sentences:  In April 2006, Veronese was chosen by Mayor Newsom to represent San Francisco in Rome at the consistory that raised William Levada to the cardinalate; Veronese led a delegation of interfaith leaders of every large religious group in San Francisco to Rome and continues to work with religious groups to find common ground on difficult and controversial issues facing San Francisco.During the consistory, Veronese presented the new cardinal with a seal of the city, and was immediately attacked by the Board of Supervisors, who claimed sole right to present the seal, and who took aim at his doing so to Levada, who supports the official Vatican policy that gay couples should not adopt children — that both the Supervisors and Mayor Newsom condemn.With the assistance of the CLEAR Project (a San Francisco neighborhood organization committed to strengthening the capacity of young people, parents, seniors and neighborhoods), Veronese helped develop the "SAFE Zone" program, promoting safe streets for children in the City's crime ridden neighborhoods.