Academic senate resolution

#RS07-258

Supporting Lower Cost Muni Fast Pass for Young Adults

WHEREAS many San Francisco State University students are frequent MUNI riders; and

WHEREAS many of these students are self-supporting young adults whose studies limit them to part-time employment; and

WHEREAS these students must pay for their living expenses and school costs including tuition, fees and textbooks from their part-time incomes; and

WHEREAS society as a whole benefits from the increased levels of education achieved by these students; and

WHEREAS the Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco have already voted to support lower-cost Fast Passes for young adults; therefore be it

WHEREAS that the Academic Senate of San Francisco State University urges the Metropolitan Transportation Agency to offer lower-priced Fast Passes to young adults; and be it further

RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to Mayor Gavin Newsom, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the MTA, and Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., Executive Director of the MTA.

***Approved by the Academic Senate at its meeting on April 17, 2007***