Title
Civic Engagement Unit 2025 Overview
End
FileID
File ID: 2026-00610
End
Location
Location: Citywide
End
Recommendation
Recommendation: Receive and discuss.
End
Contact
Contact: Sjon Swanson, Recreation Manager, (916) 808-6049, sswanson@cityofsacramento.org; Kris Wimberly, Recreation Superintendent, (916) 808-6172, kwimberly@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment
End
Presenter
Presenter: Kris Wimberly, Recreation Superintendent, (916) 808-6172, kwimberly@cityofsacramento.org; Domynique Herndon, Program Coordinator, (916) 808-1989, dherndon1@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment
End
Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Presentation
End
Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The goal of the Civic Engagement Unit is to empower Sacramento's youth citywide with knowledge, resources, and opportunities to advocate and engage within their communities. The unit consists of the Sacramento Youth Commission (SYC), which is a legislative body run similarly to all City Boards and Commissions, along with stipend-based programs Summer @ City Hall (S@CH) and Semester @ City Hall (Sem@CH). programs. These three components of the unit educate young people and provide them with tools to navigate local government and uplift youth voice.
* The Sacramento Youth Commission (SYC) was established in 1993 as an advisory body to the Council Committee on Neighborhood and Public Safety. In 1997, the Youth Commission became an advisory body to the full Sacramento City Council and the Mayor. On April 15, 2019, the Sacramento City Council voted to add Ordinance Chapter 2.162 with the final codification on June 1, 2019, with Ordinance 2019-0010 establishing the Sacramento Youth Commission in Sacramento City Code Section 2.126.
The mission of the SYC is to protect, preserve, enhance, and advance the quality of life for Sacramento youth by advising the City Counci...
Click here for full text