Remembering Ruth Frishman: Truckee’s fierce advocate for housing and justice

Remembering Ruth Frishman: Truckee’s fierce advocate for housing and justice

TRUCKEE, Calif. – As Truckee continues to grapple with housing challenges, one name remains synonymous with advocacy and progress: Ruth Frishman. Two decades after her passing on June 7, 2005, her impact on the town’s workforce housing landscape endures, both in policy and in name—most notably with Frishman Hollow, an affordable housing development she helped make possible.  “She was ahead of her time,” said friend and former Truckee Mayor and N…