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11/19/2025

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11/17/2025

Thank you John Trasviña

Although it is not renaming schools, the San Francisco Board of Education, headed by President Phil Kim, appears determined to remove the word “public” from the names of public schools. Over the past six months, under the guise of good governance, it has systematically reduced accountability an...

11/13/2025

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Earlier this year, we welcomed Sarah Pauter as JBAY’s Executive Director, and we couldn’t be more proud 💛.

Her journey — from aging out of foster care at 18 to earning a scholarship to SDSU, completing a master’s in public policy, founding a nonprofit for transition-age youth and young parents, and joining JBAY in 2020 — reflects the heart of our mission. Sarah leads with the rare combination of lived experience and deep policy expertise, and it shows in everything she does 🌟.

Sarah was also the personal choice of our late founder, Senator John Burton, who believed deeply in her ability to carry this work forward. Today, she leads with warmth, humility, and a fierce commitment to ensuring every young person who has experienced foster care or housing instability has the chance to thrive 🌱. We’re so proud to share her story.
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11/12/2025

11/05/2025

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11/05/2025

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Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics.

Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4hFy1SE

11/05/2025

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🗳️Today is election day. Find info on same-day registration and your nearest polling place: http://vote.ca.gov

Go vote and make your voice heard!

10/30/2025

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10/30/2025

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💙 Every young person deserves a fair shot at a stable future.

Yet across California, thousands of youth leave foster care or experience homelessness without the support and stability they need to thrive.

At John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY), we work every day to change that — turning resilience into opportunity.

We help young people access safe and affordable housing, college financial aid, and career pathways that lead to long-term success.
We partner with state leaders, community organizations, and youth with lived experience to build systems that actually work — so every young person can transition to adulthood with dignity, stability, and hope.

“Emancipated from what? And into what?
Into not being able to have a roof over their heads?
Into being frozen out of a chance at higher education?
Into unemployment?
Into a life on the welfare rolls?
Into homelessness?
Into jail?”
— John Burton, JBAY Founder

Because when youth have a home, an education, and a fair chance, they don’t just survive —
they lead. 💙