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'''Louise Renne''' is a lawyer, former Supervisor and one-time City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, California. She was born to Anne Bartrem Hornbeck (1909 - 2001). She succeeded to [[Dianne Feinstein]]'s post upon Feinstein succeeding [[George Moscone]] as mayor in 1978, and Renne served in the seat until 1986, when she resigned to accept Feinstein's appointment of her as City Attorney, succeeding [[George Agnost]] to become the first female City Attorney in San Francisco history. She served in the position until 2001 and was succeeded by current incumbent [[Dennis Herrera]]. |
'''Louise Renne''' is a lawyer, former Supervisor and one-time City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, California. She was born to Anne Bartrem Hornbeck (1909 - 2001). She succeeded to [[Dianne Feinstein]]'s post upon Feinstein succeeding [[George Moscone]] as mayor in 1978, and Renne served in the seat until 1986, when she resigned to accept Feinstein's appointment of her as City Attorney, succeeding [[George Agnost]] to become the first female City Attorney in San Francisco history. She served in the position until 2001 and was succeeded by current incumbent [[Dennis Herrera]]. |
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Renne is a founding partner at the law firm [https://rennepubliclawgroup.com/ Renne Public Law Group LLP]. She is a graduate of both [[Michigan State University]] and [[Columbia Law School]] (1961).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2005_older/2003/aug_2003/renne_SF|title = Louise H. Renne '61 Honored by Peers|date = August 2003}}</ref> |
Renne is a founding partner at the law firm [https://rennepubliclawgroup.com/ Renne Public Law Group LLP]. She is a graduate of both [[Michigan State University]] and [[Columbia Law School]] (1961).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2005_older/2003/aug_2003/renne_SF|title = Louise H. Renne '61 Honored by Peers|date = August 2003}}</ref> |
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== Laguna Honda Foundation == |
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As City Attorney, Renne helped steer millions of dollars in tobacco settlement funds towards the Laguna Honda rebuild.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Edward|date=November 18, 1998|title=Settlement Will Avert Hospital Bond / Cash found for Laguna Honda -- but not Muni|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|agency=SF Gate|url=https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Settlement-Will-Avert-Hospital-Bond-Cash-found-2977524.php|accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref> She also supported the 1999 bond measure which eventually paid for most of the rebuild.<ref name="2010Report">{{cite web|title=SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2009-2010 ANNUAL REPORT|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/files/reports/PolicyProcOfc/2009-2010AnnlRpt/ConsolidatedSFDPHAnnualReport_FY0910.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health|ref=p. 64}}</ref> Renne then formally established the Laguna Honda Foundation on October 8, 2003.<ref name="OctMinutes">{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, October 23, 2003|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM10232003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> Claiming LH Foundation would raise "$30 + million for furniture, fixtures and equipment,"<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, January 23, 2003|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM01232003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> Renne sought approval from the SF Health Commission in April 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, March 25, 2004|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM03252004.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> |
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Although the LH Foundation did hire an Executive Director on June 14, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, June 26, 2003|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM06262003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> in less than one year (May 19, 2005) Renne placed LH Foundation into suspension,<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Monday, May 23, 2005|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM05232005.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> stating that there “was too much unrest to support any fundraising at this time.” Instead of raising funds for the hospital, Renne re-directed the Foundation “to proactively improve the image of LHH in the media and community.”<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Monday, November 28, 2005|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM11282005.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> |
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There is no record of LH Foundation making any donations towards rebuilding Laguna Honda Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Monette-Shaw|first1=Patrick|date=December 2012|title=A Foundation's Dirty Laundry|publisher=Westside Observer|issue=Volume 25, Number 10|url=http://www.westsideobserver.com/pdfs/ObsDec12.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> Critics charged that the main function of LH Foundation was to fund PR activities that inflated Renne's role in saving and re-building Laguna Honda.<ref name="SordidTale">{{cite news|last1=Monette-Shaw|first1=Patrick|date=February 2013|title=Laguna Honda’s Continuing Scandals A Sordid Tale of Two Non-Profits|publisher=West Side Observer|url=http://www.stoplhhdownsize.com/Media13-02_Sordid_Tale_of_Two_Non-profits.html|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> |
