[20:40] >> this meeting will come to order.

[20:44] meeting will come to order.

[20:47] is student trustee heather brandt

[20:49] logged in as a panelist?

[20:53] okay.

[20:54] ms. Esteban, will you please call the

[20:55] roll starting with student trustee

[20:57] heather brandt when she comes and with

[20:59] the other trustees who are here.

[21:04] >> student trustee brandt?

[21:15] president anita martinez?

[21:16] >> here.

[21:18] >> vice president luis zamora?

[21:21] >> here

[21:22] >> trustee chisti?

[21:23] >> present.

[21:24] >> trustee wong?

[21:25] >> trustee solomon?

[21:26] >> here.

[21:27] >> trustee chung?

[21:28] trustee mccarty?

[21:29] >> here.

[21:30] >> student trustee brandt?

[21:35] you have a quorum.

[21:37] >> thank you very much.

[21:40] we start with the land acknowledgment

[21:48] statement.

[22:07] >> [inaudible].

[22:08] >> thank you.

[22:10] is there a way to send a message or to

[22:13] put something on screen so they can

[22:14] can see that there's a technical issue

[22:17] and that we're fixing it and in a script

[22:22] rather than in announcement?

[22:57] >> [inaudible].

[22:58] >> thank you, in the meantime, let me

[23:00] acknowledge that we couldn't do

[23:02] anything, we couldn't have this

[23:03] meeting if it weren't for our

[23:06] classified professionals.

[23:07] we couldn't do much at this college

[23:10] without our classified professionals.

[23:12] so, we are truly grateful for them and

[23:14] appreciate all the work that they do.

[23:15] we're set.

[23:16] thank you.

[23:24] [applause].

[23:28] student trustee brandt has now joined

[23:29] and I would like to acknowledge her

[23:33] presence.

[23:34] today we have a special land

[23:38] acknowledgment statement.

[23:41] sarah moncada the instructor of

[23:43] our first native american indigenous

[23:49] studies course niis38, introduction to

[23:53] indigenous studies will assist in this

[23:55] part of our agenda.

[23:57] we celebrate this new course and thank

[24:00] its first teacher because with this

[24:03] course, city college fully honors

[24:05] first peoples and more completely

[24:07] fills our college's commitment to

[24:09] diversity, equity and inclusion.

[24:16] adolfo velasquez will therefore read

[24:18] the land acknowledgment statement and

[24:23] ms. Moncada will speak after.

[24:28] will you step up to the microphone,

[24:32] please.

[24:36] >> testing.

[24:49] "we acknowledge that we are on the

[24:50] unceded ancestral homeland of the

[24:51] ramaytush ohlone who are the original

[24:52] inhabitants of the san francisco

[24:53] peninsula, as the indigenous stewards

[24:54] of this land and in accordance with

[24:55] their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone

[24:56] have never ceded, lost nor forgotten

[24:57] their responsibilities as the

[24:58] caretakers of this place, as well as

[24:59] for all peoples who reside in their

[25:00] traditional territory, as guests, we

[25:01] recognize that we benefit from living

[25:02] and working on their traditional

[25:03] homeland, we wish to pay our respects

[25:04] by acknowledging the ancestors, elders

[25:05] and relatives of the ramaytush

[25:06] community and by affirming their

[25:07] sovereign rights as first peoples."

[25:22] >> thank you.

[25:23] ms. Moncada?

[25:28] >> [inaudible].

[25:44] thank you very much for having me, any

[25:47] name is sarah moncada, I carry apache

[25:53] ancestry and [inaudible] ancestry on

[25:55] my mother's side, I'm honored to dance

[25:58] with these circles with you all today.

[26:00] I come mere as a good guest so that

[26:03] should you have an opportunity to

[26:06] visit my territories, you will have an

[26:09] opportunity to be a good guest in

[26:10] return.

[26:11] I want to thank you all for the

[26:12] opportunity to stand on shoulders of

[26:15] many people who have come together to

[26:20] create an engaged action, the

[26:22] commitment beyond the words to open up

[26:25] to native american studies and enrich

[26:27] and deepen your commitment to ethnic

[26:29] studies and what it means to broaden

[26:33] our awareness, understanding and deep

[26:36] relationship and responsibility

[26:37] together as human beings.

