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Youth Commission presents six priorities to supervisors, urges Vote16, housing and juvenile justice reforms
Summary
The Youth Commission presented six budget and policy priorities focusing on civic engagement (including support for Vote16), transitional‑age youth housing, alternatives to juvenile incarceration, training for officers who interact with youth, and supports for children with incarcerated parents; supervisors welcomed the report and asked for further budget detail.
The Youth Commission presented its final budget and policy priorities to the Board—s Budget & Finance Committee on June 6, asking supervisors to adopt recommendations spanning civic engagement, housing and land use, and transformative justice.
Calvin Quick, legislative affairs officer for the commission, said the priorities result from months of outreach and represent actionable steps for the mayor and Board. The commission listed six priorities: expand civic engagement (including supporting Assemblymember Evan Low—s Vote16 effort and preregistration with SFUSD/DCYF), address transitional‑age‑youth (TAY) housing needs (complete the 2015 TAY housing plan, allocate 120 existing units for TAY, commit to a new 2025 TAY plan, and build a TAY navigation center), expand alternatives to youth incarceration (including closing juvenile facilities and expanding young‑adult court), support children of incarcerated parents (bill of rights and visitation policies), and implement mandatory trauma‑informed and youth cognitive development trainings for SFPD school resource officers and juvenile probation staff.
Commissioners emphasized specific asks: complete overdue TAY units, fund a new TAY navigation center, allocate supportive services proportionate to the TAY population, require broader distribution of Department of Police Accountability "Know Your Rights" materials to youth‑serving sites in multiple languages, and create youth representation in police oversight and advisory structures.
Supervisors praised the commission—s work, volunteered to help advance Vote16 and youth representation on commissions, and recommended the commission follow up with budget numbers and multilingual outreach plans. The committee filed the Youth Commission report for the record.
