what am i hearing today >> john torres. i want to talk to you later. >> i am piggybacks. d.c. y f has funded these and may are meeting with of the service providers. they do have a community interveners. >> where do we find out. the d.c. yf. >> it's an interesting thing we're dealing with here. our young people. of course, we are living in a very, very, tense time globally, with our young people really needing to be prepared and in their preparation needing to make a contribution in the united states and abroad. the question as well as the concerns that i have, have to do. i think the gentlemen in the orange and the other young lady and also this is for the mayor's aid. we are talking about mentor programs. i have been listening to this for the last 7 hours. i attend a lot of other events. the idleness of not having enough to do. are the basics keeping them in step. so, i'd like to know what other leadership programs are going to be available to these young kids. we heard about the sport things. what about the things coming out of silicon valley, working with yahoo or google t

college sophomore john reed-torres has been job hunting since last november. he says he's often competing with older workers and college grads for entry-level positions. >> people with master's trying to work in mcdonald's. they're going to get hired before i do. >> reporter: the latest figures show california's unemployment rate among teenagers is more than 34%, nearly triple the state's overall unemployment rate. in cities such as irvine, california, job fairs have been canceled because few companies have agreed to participate. meanwhile, in los angeles, it's not just the private sector turning young applicants away. in the past, m . a. teens, especially those from low-income neighborhoods, could count on getting summer jocks at city parks and pools but this year, cuts in federal fund regular putting a damper on those summer plans. last summer, los angeles hired 16,000 young people. this summer, only 6,000 will land a city job. >> we're going to have thousands and thousands of student that are going to be on the streets without an activity to do. >> reporter