[26:38] thank you for the opportunity to teach

[26:41] its first course, it was really,

[26:43] really wonderful.

[26:44] we had really, really good

[26:47] conversations with really good minds

[26:49] and hearts in the room.

[26:51] I look forward to the opportunity to

[26:54] continue that work should that

[26:55] continue and for the opportunity to

[26:57] share it all with you more.

[26:59] you're all welcome to come to the

[27:02] class.

[27:03] thank you very much in a time when we

[27:05] feel constriction and walls and

[27:07] barriers coming up around the

[27:08] potentials that we have in our

[27:12] continued education and higher

[27:13] education arenas, it's wouldn't to see

[27:15] the ongoing commitment to rather than

[27:17] seeing the barriers dancing through

[27:19] possibilities.

[27:20] so, thank you.

[27:22] >> thank you very much.

[27:26] [applause].

[27:30] we now turn to honors and recognition

[27:35] and the first honors and recognition

[27:38] item is letter a, recognition of

[27:42] engineering club 2025 solar regatta

[27:45] victory.

[27:48] could we have the teacher step up to

[27:51] the microphone.

[27:52] >> yeah, I think we have --

[27:56] >> thank you.

[27:57] >> good afternoon, my name is keith

[28:00] mueller, I'm the advisor of ccsf's

[28:03] engineering club.

[28:04] we're one of oldest clubs on campus.

[28:08] we started as an advisor, I was

[28:10] advisor back in 2006 and we've been

[28:17] continuing on basically ever since.

[28:19] we live in the basement of the

[28:20] engineering club -- I mean the science

[28:21] building, I forgot.

[28:23] the science building, occasionally we go

[28:26] out and play and we like to

[28:27] go out and build things and we do

[28:30] enjoy going to different events in

[28:32] order to show off engineering projects

[28:37] and also robo games, something we've

[28:42] been doing for the past 8, 9 years

[28:45] which is the california solar regatta

[28:47] as you can see on the screen up above.

[28:50] what the solar regatta is, is

[28:54] basically a race between solar powered

[28:58] boats on a lake up near sacramento

[29:02] which espouses solar power, promotes

[29:03] it and it is something for colleges to

[29:06] compete against and so there are a

[29:08] number of colleges that enter the

[29:09] event, there is a speed competition,

[29:12] there is a slalom xe ising, endurance

[29:17] competition and presentation and we

[29:18] have been competing in this event

[29:20] for many years.

[29:21] to explain a little bit more about how

[29:22] we did this year, what was our theme

[29:25] are year and how we did if the overall

[29:27] events and would we compete against,

[29:29] I'm going to present the current

[29:30] president of the engineering club,

[29:34] aiden, so aiden?

[29:38] [applause].

[29:39] >> thank you.

[29:42] so, as he said, we have a theme and

[29:45] we've been doing this for a long time

[29:46] so we have fun with our themes.

[29:48] this year we wanted something iconic

[29:50] so as most of you can tell, we did

[29:54] lego.

[29:55] it was fun to design our boat to make

[29:57] it look like a lego boat, but yeah, as

[30:02] for our performance this year, as you

[30:04] mentioned, the three are a sprint, a

[30:06] slalom and endurance, our sprin,

[30:08] with came in first place again, we did

[30:12] that last year as well.

[30:13] that got us one of our trophies,

[30:17] another thing that we got a

[30:22] trophy was for our drive train,

[30:27] e we did well enough where they gave

[30:29] us a trophy for that,

[30:34] another one slalom, we have a

[30:36] boat that excels at slalom, we got

[30:38] first place in that, we beat second

[30:42] place by a goaded 15 seconds.

[30:45] we did really well on that one.

[30:48] the endurance one, we did come in

[30:50] second, that is mostly not due to us,

[30:52] that's because our batteries decided

[30:54] to not work twice.

[30:57] so, we ended up accidentally burning a

[31:00] battery.

