Meet Ruth

I’m Ruth Ferguson, and I’m running to keep City College affordable for everyone. I grew up in a struggling rural town where community college was the door that opened everything for me and my family, and it carried me all the way to a four-year university and a master’s in public policy from UC Berkeley.

Since being appointed to the City College Board of Trustees in January, I’ve hit the ground running. I voted for the board’s resolution supporting Free City, spoke up for it at the DCCC and appealed directly to city supervisors to push for restoring its funding. I voted to approve a balanced budget that protects the college’s finances. I helped steer City College through a period of rising enrollment, and I’ve spent these months listening to students, faculty, staff and neighbors so their priorities shape what the board does next.

City College of San Francisco is a place where every San Franciscan can find economic opportunity, exploration and reinvention. I’m proof of what it can do, and now I’m doing that work from a seat on the board, not from the outside.