Youth cant work. They dont get a job if youre 8 years old. We heard the discussion that maybe seniors and disabled should get free passes. You know, im part of that constituency, but seniors and people with disabilities can get access to some money sources. Maybe a Social Security pension, maybe ssi, Social Security disability insurance. The fact is youth dont have that access to money. We, who are seniors, or have a disability maybe we can work part time. Account even though two mayors, brown and newsom talked about free muni for seniors they did nothing to really push for it. The last page of the preparation shows that only maybe 24 of the allotment would go towards this Youth Support program. Thats important to keep in mind. The resolution doesnt say all for maintenance, it says prioritize. You could look at munis plans and say theyre consistent with the resolution. But please dont push for all of it. Youth cant work and im going to say also, too many elected officials at city hall
Also, its very difficult for a family of four to send their kids to school when theyre low income and they have to send all four children to school. That becomes very, very difficult. Also, some students end up not going to school because theyre too embarrassed to ask for the school. We have the resources, we have the support from the community, we have the support from the ftma. All we need is for you to make the right decision and to invest in the children. Although you might not have five children of your own and you might not be low income yourself we expect you to have compassion for those that are. Thank you. You. Next speaker. Good morning. My name is gallegos i work with lavos latina we work in the tenderloin and we work with many families, im not sure you know the high concentration of children that do live in the tenderloin. And i find it quite shocking because i grew up in a town where bus, schools, yellow bus you were iew bib which tus and the fact they have failed our chil
You know, im part of that constituency, but seniors and people with disabilities can get access to some money sources. Maybe a Social Security pension, maybe ssi, Social Security disability insurance. The fact is youth dont have that access to money. We, who are seniors, or have a disability maybe we can work part time. Account even though two mayors, brown and newsom talked about free muni for seniors they did nothing to really push for it. The last page of the preparation shows that only maybe 24 of the allotment would go towards this Youth Support program. Thats important to keep in mind. The resolution doesnt say all for maintenance, it says prioritize. You could look at munis plans and say theyre consistent with the resolution. But please dont push for all of it. Youth cant work and im going to say also, too many elected officials at city hall dont have kids, or dont have kids that really need transit because their family can drive them. We want to change the youth mind that they
That becomes very, very difficult. Also, some students end up not going to school because theyre too embarrassed to ask for the school. We have the resources, we have the support from the community, we have the support from the ftma. All we need is for you to make the right decision and to invest in the children. Although you might not have five children of your own and you might not be low income yourself we expect you to have compassion for those that are. Thank you. You. Next speaker. Good morning. My name is gallegos i work with lavos latina we work in the tenderloin and we work with many families, im not sure you know the high concentration of children that do live in the tenderloin. And i find it quite shocking because i grew up in a town where bus, schools, yellow bus you were iew bib which tus and the fact they have failed our children is a disappointment. Many youth and families that youll hear from shortly use sometimes they cant afford, they have to choose, two kids can ride