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'''Hillary Ronen''' is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] from [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors#District 9|District 9]], which includes the neighborhoods of [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]], [[Bernal Heights, San Francisco|Bernal Heights]], and [[Neighborhoods in San Francisco#Portola|Portola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfbos.org/supervisor-ronen-district-9|title=District 9 {{!}} Board of Supervisors|website=sfbos.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mission-district-sf-campaign-supervisor-race-17903994.php |title=Supervisor race to represent the Mission and nearby neighborhoods kicks off in S.F. |date=April 18, 2023 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
'''Hillary Ronen''' is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] from [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors#District 9|District 9]], which includes the neighborhoods of [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]], [[Bernal Heights, San Francisco|Bernal Heights]], and [[Neighborhoods in San Francisco#Portola|Portola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfbos.org/supervisor-ronen-district-9|title=District 9 {{!}} Board of Supervisors|website=sfbos.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mission-district-sf-campaign-supervisor-race-17903994.php |title=Supervisor race to represent the Mission and nearby neighborhoods kicks off in S.F. |date=April 18, 2023 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

She is the chair of the Homelessness and Behavioral Health Select Committee,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sfbos.org/homelessness-and-behavioral-health-select-committee|title=San Francisco Homelessness and Behavioral Health Select Committee|website=sfbos.org|language=en}}</ref> a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sfbos.org/budget-appropriations-committee|title=San Francisco Budget and Appropriations Committee|website=sfbos.org|language=en}}</ref> a member of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/commissioners/full-commissioner-roster|title=San Francisco County Transportation Authority|website=mtc.ca.gov|date=April 7, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and commissioner of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/commissioners/full-commissioner-roster|title=San Francisco County Transportation Authority|website=mtc.ca.gov|date=April 7, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She was the past chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and former chair of the former Youth, Young Adults, and Families Committee.


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==

Revision as of 16:22, 30 March 2024

Hillary Ronen
Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from District 9
Assumed office
January 9, 2017
Mayor
Preceded byDavid Campos
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)San Francisco, California
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)
WebsiteBoard of Supervisors
District 9 website

Hillary Ronen is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 9, which includes the neighborhoods of Mission District, Bernal Heights, and Portola.[1][2]

Early life and career

Hillary Ronen was born and raised in Southern California in a working-class first-generation immigrant Jewish family. Ronen's father immigrated to the United States from Israel in his twenties. Her mother was a school teacher.[3][4][third-party source needed]

Ronen has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego and her Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley. After graduating from law school, she moved to the Mission District, where she joined La Raza Centro Legal. She worked as an immigrant rights attorney.[5][third-party source needed] In 2013, Ronen helped write and pass the California Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights, which mandates overtime pay.[6]

San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Ronen was a legislative aide and chief of staff to Supervisor David Campos. As an aide for Campos, she defended his proposals to prohibit the construction of market-rate housing in parts of San Francisco.[7]

She succeeded him on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors after winning election in the November 2016 election.[3] Ronen was sworn in on January 9, 2017.[8] Her election helped create a female majority on the board for the first time in 20 years.[9]

In 2020, Ronen was reelected to her seat with 99.77% of the vote.[10]

Education

In 2022 she authored a Charter Amendment "Student Success Fund" which provides $60 million per year in city funds to support a community schools model with the goal of establishing programming in eligible schools to support student academic achievement and social emotional wellness.[11] Funding for the Student Success Fund, while drawn from the San Francisco General Fund, redirects monies from excess Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds that San Francisco receives from the State of California that are intended to fund educational purposes. The Charter Amendment passed the Board of Supervisors with unanimous support, and went onto the 2022 November Ballot as Proposition G. The ballot measure passed with 77.78% of the vote.[12]

Housing

In 2018, Ronen fought to prevent the construction of a 75-unit building on the site of a laundromat. She argued that an environmental review of the building did not consider the impact of a shadow on a nearby schoolyard, even though an environmental review conducted by officials at the San Francisco Planning Department showed that the new construction, including its shadow, would not have an adverse impact on children at the schoolyard.[13] In October of that same year, Ronen dropped her opposition, stating that the appeal process seeking to halt the project had been exhausted, thus allowing the project to proceed.[14]

In 2019, she co-sponsored a resolution opposing California Senate Bill 50 which would have mandated denser housing near public transit stations and jobs centers in order to reduce the housing shortage in California.[15]

In 2021, when San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued a real estate developer for building 29 apartments in a building lot designated for 10 apartments, Ronen celebrated the decision and said that she had complained about the building for years.[16]

In October 2021, Ronen voted against the construction of a 495-unit apartment complex (one-quarter of which were designated as affordable housing) on a Nordstrom's valet parking lot next to a BART station. Her vote was unusual, as she was blocking construction of housing in the district of another supervisors. The norm on the board is generally to honor the wishes of the district supervisor, who in this case was Matt Haney, a supporter of the proposed construction.[17] After the vote, The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board wrote that the Board of Supervisors "have lost their minds on housing" and that San Francisco "needs a Board of Supervisors that won’t sabotage any and seemingly all earnest attempts to deal with this city’s housing crisis."[18] The California Department of Housing and Community Development began an investigation into whether the San Francisco Board of Supervisors acted improperly in its decision to block the housing project.[19] Ronen defended her vote, saying she was "pro-housing."[20]