[31:01] so, we did not get one for that but

[31:06] other parts -- other non-racing items

[31:09] are scored and ranked.

[31:11] one of them we did well on this year

[31:14] was art theming, we made our boat look

[31:16] like a lego boat so we got yet another

[31:21] one.

[31:22] I can't even -- and another one that

[31:25] we always do pretty poorly on, this

[31:28] year we decided to do again, put a

[31:30] little bit of effort was

[31:32] sustainability, so we did a lifetime

[31:35] impact analysis of our boat to see

[31:38] what was -- how good it was and they

[31:41] appreciated the effort.

[31:42] so, we got these as well as -- because

[31:45] we got all of these, we ended up

[31:47] winning the total overall regatta so

[31:50] we got another one.

[31:56] [applause].

[32:00] as you can see, that's a photo of our

[32:02] boat, we're kind of standing in the

[32:04] way of it, but that is our boat we got

[32:08] all of these trophies and as you

[32:12] can see, we're running out of space

[32:15] out here.

[32:17] that leaded me to one issue, mueller

[32:19] will talk about it.

[32:20] yes.

[32:21] >> we did a new display case.

[32:23] we now have 36 trophies, we have won

[32:27] this event 6 out of 8 times now.

[32:31] we are maybe the best and it's kind of

[32:37] -- I guess it's good but it's also

[32:40] pretty brutal.

[32:41] so, we just wanted to thank you for

[32:45] entertaining us and bingeing with us

[32:46] today and we wanted to show these

[32:50] trophies with you, since we are so

[32:52] famous, you may take a picture with us.

[32:54] we hope you can join us in a photo

[32:57] with our trophies here, thank you.

[33:01] [applause].

[33:02] >> and I am referring the request for

[33:08] a bigger display case or another --

[33:10] acting chancellor cooper wilkins.

[33:13] >> come on, guys, let's get -- I think

[33:19] we've done it over there.

[33:23] yeah.

[33:24] ( taking photograph ).

[35:12] [applause].

[35:52] >> the meeting will come back to

[35:56] order.

[35:57] acting chancellor cooper wilkins, can

[35:58] you present the next honors and

[36:01] recognition?

[36:04] >> yes, so we do have a recognition of

[36:11] shella cervantes, she received the

[36:13] honor of the 2025 academic senate of

[36:17] california community colleges' regina

[36:20] stanback stroud diversity award and I

[36:21] know it was short notice.

[36:22] I'm not sure if current academic

[36:25] senate president katia fuchs would

[36:28] like to come forward and be a part of

[36:31] making that presentation.

[36:32] >> I would never pass up an

[36:38] opportunity to celebrate shella, thank

[36:40] you, dr. Cooper wilkins for the

[36:44] introduction, I'm katia fuchs and the

[36:47] freshly minted academic senate

[36:49] president.

[36:50] a little bit of the regina stanback

[36:55] stroud award, so as educators, our

[36:57] challenge is to help as many of our

[37:00] students as possible reach their

[37:01] personal and academic goals.

[37:05] the regina stanback stroud testy award

[37:08] gives public recognition to the value

[37:09] the community college places on equity

[37:12] and diversity.

[37:13] this award seeks to publicly

[37:15] acknowledge a member of the faculty

[37:17] who consistently demonstrates

[37:18] commitment to the equity and diversity

[37:21] goals of the college.

[37:23] it recognizes the individual who

[37:24] performs in an exceptional manner to

[37:28] advance intercultural harmony, equity

[37:30] and campus diversity by making

[37:32] exceptional contributions to the

[37:34] college beyond their usual obligations

[37:37] and you couldn't do any better than to

[37:40] give this award to the amazing shella

[37:43] cervantes who is here with us and

[37:46] shella, I hand it over to you.

[37:53] >> I have two faculty that really want

[37:55] o the say something.

[37:57] I'm going to put a pause on that.

