In the next 30 days or so, Governor Brown will decide the fate of a bill (SB 803 DeSaulnier) that would create the California Youth Leadership Project (CYLP)  for the purpose of supporting and promoting youth civic engagement. The CYLP would award scholarships to youth from 14 to 18 years of age for youth and civic engagement programs that would improve the quality of life for California's disconnected and disadvantaged youth.

Scholarship award winners will be given opportunities to make meaningful recommendations regarding legislation and policies that impact their own lives and the lives of the thousands of other youth in California whose voices often go unheard.

The bill would give California Tax Payers the option to make a donation to a California Youth Leadership Fund when filing their taxes.

Programs that might benefit from CYLP include the Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities, the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, the California African-American Youth Leadership Program, the Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Program, the California Youth Connection, and GSA Youth Leadership Network, among others.
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