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Public commenter alleges a committee member knew of abuse in city‑funded program; member denies knowledge of firsthand reports
Summary
A public commenter alleged that committee member Jennifer Friedenbach was aware of a cover‑up of abuse at a city‑funded nonprofit; Friedenbach said she heard rumors but did not have firsthand knowledge and that she called police in the reported instance.
During the meeting's public comment period on Jan. 23, a San Francisco resident identified as Michael Taylor (who said people call him "Free") alleged that Jennifer Friedenbach, a committee member and director of the nonprofit Coalition on Homelessness, was aware of a cover‑up of sexual abuse at a nonprofit program funded by the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
Taylor said he met Friedenbach in fall 2023 and that, during that meeting, she "explicitly acknowledged to me that she had knowledge of a cover up of the [sexual] abuses and…
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