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Youth Commission lays out policy priorities: Vote16 preregistration, TAY housing and alternatives to incarceration
Summary
San Francisco's Youth Commission presented a 12-point budget and policy agenda to the Board's Budget & Finance Committee, urging Vote16 preregistration efforts, youth representation in CBAs, completion of transitional-age-youth housing goals, a focus on homeless youth and alternatives to building a new jail.
The San Francisco Youth Commission presented its FY2016'17 and FY2017'18 budget priorities to the Board of Supervisors' Budget & Finance Committee on May 25, urging the City to invest in youth voter engagement, transitional-aged-youth housing and alternatives to incarceration.
Jillian Wu, vice chair of the Youth Commission, opened the presentation by urging investment in "education and engagement of youth voters," and highlighted Vote16 preregistration and outreach activities that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister and participate in civic education. "We hope that Vote16 passes this November," Wu said, "even…
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