Creating a City Commission From Scratch

my team and me at the city council meeting
speaking to the city council city council meeting powerpoint

Process:

  • Realized my city lacked a structure for young people to formally share their thoughts and opinions with city leaders.
  • Worked with my friend, Nithya, to lead a group of students to advocate for it.
  • Wrote a city resolution and worked with the mayor and the city council to implement it.
  • Unsurprisingly, the process was much longer and more drawn-out than I just described (took a couple of years), thanks to bureaucracy and politics.

The Modesto Youth Commission is currently working with its second cohort of young people.

Vice Mayor Escutia-Braaton and Mayor Zwahlen (20:18) share their thoughts on the youth commission's formation.