Park Won-soon Meets San Francisco Mayor to Introduce Youth Allowance and Rent Support Policies

Meeting with Mayor London Breed at San Francisco City Hall
First U.S. Major City to Lay Flowers at Japanese Military 'Comfort Women' Memorial

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] On the 9th (local time), Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will meet with Mayor London Breed at San Francisco City Hall in the United States.

San Francisco is a sister city of Seoul, maintaining a friendly cooperative relationship since the agreement was signed in 1976. Exchanges are being promoted, including dispatching inspection teams for policy sharing and holding joint cultural events.

Mayor Park will discuss issues such as polarization between social classes, inequality, and unfair society using the Korean film "Parasite" as a topic. Mayor London Breed is San Francisco's first Black female mayor and has lived in public housing since childhood. She is known to have a strong interest in public housing supply, homelessness, jobs and the local economy, and the realization of an equal society. Mayor Park is expected to introduce policies such as youth allowances, youth monthly rent support, and expanded housing support for newlyweds.

Before meeting Mayor London Breed, Mayor Park visited the memorial monument for Japanese military 'comfort women' victims located in Saint Mary Park in downtown San Francisco and laid a wreath. This monument was erected as the first of its kind in a major U.S. city through private fundraising efforts.

Mayor Park visited Presidio National Park, which was reborn from a military facility into a park. He then laid a wreath at the Korean War Veterans Memorial within the park.

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