hope you get behind and champion at the full board thank you >> thank you, very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you sxhoovmentz and supervisor cowen i'm a rising junior in high school i started being involved with the politics when i was 15 i'm now a part of youth commission i'd like to present is another way of vote 2016 it is an embodiment of the empowerment and equality in 2014 half of outline ballot manufacture directly effected youth and one study from circle that is university for information a civic learning and engagement examined kids voting

in colorado arizona and florida and found an increase in parent turn out and this tribal up influence of students on parents was prairie printed out on low economic status family while parents are not socialized students initiated conversations with a second chance at citizenship from the locate economic status gained the most if parents of higher income levels the capacity to promote the equality of civic engagement during a country wide opposition and disfranchisement efforts san francisco has an opportunity to support voter franchisement

supporting voter 2016 is supporting democracy and youth and assess and engagement in underserved families very good. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors i'm precious i'm the current district 6 youth commissioner, i wanted to let you know i'm not honored to work alongside the commission to extend the voting rights to 16 and 7-year-old and thank you. the commissioner and others for supporting us as mentioned it is dale doable to expand the voting rights to 16 and 17 year-old we need our support i'm in support of vote 2016 because the presentation mentioned there are so many specifics that when you expand the voting rights to 16 and 17

years old there is voter turnout an increase in the voter turnout i'll talk about the personal experience and as we all know when our 16 in high school you're taking civic engagement u.s. history or american government because of that exposure our more prone to alone about your local news and statewide news i want to reiterate what mr. david mentioned his comment if you extend the voting rights you're more prone to vote because as an 8 transitioning to college i'm focused on what is happening in my college but i'm still focused on the city as well but it makes it more - it is easier for a 16 and 7-year-old to focus on citywide issues while your transitioning.

>> what not that this is the generation when youth are exposed to citywide issues through media and you follow it on twitter to end this i want to let you know that voter participation is not that my but the long term of creating a more engaged city definitely out weighs (inaudible). >> that our city can take. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> you say you saved the best for last you saved the oldest to last members of the rules committee thank you for taking the time and difficult to follow the eloquent contributes i'm coming from this from a different

perspective i'm david we have a mission of permitting an action education to all youth in the country and one of our sites is based in the bay area to create a more activity engaged citizenship you learner civics by doing services we started with before a university and new york city and in the bay area we see a huge education growth parents educators and students realize we have to be doing something different to get our democracy on track there are voices across the spectrum that agree with educating youth around civics is a good thing we building that one way to get the generation invested provide them a tangible and relate way to do

so we've seen our youth this year over 7 hundred and 50 students across the bay area to take action on a range of issues one school one class addressed the infrastructure and one clalsz affordable housing in their neighborhood several classes address did youth homelessness in the city i can give you thirty other actions that our students are taking on those communities issues so while generation citizen is work hard to provide a vehicle for students to get involved in a meaningful relevant way this initiative takes it to a whole new level to take the message to our community and country and most importantly to the generations thank you. >> is there any public comment?

i'd like to invite up the director of the youth commission as part of the public comment. >> so i wanted to check 2, 3, 4 with what you with these the youth commission in terms of process for moving this year charter amendment through the process. >> great well thanks again thank you for your time exaggerate director the youth commission i will underscore the process but you know we really want to make sure we're able to engage you know as many young people directly on this through the coming school year i think that supervisor avalos you said is it well the 2016 election allows the greatest san franciscans to talk about how we not to include the 16 and 17 years old in the

municipal and school legislation you commissioners are looking for the possibility of having this before the voters of the i november 2016 ballot in the supervisors so do so we think that vote 16 has a ring to it, yes we're interested in hopefully engaging more youth around this in the coming school year and fall and perhaps having ann offsite rules committee at a school sited where young people will come out. >> i think that will be great to do i appreciate you're asking about that my staff has been working with the commission considering angle, offsite rules committee meeting we've done those inform budget committee and other committees with the board of supervisors we have a place that actually has

technical you know infrastructure already in place it is easy like a school uniform or something like that i'd like to do that and invite my colleagues and the board it have a special 0i67b9 community meeting on this issue would be great to do i've made amendments to the charter amendments look at the 2016 legislation this is based on our recommendation and the youth commission happy to do that we'll actually - we also have a whole expansion of this municipal right to vote for the 18-years old to the school board and the community college board elections we would like to keep

this charter in committee and move it to the call of the chair when we schedule 09 hearings offsite and the public education work to inform young people about their potential rights to vote but the greater public how we can show this really does captains the overhead participation not only for young people but for all the population as well so thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. so before just some closing comments my reactions to today's hearings before accepting the amendment as can whole this charter is really about franchisement actually it is so hard to say the word franchisement i'll saying it in a negative franchisement but we're moving forward how to expand the right to vote to 16 and 17 year-old

we're doing this in honoring the great work that young people have done around the world in civic graement and young people have made a huge difference in the city to insure we have counties that put young people into how we craft our services and programs and schools and how we vote is another part of expanding the civic participation really we're not looking at how redesigning adulthood but civic participation that is key would like to actually want to you haven't closedpublic comment but anyone else that wants to speak we have public comment still

open. >> hi supervisor avalos if you for having me i was a former youth commission representing district 11 i want to speak in support of the lore the voting age to 16 i've definitely seen the civic engagement as transformed other cities and local government and helped me engage in our san francisco politics as a young person you know, i went to balboa high school was the local resident of district 11 didn't know what was going on until i applied to the san francisco youth position as a 10 grader i moved from china to san francisco was barrel speaking worker and my opportunity to be part of the commission was helpful this

legislation of leaving the age to 16 ton ballot will be amazing to get more young people in san francisco to get to know what is going on you'll a student at harvard college it has a huge effect on my life he want more young people to get involved yeah thank you very much. >> if no other public comment i'd like close public comment public comment is closed. >> we have - also supervisor tang was not able to make it we'll take that without objection. >> we would like to accept this amendment as a whole for this chapter amendment i'll reiterate what it does as a whole it sets this chapter amendment to the

november 2016 election it will expand the right to vote in the manipulate elections to the community college board and the school board of the school district and that's my motion to accept as a whole. >> that is seconded with a positive recommendation and supervisor cowen any comments or - and i have let me i have general comments i'm glad this is not caught up in committee i've you're filing. >> i want to motion this gets continued to the call of the chair a series of meetings over the year to discuss this issue one of them i'd like to have unify at the community probably a high school. >> i haven't formulated a position or taken a position.

>> like to continue this to the call of the chair. >> we'll take that without objection. and again, i want to thank the youth commission for your great work on this and just the research is important and necessary we back up and it is important that you have done that it shows there is strong tension outlet around the strong possibility this can work i look forward to having our next rules committee meet and discuss that outside of san francisco where we can actually draw young people in an environmentalist they're famous with okay. colleagues i think we're all set to go and no other items before us. >> that concludes our business

for today. >> okay. we're adjourned thank you@ppxow called to order

ms. casco roll call ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase. >> thank you. >> please join me and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all thank you before we begin the superintendent has an announcement about this evenings