I came in with Scott Wiener--maybe because we were on the same BART train--and he went straight to the restroom.  I took your ticket and went straight to a front seat.  

Manny was there and announced that Manny's was a sushi restaurant before it became this place for "civic and artsy" events.  (Maybe you knew that, but I didn't.)

We met Mission Local's "Donor Engagement Leader," and I'm so impressed by Mission Local, particularly Joe Eskenazi, that I'm thinking of making a small monthly donation to Mission Local.  She said "Pay walls don't serve anyone, especially now."  

Scott Wiener mentioned an interview with Tik Tok.  Here's his Tik Tok Ad:  https://www.tiktok.com/@scott_wiener/video/7564070127835106615

Mission Local doesn't mention what he said about Govern Brown's being a great governor but NOT a fan of public subsidies on housing.  Gov. Newsom is.   (Both Eskenazi and Wiener mentioned that it's no longer public housing but social housing because now it's mixed-income.)

Mission Local does mention the fact that Scott Weiner, born in 1987, has never known a House representative other than Nancy Pelosi, which I thought was an interesting and amusing fact.   It reports most of the other things in my notes.  However, it doesn't emphasize what Scott Wiener said about being known for his housing bills but not as much for the bills that are even more numerous involving health care and affordability.  (That affordability is something we need to look into more.)  

He made a strong statement against Israel (as it is now)--even stronger than reported in Mission Local.  He said he would not support an Israel that doesn't stand for democracy and peace.  Not reported:  Joe Eskenazi's response, "When has Israel done that?  Scott Wiener talked about Rabin, who was assassinated by someone incited by Netanyahu. 

Close to the end, a fairly young, attractive Black woman sitting near me said, "I hope you'll let me ask a question because I flew here to ask it."  Scott Weiner agreed, and she said, "We've got to stop these men who pretend to be women from coming into our restrooms and assaulting our women" or something close to that.  She shouted transphobic comments, insisting that transwomen were men threatening women, and several in the audience shouted back "Trans women are women."  Twice or three times she turned to Scott Wiener and said, "I like other things you do, but we've got to protect women."  Wiener said "We've got to protect all women.  Including Trans Women."  Manny, who had spoken at the very beginning about the importance of being civil and accepting people's views that differed, asked her to leave.  Then he sat down on the front row and looked visibly shaken.  I think he's such an idealist that he really feels it when people aren't civil.  

Here's the link for the Mission Local article:  https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-scott-wiener-pelosi-congress/

Thanks again for the ticket.