“Being a leader means stepping up when your constituents need help and doing whatever it takes to support them. For me, that included collecting and delivering tens of thousands of masks and gloves to frontline workers and service providers, and working night shifts serving meals in a COVID shelter hotel when we were severely understaffed. In times of crisis, you check your ego at the door, roll up your sleeves, and get to work.” -Matt
“It's not compassionate nor acceptable to have so many people living on our streets and sidewalks. We need a range of interventions to permanently get folks off the streets and into housing and care. That means much larger investments in emergency rental assistance, supportive housing, transitional shelters, mental health care, and addiction treatment in San Francisco. We also have to make sure other cities do their part to provide these services to decrease homelessness across California. This isn't something San Francisco can do alone—we need statewide solutions.” -Matt