money to go to college next year. i just really think lgbtqu considering how many queeer use are in the city and how few organizations that there are in the city that cater to such a young age youth and one of the things that has been affected at lyric we have not been able to have drop-in spaces. it s basically a safe space where you can hang out. it s rare to have that at lyric. it was great to see. we have so many youth coming in. now that it s not there anymore, we have less and less youth. without lyrics, i would probably still be iseverely and tight social at my school and would not be the president of the alliance or even be here today. i ask that everybody considered queer youth programs such as lyric when they are balancing the budgets. thank you. [applause] i am with boys and girls of san francisco. we re going to do a brief group presentation. i am the area director in the mission district. we have been in the mission district for over 100 years. we have be
opportunity to speak. i am the community organizer for the jamestown community center. jamestown community center actually does the after-school program in your. these are a couple of students from buena vista. we are also part of a coalition that is working on creating free muni for all use, and that is what i wanted to speak to tonight for all youth. last night, we were at the mta commission hearing trying to figure out this issue, and we are here today to urge mayor lee to please support the proposal. i know you have been doing a lot of work, and i want to recognize that. you and supervisor campos have had a lot of conversations about this. we are in the last push. specifically, three of the reasons that we want is one, because they are cutting the yellow school buses. the new state budget, as it is right now, is cutting 100% of transportation funds to all cities, so that will impact the ability of students to get to school. we want it to be freed for that reason. second
we have two clubhouses in the community. the mission clubhouse is the first clubhouse that was the boys and girls club facility built west of the mississippi in 1929. currently, we served over 4,000 youth. currently, 460 kids per day. through the support of the agencies, we been able to do great work from the funding. the point of tonight is to make sure that we can keep that in focus as a priority within the budget. we received funding for the after-school program. we also receive funding for violence prevention. that is our case management working with the mission station and other communities. also, the other piece youth workforce development for our teens. i want to have the youth, up and have them share what that means. thank you. i i am is senior leadership high-school, participant in college prep programs. through this program, have been able to get support on paying my college applications and go to college. recently, i came from visiting st. mary s college, s
after-school program. we also receive funding for violence prevention. that is our case management working with the mission station and other communities. also, the other piece youth workforce development for our teens. i want to have the youth, up and have them share what that means. thank you. i i am is senior leadership high-school, participant in college prep programs. through this program, have been able to get support on paying my college applications and go to college. recently, i came from visiting st. mary s college, sacramento state, and university of reno, nevada. i plan on enrolling at uc santa cruz, majoring in criminal justice and sociology, and i am here representing all high- school students who have found support at boys and girls clubs. i am youth of the year% and cisco and will be competing in sacramento later this month for the state honor. thank you for your time and for organizations like boys and girls club. ozzie good evening, everyone. first o
these are a couple of students from buena vista. we are also part of a coalition that is working on creating free muni for all use, and that is what i wanted to speak to tonight for all youth. last night, we were at the mta commission hearing trying to figure out this issue, and we are here today to urge mayor lee to please support the proposal. i know you have been doing a lot of work, and i want to recognize that. you and supervisor campos have had a lot of conversations about this. we are in the last push. specifically, three of the reasons that we want is one, because they are cutting the yellow school buses. the new state budget, as it is right now, is cutting 100% of transportation funds to all cities, so that will impact the ability of students to get to school. we want it to be freed for that reason. second, we are committed to making this a family-friendly city. it is a very expensive city. housing, food costs, transportation costs all those things add up. this w