Creating a City Commission From Scratch
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.