[38:02] >> hi, alyssa messier, I am also in

[38:05] women's and genders study ask here

[38:08] with leslie simon from omens and

[38:11] gender studies ask we want to be here

[38:13] the celebrate shella and their amazing

[38:15] work for our students and the college

[38:17] and since katia so kindly gave a

[38:19] presentation about the award, I will

[38:21] leave it to that and pass it to leslie.

[38:24] >> just a few words.

[38:26] shella was a student of mine so I'm

[38:28] very happy today.

[38:31] brilliant, creative, compassionate and

[38:33] I want to stay with compassion and I'm

[38:35] going to be a little sentimental, it

[38:39] was khai who said revolutionary is

[38:42] guided by love, she opens many hearts

[38:46] the many spaces, she deserves it more

[38:48] than anyone that I know, she openers

[38:50] my heart and brings people together

[38:51] and we are so lucky to have her at

[38:53] this college.

[38:57] [applause].

[39:00] >> so, I'm very glad to that have

[39:03] really great introduction.

[39:04] I'm going share with you some

[39:07] reflections on the stanback stroud

[39:09] award, if you didn't watch the video,

[39:13] it happened on my birthday, that was

[39:15] cool, the regina stanback stroud award

[39:19] describes the award -- so, regina

[39:22] stanback stroud stories the award as

[39:24] call to action and that those who are

[39:26] honored by it embody excellence and

[39:28] equity as well as make rigor

[39:33] inseparable from justice, regina

[39:35] stanback stroud in honoring me

[39:37] launched the african american

[39:40] resource center as a supported

[39:42] resource center and championing that

[39:44] the african american resource sent and

[39:45] her the women's resource center both

[39:47] be housed in the new student success

[39:49] building.

[39:51] she highlighted the importance of

[39:54] advancing facilities justice for

[39:55] students of color across cam pus and

[39:58] that equity minded facilities planning

[40:01] understands that environments are one

[40:02] of the conditions that make a

[40:05] significant impact on student success.

[40:07] what that actually looked like was

[40:10] mentoring faculty and students alike

[40:12] as well as truly listening to students

[40:14] when they did not have someone to go

[40:16] to.

[40:17] or when no one else was listening.

[40:19] when I think of this, this gives me

[40:22] unease because what I thought was one

[40:25] for students is yet again unfinished,

[40:30] contentious business.

[40:31] I think the part that many may have

[40:33] not taken into consideration in all

[40:35] the accomplishments that are being

[40:37] celebrated right now for me is that

[40:39] I'm a part timer and the many things

[40:42] that I'm being celebrated for were not

[40:46] mine to carry.

[40:48] as a part timer, my role, my

[40:50] influence, my time is limited.

[40:52] I know there is little chance my

[40:54] position will ever change despite the

[40:56] need for it.

[40:57] and yet at this moment and for as long

[41:00] as I've been here, I choose to give

[41:02] more and be more.

[41:05] who I am here at the college is

[41:09] inspired by measuring love and the

[41:12] journey for justice, a brown paper by

[41:15] shelley tang and sammy nunez,

[41:19] they share transformative and

[41:22] catalytic love, self-love, love other,

[41:24] love as a community practice and

[41:27] lastly love infused with power.

[41:32] as city of college of san francisco

[41:36] transforms yet bargaining I transform

[41:40] of catalytic love and I now call on

[41:42] others to do so as well.

[41:43] thank you.

[41:47] [applause].

[41:58] >> congratulations, it was my

[42:00] privilege to serve on the academic at

[42:03] the same time as regina stanback

[42:06] stroud, the statewide senate and I got

[42:08] to know her there.

[42:10] then I had the opportunity to know her

[42:12] once again when she was vice-president

[42:15] of instruction at skyline college and

[42:18] she recommended my hire as the dean of

[42:24] language arts and it was a wonderful

[42:26] opportunity to work with her.

[42:27] so, I know who she is and I know that

[42:29] you justly deserve this award, so

[42:31] thank you very much for all of your

[42:33] work and your enthusiasm and your

[42:38] love.

[42:39] trustee chung?

[42:40] >> and I can't pass off the

[42:43] opportunity to talk about your impact

[42:47] on my life.

