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San Francisco launches Free Muni for Youth Pilot Program
February 28, 2013
Low and moderate income youth in San Francisco age 5 to 17 will be able to ride Muni for free as of March 1, when the SFMTA will begin a 16-month pilot program. Thousands of youth, parents and community members have organized for more than two years to secure the free transit passes, which enable young people to get to school, jobs and after-school activities.
Parents to Supervisor Wiener: Our families are an appropriate use of transit funds
November 25, 2012
Dozens of parents and youth advocates testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Government Audits and Oversight Committee supporting Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin’s proposal to apply recently awarded regional funds to implement the free Muni for youth pilot program. The MTA board will vote on this proposal Dec. 4.
Housing co-op a long-term solution to displacement of families and seniors from San Francisco
October 13, 2011
Residents of the Columbus United Cooperative (CUC) celebrate an end to their 13-year housing struggle as they take ownership of their building as a permanently affordable, resident-owned limited-equity housing cooperative (co-op). Now the residents can purchase “shares” in the co-op for $10,000, allowing them to become cooperative home owners with control of their building
Ethnic Studies resolution passes School Board unanimously
March 8, 2010
“How can I learn who I can be, when I don’t even know who I am? Ethnic Studies provides me the foundations to learn who I AM!” declared Monet Wilson, a Y-MAC leader at Balboa High School. The San Francisco School Board’s unanimous vote marks a victory for Ethnic Studies in high schools 40 years after the historic trail-blazing fight that brought Ethnic Studies to San Francisco State.