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Youth Commission presents 13 budget priorities including lowering local voting age to 16 and support for homeless youth
Summary
The Youth Commission presented 13 priorities ranging from a proposal to lower the local voting age to 16 for municipal and school elections, to DACA fee assistance, park-equity analysis, police-youth training, and a push to declare 2015 the "Year of Recognizing Homeless Youth" with funding requests for TAY housing and services.
The Youth Commission presented its annual budget and policy priorities to the Budget and Finance Committee, outlining 13 items the commissioners urged the Mayor and Board to support. Michelle Lee, the commission chair, introduced the package and Josh Cardenas led discussion of the first priority: a charter amendment to lower San Francisco's legal voting age to 16 for municipal and school-district elections. Commissioners cited research suggesting earlier voting can foster lifelong participation and noted local and international…
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