[42:48] when I was a project survive mentor, I

[42:55] have lived through what it's like to

[42:59] have you guide me through a really

[43:01] difficult time in my life and empower

[43:04] me and I've seen you in that space and

[43:08] I'm so -- you are so deserving of this

[43:10] award, so thank you, shella, for being

[43:12] at this college and continuing to give

[43:16] into it.

[43:18] >> comments from other trustees?

[43:22] well, thank you very, very much, and

[43:24] find a nice place to put that award.

[43:30] [applause].

[43:35] >> we move to item 4, closed session.

[43:38] first we need the approval of the

[43:41] closed session agenda.

[43:42] who moves to approve?

[43:47] >> so moved.

[43:48] >> trustee solomon moves to the

[43:49] approve.

[43:50] who seconds?

[43:51] >> second.

[43:53] >> second from vice-president zamora.

[43:55] could we have a roll call vote, please.

[43:57] >> student trustee brandt, your

[43:58] advisory vote?

[44:10] president martinez?

[44:11] >> yes.

[44:12] >> vice-president zamora?

[44:13] >> aye.

[44:15] >> trustee chisti?

[44:16] >> aye.

[44:17] >> trustee solomon?

[44:18] >> aye.

[44:19] >> trustee chung?

[44:20] >> aye.

[44:21] >> trustee mccarty?

[44:22] >> aye.

[44:23] >> the motion passes.

[44:24] >> thank you.

[44:25] we will recess to closed session and

[44:28] we will reconvene back here at 6:00

[44:32] p.m., thank you.

[44:38] ( meeting recesses to closed session ).

[44:48] ( meeting will reconvene at 6:00 ).

[2:19:15] >> we have taken a brief recess from

[2:19:17] closed session.

[2:19:20] no reportable actions have been taken.

[2:19:21] we would like to take public comment

[2:19:23] on the closed session agenda items now.

[2:19:26] is there any public comment on the

[2:19:29] closed session agendas?

[2:19:30] >> we don't have any.

[2:19:33] >> 6a.

[2:19:36] >> we have a lot.

[2:19:39] first is angelica campos.

[2:19:50] >> alright, I was not expected it to

[2:19:52] be that soon.

[2:19:55] hi, good evening, afternoon, board,

[2:19:56] sorry, I am on the east coast so

[2:19:59] it's a bit confusing.

[2:20:01] I'm here tonight to speak to you all

[2:20:03] in support of dr. Cortez, I as an

[2:20:09] incoming student leader, student

[2:20:13] trustee elect believe we do need to

[2:20:16] support our college by approving dr.

[2:20:18] cortez as the new chancellor.

[2:20:20] I think again it's really important we

[2:20:22] also support queer and latin voices

[2:20:29] in the current climate we live in where

[2:20:33] united states where queer latinx

[2:20:37] individuals are under attack and I'm

[2:20:39] disappointed in things I'm seeing in

[2:20:43] the media targeting this person, it is

[2:20:45] unfair and I believe dr. Cortez will

[2:20:47] be something that will help push our

[2:20:50] college forward into a better future.

[2:20:51] thank you.

[2:20:56] >> next is eddie escota.

[2:21:19] next is luis miranda.

[2:21:35] next is malinalli villalobos.

[2:21:47] >> can you all hear me?

[2:21:50] >> yes.

[2:21:51] >> okay.

[2:21:54] let me see, I'm trying to turn my

[2:21:57] camera on, there is no camera.

[2:21:59] alright.

[2:22:00] okay, here we go.

[2:22:03] saludos, good evening, my name is

[2:22:06] malinalli villalobos, I serve as

[2:22:07] student chancellor, I'm here tonight

[2:22:09] to speak in strong support of approving

[2:22:13] the chancellor employment contract

[2:22:15] with carlos cortez, as student, we

[2:22:18] know firsthand the importance of

[2:22:20] consistent visionary leadership,

[2:22:21] someone who understands the challenges

[2:22:22] we face and the potential of what ccsf

[2:22:25] can become.

