Activists and City Leaders Rally for the Next GenerationBen Malleybyline‚ May. 14‚ 2007In an October 2005 survey prepared by the Public Research Institute at San Francisco State University, nearly half of the families with preschool aged children interviewed stated their intent to move out of San Francisco within three years. The three major issues of concern were (a) lack of affordable housing, (b) concern over public safety and (c) the state of the public education system. In response to this crisis, San Francisco families and political leaders gathered Saturday to support Coleman Advocates’ “Next Generation” campaign. The campaign addresses the three problem areas that parents in the survey identified. It calls for – by the year 2011 – doubling the current affordable housing plan from 1,550 homes for families to 3,100, and for raising the level of school achievement to the point where at least 60 percent of students in all racial groups have the opportunity to attend college. |