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Youth Commission presents 12 budget and policy priorities; committee files the report
Summary
The San Francisco Youth Commission presented a broad set of policy and budget priorities—ranging from youth leadership funding and pre‑registration to vote, family housing definitions, retail worker protections, alcohol‑density equity, LGBTQ competency training, to transitional-age‑youth housing—and the committee filed the report after discussion and public comment.
The Budget & Finance Committee heard the San Francisco Youth Commission present its 2017–19 policy and budget priorities, a consolidated package focused on youth organizing and leadership, civic engagement and voting, family housing, retail worker protections, alternatives to incarceration for transitional‑age youth (TAY), protections against park shadowing, workforce development, supports for children with incarcerated parents, youth–police relations, alcohol‑density equity, SOGI data implementation and increased emergency shelter and permanent exits for TAY.
Youth commissioners outlined findings and recommendations, including dedicating a portion of the Children & Youth Fund to youth empowerment programming (approximately 3% of the fund, noted as about $1.8 million), expanding TAY‑focused shelter and treatment capacity, and requiring LGBTQ competency training for city‑funded youth service providers under Chapter 12N. Commissioners described pilot activities on preregistration to vote, family‑housing definitions to encourage multi‑bedroom production, and outreach around retail workers’ rights.
Supervisors thanked the commission and asked questions about allocations and implementation; Supervisor Sheehy urged use of the mayor’s $6 million navigation‑center allocation to prioritize TAY needs. After public comment from practitioners and advocates supporting LGBTQ competency and youth homelessness priorities, the committee voted to file the Youth Commission's report.
