PROP N: CANCEL STUDENT DEBT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

Prop N would cancel up to $25,000 of student debt for first responders in San Francisco. First responders in the police department, sheriff’s department, fire department, paramedics, registered nurses, and 911 dispatchers would qualify after 3 consecutive years of working full-time in their department. The $1 million fund would cover any student debt these employees had before joining the city as well as any job-related education and training expenses that aren’t already eligible for reimbursement.

Education is a basic right. SF Rising Action Fund strongly believes that everyone, regardless of wealth or income, should be able to go to college for free. The student debt crisis in the United States has surpassed $1.7 trillion and with the corrupt Supreme Court’s ruling that President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan was unconstitutional, we must do everything we can to ease the burden of debt on students. No one should be punished for simply trying to get an education. This measure would only be the start to addressing our mounting student debt crisis.