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Committee moves to add four youth fellows to Richmond Rising advisory committee pending state approval
Summary
The Richmond Rising collaborative stakeholder committee voted May 20 to add four youth fellows to its membership — contingent on Strategic Growth Council approval to amend the budget — and will proceed with the state amendment request before confirming seats.
The Richmond Rising collaborative stakeholder committee on May 20 voted to add four youth fellows as committee members, conditioned on approval of a budget modification by the Strategic Growth Council.
Committee members nominated Leslie Poblano, Judah Gant (named in transcript as Judah Gabb), Mickey Masui and Jadira (Jadera/Jadira) Quintanilla for the advisory seats. Beatriz Guerrero explained that state funding required at least two youth fellow seats and that the program’s later start created budget flexibility to request additional positions. Guerrero said the committee had budget room to fund up to two additional youth seats under current allocations but that staff would ask the state for permission to amend the grant and fund all four applicants if the committee recommended doing so.
A motion to add the four youth fellows was made by Jim Becker (recorded in the meeting as the motion sponsor) and seconded by a committee member identified as Tabe (second). Committee members amended the motion to make the addition contingent on state approval of a budget modification. Guerrero said staff would request the amendment from the Strategic Growth Council and report back at the next meeting. The committee then voted by raised hands; Guerrero recorded that all committee members present voted in favor, with the UC Berkeley representative absent.
Several youth applicants spoke briefly about their interest in the committee. Gabby of Rich City Rights confirmed that the youth fellows are actively participating in outreach and described a youth‑led community bike ride planned for July 5. Committee members broadly expressed support for including the applicants and asked staff to pursue the state approval.
Outcome: motion approved conditionally. If the state denies the amendment, Guerrero said the committee will seat the highest‑scoring applicants for the available positions and return to the group to finalize membership.