Mental Health SF

In 2019, Ronen proposed Mental Health SF legislation along with Supervisor Matt Haney.[21] Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors reached a compromise agreement on the mental health reform effort. The final legislation passed focuses on creating a universal system of mental health services, substance use treatment, and psychiatric medications to San Franciscans who need help.[22] The five key components of Mental Health SF include, the establishment of a Mental Health Service Center, establishment of an Office of Coordinated Care, the establishment of the 24/7 crisis response street team, the expansion of Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment, and the establishment of the Office of Private Health Insurance Accountability.[21]

In October 2019, Ronen worked with San Francisco City workers to reach a deal to keep the Adult Residential Facility open for people with severe mental illness.[23] In August 2019, the San Francisco Department of Public Health planned on displacing dozens of patients from the Adult Residential Facility, the only City-operated board and care option for people with severe mental illness.[24] Ronen drafted and introduced legislation to ensure that these beds would be used as intended, providing a safe and secure place for people who would otherwise be on the street. In October, Ronen, along with front-line staff, representatives from Local 21 and SEIU 1021, DPH leadership, residents and their families, and the Mayor's office worked together to reach an agreement and pass legislation to ensure the future of the Adult Residential Facility.[25]

Police

In 2023, Hillary Ronen faced criticism on Twitter for her previous stance on police funding. In 2020, she supported defunding police,[26] but demanded more police presence in her district in March 2023.[27][28]

Small businesses

In June 2021, Ronen authored First Year Free legislation, to create a one-year pilot to waive first-year permit, license, and business registration fees for new, small, storefront businesses. First Year Free had the support of the SF Small Business Commission.[29] The legislation removes significant financial barriers that city fees create for prospective small business owners. The legislation was extended through June 2023.[30]

Personal life

Ronen is married to attorney Francisco Ugarte. They live in the Bernal Heights neighborhood with their daughter.[31]

References

  1. ^ "District 9 | Board of Supervisors". sfbos.org.
  2. ^ "Supervisor race to represent the Mission and nearby neighborhoods kicks off in S.F." San Francisco Chronicle. April 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Candidates Discuss Family Backgrounds". Mission Local. September 2, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "S3E19, Part 1: Hillary Ronen on Her Formative Years". storiedsf.libsyn.com.
  5. ^ "Supervisor Hillary Ronen Overview". sfbos.org.
  6. ^ Carolyn Said (October 25, 2021). "S.F. could be first to mandate paid sick leave for house cleaners, nannies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "New San Francisco moratorium proposal targets large restaurants". www.bizjournals.com. 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi (January 29, 2017). "New District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen Talks Affordable Housing, Transit, More". Hoodline. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  9. ^ Heather Knight (January 6, 2017). "Women's rise to power in SF a glimmer of hope in politics". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "November 3, 2020 Election Results - Summary". sfelections.sfgov.org.
  11. ^ Lisa Moreno (July 26, 2022). "San Francisco Schools Could Get Up to $60 Million Under Measure Headed to Fall Ballot". San Francisco Standard. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  12. ^ "November 8, 2022 Election Results - Summary". sfelections.sfgov.org.
  13. ^ "Developer threatens to sue as SF Supes delay Mission project – Mission Local". missionlocal.org. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  14. ^ "How the developer of SF's 'historic' laundromat quietly won – Mission Local". missionlocal.org. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  15. ^ "Resolution Opposing Wiener's SB 50 Housing Bill Heads to Full Board". SF Weekly. April 4, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  16. ^ Dineen, J. K. (July 17, 2021). "S.F. developer fined $1.2 million for cramming too many apartments into complex". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  17. ^ Dineen, J. K. (October 27, 2021). "Why did S.F. supervisors vote against a project to turn a parking lot into 500 housing units?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  18. ^ Board, Chronicle Editorial (October 29, 2021). "Editorial: S.F. supervisors have lost their minds on housing. Here's what Mayor Breed can do about it". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  19. ^ Dineen, J. K. (October 28, 2021). "State investigating S.F.'s decision to reject turning parking lot into 500 housing units". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  20. ^ "SF supervisor's tweet linking rejected housing and GMOs draws ridicule". SFGATE. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ a b "Mental Health SF Legislation Approved Unanimously by Board of Supervisors". sfmayor.org.
  22. ^ Ted Goldberg; April Dembosky (May 28, 2019). "Supervisors Propose Universal Mental Health Care in San Francisco". KQED. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  23. ^ "Mayor Breed, Supervisors Ronen, Haney, and Mandelman Announce Plan for Adult Residential Facility". sfmayor.org.
  24. ^ Laura Waxmann (August 22, 2019). "City cuts to long-term mental health beds prompt protest". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  25. ^ Joe Eskenazi (October 14, 2019). "Compromise reached to save Adult Residential Facility, which mayor and Health Department had moved to gut". Mission Local. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  26. ^ Mark, Julian (August 21, 2020). "Defunding the police? Supes push for more cuts to SFPD". Mission Local. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  27. ^ Adam Shanks. "Are SF supervisors hypocrites on police funding, overtime?". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  28. ^ Alec Schemmel. "San Francisco official who pushed to defund police pleads for more officers in her district". The National Desk. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  29. ^ "First Year Free". sftreasurer.org. December 20, 2022.
  30. ^ "File # 220930". sfgov.legistar.com.
  31. ^ Heather Knight (October 24, 2016). "SF District 9 supervisor candidates pledge to listen to residents". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
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