Jennifer Friedenbach, director of San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness, makes ~$40K/year (modest compensation) but controls the city homelessness budget and exercises significant power; she is a central antagonist to Schellenberger's reforms, demonstrating that power and identity (not wealth) are the primary incentives.

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Speaker

Michael Schellenberger

Evidence Quote

she makes like forty thousand dollars a year...she's definitely not in it for the money

Source

Michael Shellenberger - Why Progressives Ruin CitiesFieldstead and Company
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:32:04 PM

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