San Francisco does something right: Paid internships for high schoolers

Published January 5, 2019 3:00pm ET



While San Francisco has been under increasing scrutiny for its mismanagement of a growing homelessness problem and affordable housing crisis, it appears they are finally doing something right. Mayor London Breed is quickly gaining buy-in from local business partners on a new initiative to provide paid internships and job-training programs for all San Francisco high school students by the summer.

Breed first launched her Opportunities for All initiative back in October to “fight systemic inequality by connecting high school students to paid internships, employment, training, and educational opportunities.” Her hope is that all young people can be a “part of San Francisco’s thriving economy.”

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