Mission The Youth Commission is a body of 17 youth from San Francisco between the ages of 12 and 23. Created by the voters under a 1995 amendment to the City Charter, the commission is responsible for advising the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor on policies and laws related to young people. The Youth Commission is also charged with providing comment and recommendation on all proposed laws that would primarily affect youth before the Board takes final action.  You can read more about the Youth Commission here.

 

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What's New?
 

• Before Shelter-In-Place, our District 5 Youth Commissioner Calvin Quick and Mayoral Appointees Arsema Asfaw and Nora Hylton, have been working diligently to conduct a District 5 Youth Townhall - however, they were unable to host the event. Nonetheless, they adapted and launched a District 5 Youth Budget Needs Survey to get input and feedback on the D5 needs. The goal of the questionnaire was to gather input and feedback on the unmet needs of District 5 youth and programs that serve young people. In this report, we will outline our process and the recommendations that came from this assessment, with the intention that the Mayor and District 5 Supervisor implement our recommendations during the budget process, specifically during the addback process. You can read the report here. 

• BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER. BLACK QUEER LIVES MATTER. BLACK MIGRANT LIVES MATTER. BLACK DISABLED LIVES MATTER. Read our statement and resources list here.

• Beloved Community, We are in this together. Please see our COVID-19 statement here. Practice Physical Distancing, but Maintain Social Solidarity. 

• Youth Commissioners have approved their Budget & Policy Priorities for fiscal years 2020 - 2021 and 2021 - 2022.  They can be viewed here (PDF) and the footage of their presentation to the Board of Supervisors' Budget & Appropriations Committee here.

• Vote16SF is officially on the ballot!  The Youth Commission's Civic Engagement Committee is disbanded and now working on the initiative in a volunteer capacity. 

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Community Events

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Next Meetings

Full Commission

The Youth Commission meets regularly as a full body on the first and third Monday of every month. Meetings are usually held at 5:00 pm in room 416 of City Hall. Please, see our calendar of all regularly scheduled Youth Commission meetings for the 2019-20 term. 

• The Youth Commission is on summer recess until the new term starts in early September. However, we will hold special meetings if pertinent youth specifc legislation needs to be heard by the Youth Commission. 

Commission Committees

The Youth Commission has standing issue-based committees that meet regularly in City Hall. The Youth Commission 2019-20 issue-based committees are as follows:

• The Executive Committee will not be meeting due to the Youth Commission recess until the new term begins. However, we will hold special meetings if pertinent youth specifc legislation needs to be heard by the Youth Commission. 
• The Housing and Land Use Committee will not be meeting due to the Youth Commission recess until the new term begins. However, we will hold special meetings if pertinent youth specifc legislation needs to be heard by the Youth Commission. 
• The Transformative Justice Committee will not be meeting due to the Youth Commission recess until the new term begins. However, we will hold special meetings if pertinent youth specifc legislation needs to be heard by the Youth Commission. 
• The Civic Engagement Committee will not be meeting due to the Youth Commission recess until the new term begins. However, we will hold special meetings if pertinent youth specifc legislation needs to be heard by the Youth Commission. 

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Last Meetings

• The minutes from the Executive Committee for Wednesday, June 124th, 2020 have been posted.
• The minutes from the Transformative Justice Committee meeting on Monday, June 22nd, 2020 have been posted.
• The minutes from the  Full Youth Commission meeting on Monday, July 20th, 2020 have been posted.
• The minutes from the Civic Engagement Committee meeting on Monday, February 24th, 2020 have been posted.
• The minutes from the Housing and Land Use Committee meeting on Thursday, June 25th, 2020 have been posted. 

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What Happened in the Recent Past?

To see what we were focused on the last term, check out the Youth Commission's Policy and Budget Priorities from 2015-16 (PDF) as well as the 2015 annual report (PDF). To see current business from the 2014-15 term, visit our tracking YC business page.

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