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Youth Commission urges free Muni, summer jobs and juvenile‑justice reforms; board files priorities

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · May 16, 2012
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Youth commissioners presented eight budget and policy priorities including free transit for low‑income youth, a 5,000‑job Summer Jobs Plus plan, juvenile‑justice recreation fixes, police training and a renewed SFPD–SFUSD MOU; the Budget & Finance Committee filed the item for the record.

The San Francisco Youth Commission on Tuesday presented eight policy and budget priorities to the Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee and the committee filed the item for the record.

Leah Lacroix, chair of the Youth Commission, said the priorities reflect months of outreach, including a youth budget town hall, and urged supervisors to consider the proposals in the upcoming two‑year budget process. “Among our priorities you’ll hear about Free Muni, youth in juvenile hall, summer jobs and youth involvement plans,” Lacroix said.

Nut graf: The commission asked the board to preserve and expand youth services amid the city’s multi‑year budget shortfall, and it proposed a mix of direct service funding and policy changes — from transit subsidies to changes in policing and oversight of juvenile facilities — that supervisors said they would review as budget hearings…

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