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LH Foundation was active in public relations and marketing <ref>{{cite news|last1=Monette-Shaw|first1=Patrick|date=May 2011|title=Laguna Honda Commingling of Public and Private Funds|publisher=Westside Observer|issue=Volume 24, Number 4|url=http://www.westsideobserver.com/pdfs/may_2011.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> including the renaming and re-branding of Laguna Honda Volunteers, Inc to adopt the name “Friends of Laguna Honda”.<ref name="SordidTale" /> Renne hired her former public relations aide at the City Attorney's office<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Gregory|date=August 8, 1988|title=50-50 split on tobacco monies|publisher=San Francisco Examiner|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/50-50-split-on-tobacco-monies-3076089.php|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> to run PR for LH Foundation, the hospital and Laguna Honda Volunteers, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noyes|first1=Dan|date=May 25, 2010|title=Hospital makes changes after I-Team investigation|publisher=KGO-TV 7 News|url=http://abc7news.com/archive/7461955/|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> A public relations agency was hired,<ref>{{cite web|title=OUR WORK +SEELAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Step into the 21st century.|url=https://mission-minded.com/story/laguna-honda-hospital/|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=mission-minded.com|publisher=Mission Minded}}</ref> and printed sidewalk banners were produced.<ref>{{cite web|title=ANNUAL REPORT laguna honda report annual 2012|url=https://lagunahonda.org/sites/default/files/docs/Annual%20Report%202012%20e-version-1.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=lagunahonda.org|publisher=Laguna Honda Hospital}}</ref> Much of the PR culminated in the organizing of a 2010 gala to commemorate the opening of the new Laguna Honda Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laguna Honda Annual Report 2009-2010|url=https://lagunahonda.org/sites/default/files/docs/Annual_Report_10-5-2010_Final.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=lagunahonda.org|publisher=Laguna Honda Hospital}}</ref> The gala feted Renne as the leader in the hospital's re-building.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bigelow|first1=Miss|date=June 30, 2010|title=Gala marks Laguna Honda Hospital reopening|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Gala-marks-Laguna-Honda-Hospital-reopening-3183297.php|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> Members of the original Committee to Save Laguna Honda were not part of the gala. |
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San Francisco's Health Commission initially lauded "the capable leadership of [[Louise Renne]]" in starting the Laguna Honda Foundation,<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, September 18, 2003|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM09182003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> but soon became concerned with the function of LH Foundation since it started out claiming it would raise up to $40 million for Laguna Honda Hospital,<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Thursday, September 18, 2003|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM09182003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> and repeatedly claimed it would pay for the hospital's furniture and equipment.<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM06262003.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> Instead, funding for the gala and other activities actually came from Laguna Honda Volunteers Inc, and even city government coffers.<ref name="SordidTale" /> SF Health Commissioners repeatedly asked for representation on the LH Foundation board of directors<ref>{{cite web|title=JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL MEETING Monday, September 26, 2005|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM09262005.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> to allow for more transparency, and also asked for an open accounting of LH Foundation's finances. However, they were rebuffed on both counts.<ref>{{cite web|title=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM01232006.pdf|url=https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/JCC/LHH/Minutes/JCCLHHM01232006.pdf|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=sfdph.org|publisher=SF Dept. of Public Health}}</ref> |
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After continued press scrutiny of LH Foundation and a reported investigation by the California Attorney General,<ref name="SordidTale" /> Renne shuttered the LH Foundation in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laguna Honda Foundation From 990-EZ|url=http://990.erieri.com/EINS/412112467/412112467_2012_0a6118b4.PDF|accessdate=2 July 2018|website=erieri.com|publisher=Home About ERI Economic Research Institute}}</ref> Laguna Honda Volunteers, Inc. continued to do business under the name Friends of Laguna Honda.<ref name="Friends">{{cite web|date=|title=Friends of Laguna Honda|url=http://www.friendsoflagunahonda.org/|accessdate=2018-06-28|publisher=Friends of Laguna Honda}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:12, 23 February 2021
Louise Renne | |
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| City Attorney of San Francisco | |
| In office 1986 – December 11, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | George Agnost |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Herrera |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Michigan State University (B.A.) Columbia University (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
| Website | City Attorney website |
Louise Renne is a lawyer, former Supervisor and one-time City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, California. She was born to Anne Bartrem Hornbeck (1909 - 2001). She succeeded to Dianne Feinstein's post upon Feinstein succeeding George Moscone as mayor in 1978, and Renne served in the seat until 1986, when she resigned to accept Feinstein's appointment of her as City Attorney, succeeding George Agnost to become the first female City Attorney in San Francisco history. She served in the position until 2001 and was succeeded by current incumbent Dennis Herrera.
Renne is a founding partner at the law firm Renne Public Law Group LLP. She is a graduate of both Michigan State University and Columbia Law School (1961).[1]
References
- ^ "Louise H. Renne '61 Honored by Peers". August 2003.