Peter Lauterborn

Peter George Lauterborn (born October 23, 1984) is a youth and education policy advocate from San Francisco, California. He served on the San Francisco Youth Commission for two one-year terms, from 2003-2005. [ [http://www.sfgov.org/site/youth_commission_page.asp?id=18758 Youth Commission: Past Youth Commissioners ] ] Lauterborn was first appointed by then-mayor Willie Brown and was reappointed in 2004 by Mayor Gavin Newsom. He is a graduate of San Francisco's Leadership High School and San Francisco State University.

Community advocacy

A major component of Lauterborn's work was directed at improving the San Francisco Unified School District's ability to handle incidents of sexual assault and harassment. [Soltau, Alison. "Sex Assault in Schools" "The Independent." Tuesday, April 6, 2004.] This work began with a Youth Commission hearing on the issue on April 1, 2004 [ [http://parks.sfgov.org/site/youth_commission_page.asp?id=23991 Youth Commission: April 1, 2004 ] ] and a report a year later. [http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/youth_commission/Documents_and_Publications/FINALSA&HReport041205.pdf] More recently, Lauterborn authored a resolution calling for the creation of a School District Task Force to deal with the issue. The resolution is sponsored by Commissioners Kim-Shree Maufas, Eric Mar, and Hydra Mendoza. [ [http://portal.sfusd.edu/data/board/pdf/minutes/August%2014%202007.pdf Official Minutes ] ]

In 2005, Lauterborn authored a Youth Commission resolution calling for Mayor Gavin Newsom to create a task force to support transitional youth. Newsom agreed and has touted the task force throughout his reelection campaign. [http://www.impacturbanyouth.org/files/Vol%201%20No%201%20Spring%202007%20Two%20DONE%20Version%20Two.pdf]

Lauterborn worked with a large community coalition to fight fare increases on San Francisco Municipal Railway, which is San Francisco's primary transportation system. Lauterborn argued that the fares would unjustly affect youth who have no other options than public transportation. [ [http://www.sfmta.com/cms/cmta/SFMuniMTAJanuary42005minutes.htm MTA January 4, 2005, minutes ] ]

Editorial writing

From September 2006 to October 2007, Peter Lauterborn wrote a column for [http://www.beyondchron.org/news/ BeyondChron] , an online daily opinion and news site run by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. Lauterborn's articles covered everything from youth issues, San Francisco politics, education, national political issues, and more. In addition to current events, Lauterborn analyzed the meaning of youth advocacy, progressive politics, and similar themes, such as [http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4398 this article] on the personal nature of local politics.

Candidacy for San Francisco Board of Education

On October 23, 2007, Peter Lauterborn celebrated his 23rd birthday by filling his initial papers to run as a candidate for the San Francisco School Board. Lauterborn was joined by the School Board's past-president Eric Mar and Community College Board candidate Chris Jackson. [ [http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lt_progressive_candidates_file_071024.shtml Progressive candidates file declarations of intent ] ] In June of 2008, Lauterborn announced that he had withdrawn from the race due to potential conflicts of interest with his current job as the Education Policy Coordinator at the San Francisco Youth Commission.

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