SF Youth Commission asks Board to save 8 SF Environment jobs

San Francisco Budget and Appropriations Committee: Youth Commission asked supervisors for $3.4M to save 8 SF Environment jobs and flagged 5 of 24 SFUSD Title IX cases investigated in 2022.
San Francisco
Budget and Appropriations Committee Meeting
March 25, 2026

TL;DR

  • Youth Commission urged the Board to allocate $3.4M from the General Fund to protect 8 at-risk SF Environment positions.
  • Commissioners flagged that only 5 of 24 Title IX sexual harassment complaints in SFUSD were investigated in 2022 and called for renewing the Title IX Student Advisory Group.
  • Commission called for partnerships with gun buyback events and expanded school mental health staffing, citing a 74% rise in shootings over five years.
  • Commission asked the Board to keep the Youth Commission in the City Charter; Vice Chair Dorsey floated a hybrid Charter/Administrative Code compromise.
  • Commission asked the Board to support a fully staffed three-person team at the Youth Commission, citing past staffing shortages and a current director vacancy.

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