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Youth Commission presses supervisors for Vote16 funding, TAY housing and transit aid; urges deep SFPD cuts
Summary
At a July 29 Budget & Appropriations Committee hearing, the San Francisco Youth Commission urged funding to implement Vote16, completion of transitional-age-youth housing, transit fare relief and proposed redirecting 50% of the SFPD budget toward community programs; the committee filed the presentation.
Chair Sandra Lee Feuer convened the Budget & Appropriations Committee on July 29 and invited the San Francisco Youth Commission to present its budget priorities for fiscal years 2020–21 and 2021–22. Youth commissioners asked the board to fund youth-specific programs and policy work that they say will mitigate COVID-19 harms and longstanding racial disparities.
The Youth Commission — represented in the hearing by commissioners named in the agenda packet and by speakers during the presentation — emphasized several priorities. Commissioner Sarah Chung, vice chair of the commission’s Civic Engagement Committee, urged the board to ensure the Department of Elections receives roughly $84,556 to $102,000 to support voter registration and outreach if the Vote16 charter amendment passes, so 16- and 17-year-olds can register and turnout is high. "Allowing 16 and 17 year…
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