But working in collaboration with the mayors office, supervisor and members of the community to address those needs. If you look at how transit is currently affecting youth yud know there are tremendous needs out there. Increases incessant coupled with budget cuts is putting our youth further behind. We know these needs exist and we know theyre obvious. We saw ed2mj[u risken present te is a 40 drop in ridership. If you needed more evidence that this is an issue youth is experiencing its there before you. We want to emphasize on behalf of the Youth Commission that access to transit month should not only be privileges for those who can afford them but are a right that should be enjoyed and benefited by everybody in the city and county of San Francisco. We also feel that by supporting the muni for Youth Program what you are doing is investing in a new generation of transit ridership. If we are a transitfirst city then we need to own up to that and this is an exact opportunity that we can
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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 muni and one cant. That shouldnt have to be a choice in todays da