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Prominent San Francisco Housing First Advocate Faces Vote to Remove Her from Committee

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Booted

Jennifer Friedenbach is the queen of San Francisco’s homeless industrial complex.

Looks like she’s getting booted from the “Our City Our Home Oversight Committee.”

This collective is responsible for looking after a billion dollars in homeless and housing services.

I spoke to Friedenbach earlier this year. She took shots at recovery advocates like @Twolfrecovery and defended the failed Housing First and “harm reduction” policies that have led to record drug overdose deaths in the city.

Final Vote Nov. 11

The Board of Supervisors will take a final vote on Friedenbach’s future with the committee on November 11.

At Odds with New Mayor

Friedenbach’s approach to fixing the city’s homeless drug crisis did not align with Mayor Daniel Lurie’s game plan.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.