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Next Meeting Monday September 15, 2008 City Hall, Room 416

  On the Agenda for our next Meeting

• Briefing by Emily Rogers, aide to Supervisor Maxwell about File#081008, Residential Mental Health Treatment of Foster Youth
• Presentation by Chelsea Boilard about the SF Affordable Housing Fund
• Potential approval of By-Laws

        To see what went on at our last meeting, see Minutes for September 2, 2008

               
Mission & Activites

The Youth Commission is a diverse group of 17 youth from all across San Francisco between the ages of 12 and 23. Each member of the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor appoints one member to the Commission. The Mayor also appoints five additional members to ensure accurate representation. Each Commissioner is expected to have illustrated leadership in their community through involvement in grassroots efforts, school organizing, or any other advocacy for the benefit of their peers and community.

The Youth Commission is charged with gathering youth and community input through information gathering and civic engagement activities such as our YouthVote Initiative. Using input from the community, information obtained through YouthVote, and Commissioners individual experiences, the Youth Commission works to ensure that City policy supports the community's true needs through:

• Budget advocacy to protect effective programs and efforts.
• Monitoring of policies affecting youth.
• Review of new proposals from the Mayor and Board of Supervisors.
• Staying abreast on government, community, and national trends affecting young people.

 

What's New?

Annual Report now avaliable!
Click here to read our 2007-2008 Annual Report. (PDF)