As per the 2024-25 Youth Commission Bylaws, the Youth Commission shall have standing, issue-based committees. Each committee meets twice a month. 

Civic Engagement and Education Committee | 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5:00 PM

Housing, Recreation, and Transit Committee | 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5:00 PM

Transformative Justice Committee | 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 5:00 PM

 

Executive Committee | Wednesdays before Full Youth Commission Meetings at 5:00 PM

Gabbie Listana, Téa Lonné Amir, Leah Mordehai, Evelyn Conboy, Dawnae Quintae Deidre Jacques, Ayan Azad

Staff: Youth Commission Staff

The Youth Commission has an Executive Committee that meets on the Wednesday before a full Youth Commission meeting - that, as per the Commission bylaws, is critical to the functioning of the entire Commission; most importantly, the Executive Committee creates full Youth Commission meeting agendas.

Civic Engagement and Education Committee
 Membership: Emily Yang (Chair), Camryn Marlow (Vice Chair), Evelyn Conboy, Symona Elias, Dawnae Jacques, Jacqueline Moreno

Staff: Joy Zhan

The Civic Engagement and Education Committee aims to expand youth civic representation, address school safety and sexual violence, and expand mental health access.

Housing, Recreation, and Transit Committee

Membership: Harper Fortgang (Chair), Ava Oram (Vice Chair), Aanya Shah, Natalie Liu, Ayan Azad

Staff: Joshua Rudy Ochoa

The Housing, Recreation, & Transit Committee advocates for policies that make it easier to build housing, data-driven solutions to addressing youth/TAY homelessness, investing in public recreational spaces for communities citywide to enjoy, ensuring a high-quality public transportation system as a public good, street safety infrastructure investments to protect pedestrians/cyclists, and climate change investments to protect the environment.

Transformative Justice Committee
Membership: Shoon Mon (Chair), Maximiliano Trujillo (Vice Chair), Leah Mordehai, Gabbie Listana,  Téa Lonné Amir

Staff: Alondra Esquivel Garcia

The Transformative Justice Committee aims to build cooperative and compassionate relationships with the community to eliminate youth incarceration. We acknowledge that the current systems in place do not serve all of us and we hope to shift the conversations and dynamics to how people can live and thrive. It is part of our Youth Commission values that we can and should center humanity in the City’s budget and policy priorities.