Jackie Fielder Hires Aide Who Previously Worked For Supervisors Campos, Ronen

"While District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder remains on leave for mental health issues through June 30, seasoned legislative aide Sheila Chung Hagen will be hitting the ground running at City Hall today, as Mission Local reports. Hagen will be managing the district's budget, as well as overseeing matters pertaining to public health, immigrants rights, and the Portola neighborhood."

"Given that Supervisor Fielder is currently on leave, we wanted to make sure we had somebody who really understood City Hall and could kind of just jump right in, said Jennifer Ferrigno, another legislative aide for Fielder. She's a very strategic thinker and she understands the systems at play in the city that really is a helpful kind of component to the work that we do."

"Campos told Mission Local back in 2009 that Hagen played an essential role in getting an amendment to SF's sanctuary legislation passed. The New York Times reported at the time that Newsom had been blocking the amendment, which would prevent local authorities from releasing names of undocumented juveniles accused of committing crimes to the federal government until after conviction until Hagen secured a veto-proof majority, enabling the amendment to be approved without Newsom's vote."

"Hagen reportedly worked on immigrant rights with several nonprofits as an undergraduate at University of California Berkeley, and she was director of the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition before her work at the District 9 o"

Sheila Chung Hagen is starting work at City Hall as the legislative aide for District 9 while Supervisor Jackie Fielder remains on leave for mental health issues through June 30. Hagen will manage the district’s budget and oversee public health, immigrants rights, and matters related to the Portola neighborhood. Another aide described Hagen as strategic and knowledgeable about city systems, enabling her to jump in quickly. Hagen replaces an aide who left abruptly in March before Fielder’s leave. Hagen previously worked for District 9 supervisors Hillary Ronen and David Campos. Campos credited Hagen with helping pass a sanctuary law amendment that limited local authorities from releasing names of undocumented juveniles to federal authorities until after conviction, securing a veto-proof majority without the governor’s vote. Hagen also worked on immigrant rights with nonprofits and led the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition before joining District 9.

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