[2:22:27] dr. Cortez brings leadership in the

[2:22:30] california community college system, a

[2:22:32] deep commitment to equity, a strong

[2:22:34] understanding of the unique needs of

[2:22:37] diverse student population like ours.

[2:22:39] he has spooned stabilize budgets while

[2:22:42] expanding access which is something

[2:22:44] ccsf critically needs.

[2:22:47] he's also someone who listens to

[2:22:49] student, faculty, to classified

[2:22:51] professionals including community

[2:22:52] overall.

[2:22:53] right now ccsf needs a steady hand and

[2:22:55] a bold vision, we cannot afford more

[2:22:57] turn over in leadership.

[2:22:59] every delay affects students.

[2:23:01] our classes, our services, our future.

[2:23:03] approving this crack is not just about

[2:23:06] filling a position, it's about giving

[2:23:08] cshs csf the stability and [inaudible]

[2:23:11] it needs to thrive.

[2:23:12] as student chancellor, I urge you to

[2:23:14] move forward with confidence and

[2:23:16] approve the employment contract with

[2:23:18] dr. Cortez, let's give him a chance to

[2:23:21] lead ccsf in a stronger, more

[2:23:23] sustainable future and one last thing

[2:23:25] that I want to add about dr. Cortez,

[2:23:29] when we had the pleasure of having to

[2:23:32] give him a tour of our campuses and a

[2:23:36] can couple of our centers, he was

[2:23:38] engaging with students and really

[2:23:39] wanted the student input.

[2:23:41] students at the forefront, that's what

[2:23:44] we need, leadership with students a

[2:23:45] the forefront.

[2:23:46] advocating for the

[2:23:48] approval of dr. Carlos cortez's

[2:23:51] contract, thank you very much.

[2:23:55] >> next is mary bravewoman.

[2:24:04] >> good wantoning, trustees, I've

[2:24:06] been at city college for 35 years and

[2:24:07] I have experienced every high and

[2:24:10] low ccsf has been through since 1990.

[2:24:12] and this is just one of the reasons

[2:24:14] that I was so thrilled to read the

[2:24:16] press release announcing the

[2:24:17] appointment of dr. Carlos cortez as

[2:24:19] our next chancellor.

[2:24:20] I had the honor of serving on the

[2:24:22] hiring committee and reviewed all the

[2:24:25] c vehicles of a broadly talented pool

[2:24:27] of am kant but for me, one candidate

[2:24:30] stood out among the others, dr.

[2:24:32] cortez, now I'm not naive enough to

[2:24:34] believe that one person holds all the

[2:24:36] answers to the struggles we face as a

[2:24:38] college community but the reality is

[2:24:40] that we're in better shape than we

[2:24:43] have been for some time despite the

[2:24:46] narratives currently circulating.

[2:24:47] but I am hopeful that with the

[2:24:49] appointment of an experienced

[2:24:51] permanent chancellor, one with a

[2:24:53] proven track record of putting into

[2:24:55] practice policies and practice that

[2:24:57] reflect the values of ccsf and their

[2:25:00] community, we can embark on positive

[2:25:02] change for our college.

[2:25:04] thank you, trustees, for making the

[2:25:06] right choice for our college and our

[2:25:08] community and for standing strong in

[2:25:10] your values and not giving into the

[2:25:14] trump dog whistles recently traded by

[2:25:22] the press of a talented queer

[2:25:24] educator, thank you.

[2:25:27] >> next is asia duncan.

[2:25:39] >> good evening, trustees.

[2:25:41] my name is asia and I'm one the harvey

[2:25:47] milk democratic clubbing I'm the v.p.

[2:25:49] of the political action committee and

[2:25:51] I'm here to voice my support for dr.

[2:25:54] cortez as your next chancellor.

[2:25:58] dr. Cortez is not only an accomplished

[2:26:01] educator with a record of strong

[2:26:03] leadership, he is a visionary who

[2:26:06] understands the power of community

[2:26:11] colleges as an engine of justice,

[2:26:13] access and upward mobility for working

[2:26:16] class students,

[2:26:18] immigrants and lgbtq folks.

