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Nirenberg attended the private Trinity University in San Antonio, at which he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in communications. He later attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], from which in 2001, he procured his [[Master of Arts]], also in communications. He wrote a thesis on the autoethnography about the sub-culture of bodybuilding.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>After college, he was a program director for nine years for the Annenberg Public Policy Center in Philadelphia. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/people/ron-nirenberg/|title=Anenberg Public Policy Center: Ron Nirenberg|publisher=Annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org|accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref>During summers he worked in San Antonio for a non-profit organization on educational issues.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>

Nirenberg attended the private Trinity University in San Antonio, at which he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in communications. He later attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], from which in 2001, he procured his [[Master of Arts]], also in communications. He wrote a thesis on the autoethnography about the sub-culture of bodybuilding.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>After college, he was a program director for nine years for the Annenberg Public Policy Center in Philadelphia. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/people/ron-nirenberg/|title=Anenberg Public Policy Center: Ron Nirenberg|publisher=Annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org|accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref>During summers he worked in San Antonio for a non-profit organization on educational issues.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>

In 2013, Nirenberg supported the city ordinance which bans discrimination based on [[Sex|gender identity]] and [[Sexual orientation theory|sexual orientation]], a measure that Taylor, who was also a city council member at the time, opposed. Taylor further objected to the city's filing of a lawsuit against the state law which holds municipal officials to a misdemeanor offense if they refuse to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcement of [[illegal immigration]]. Signed by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]], the law targets the [[sanctuary city]] movement.<ref name=jdailyforward>https://forward.com/fast-forward/374427/san-antonio-elects-progressive-jewish-mayor-ron-nirenberg/

In 2013, Nirenberg supported the city ordinance which bans discrimination based on [[Sex|gender identity]] and [[Sexual orientation theory|sexual orientation]], a measure that Taylor, who was also a city council member at the time, opposed. Taylor further objected to the city's filing of a lawsuit against the state law which holds municipal officials to a misdemeanor offense if they refuse to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcement of [[illegal immigration]]. Signed by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]], the law targets the [[sanctuary city]] movement.<ref name=jdailyforward>{{cite web|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/374427/san-antonio-elects-progressive-jewish-mayor-ron-nirenberg/

|title=San Antonio Elects Progressive Mayor Who Celebrates His Jewish Heritage|publisher=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

|title=San Antonio Elects Progressive Mayor Who Celebrates His Jewish Heritage|publisher=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

Shortly before taking office, Mayor Nirenberg called upon the city council to endorse the [[Paris]] climate accord though [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announced plans to remove the United States from the agreement. Nirenberg said that he has ideas of how to fund the accord: "I hope that as a community we will all agree that being driven by science and data is a good thing."<ref>Josh Baugh, "Nirenberg taking a progressive focus", ''San Antonio Express-News'', June 17, 2016.</ref>

Shortly before taking office, Mayor Nirenberg called upon the city council to endorse the [[Paris]] climate accord though [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announced plans to remove the United States from the agreement. Nirenberg said that he has ideas of how to fund the accord: "I hope that as a community we will all agree that being driven by science and data is a good thing."<ref>Josh Baugh, "Nirenberg taking a progressive focus", ''San Antonio Express-News'', June 17, 2016.</ref>