[2:26:22] I believe city college deserves as

[2:26:25] bold leader rooted in justice and I

[2:26:28] believe dr. Cortez is that leader and

[2:26:29] I urge you to move forward with

[2:26:33] integrity and a vision of the future

[2:26:35] to appoint dr. Cortez as your next

[2:26:38] chancellor.

[2:26:39] thank you the.

[2:26:43] >> next is leslie simon.

[2:26:56] >> good evening, trustees, vice

[2:27:03] chancellors, I enthusiastically

[2:27:04] support hiring dr. Cortez, I want to

[2:27:07] address the chronicle's reapportioning

[2:27:10] of cortez's invitation to [inaudible]

[2:27:15] as a former ccsf omens and genders

[2:27:20] studies chair and women in literature,

[2:27:22] I'm familiar with the highly respected

[2:27:26] poetry fiction of alice walker, I had

[2:27:31] not learned that she had an affinity

[2:27:33] with a known anti-semite which shocked

[2:27:37] and disturbed me.

[2:27:39] that year an invitation with walker

[2:27:42] was withdrawn when the association

[2:27:44] became known.

[2:27:46] I am jewish and among my jewish

[2:27:48] friends, there were mixed feelings

[2:27:52] about the disinvitation, though even

[2:27:55] among those of us who thought she

[2:27:56] should be welcomed, there was the

[2:27:57] understanding her recommendation of

[2:27:58] the work of an anti-semite was

[2:28:00] disturbing.

[2:28:01] it is sad that so much is being made

[2:28:03] of dr. Cortez's invitation to walker

[2:28:06] also in 2022 which he subsequently

[2:28:11] withdrew, walker's ex-husband a jew,

[2:28:13] insists walker is not an anti-semite

[2:28:16] herself.

[2:28:17] even if she were, I ask you to think

[2:28:20] about how english departments teach

[2:28:21] the work of ts elliott, a known

[2:28:25] anti-semite and a nazi

[2:28:28] sympathizer, some of our greater

[2:28:31] artist, writers and thinkers are

[2:28:34] flawed, as we teach their work,

[2:28:35] we have a responsibility to

[2:28:37] share those flaws and allow our

[2:28:38] students to make their own assessments.

[2:28:43] censorship is ill advised, criticism

[2:28:44] is not.

[2:28:45] I look forward to welcoming carlos

[2:28:49] cortez, a respected academic who I

[2:28:53] believe will enrich the college and

[2:28:55] will enrich challenging conversations.

[2:28:59] >> next is robin pew.

[2:29:07] >> hello, I'm robin pew, I'm business

[2:29:11] faculty, the vice-president of aft 2121,

[2:29:15] the a member of the academic executive

[2:29:18] council, a voter in district 7, but

[2:29:21] I'm here speaking to you today as

[2:29:25] myself.

[2:29:26] this institution exists to serve

[2:29:27] students and this community.

[2:29:30] this institution does not exist to

[2:29:31] serve me as faculty, this institution

[2:29:34] does not exist to serve you as

[2:29:37] trustees.

[2:29:38] instead, we are all here to serve this

[2:29:41] institution and its mission.

[2:29:44] and this very large incredibly

[2:29:49] complex, beautiful, ugly falling down

[2:29:52] brand new charging ahead, limping

[2:29:54] along institutions that are still

[2:29:57] recovering from external attacks that

[2:29:59] were weaponized to

[2:30:05] accreditation to shut us down, this

[2:30:08] needs leadership and carlos has that

[2:30:10] experience, he has a proven track

[2:30:12] record of creating programs and

[2:30:14] serving students like ours.

[2:30:16] he has both the successful large

[2:30:19] institution leadership experience that

[2:30:21] we desperately need and he has also

[2:30:23] been in the classroom which is an

[2:30:26] important combination and something we

[2:30:28] have been missing in our recent

[2:30:30] leadership.

[2:30:31] we are in a very challenging place

[2:30:32] right now.

[2:30:33] I don't have to tell you that, you

[2:30:35] know.

[2:30:36] and we need a proven leader with the

[2:30:38] creativity to seek the path between

[2:30:40] the rock and the hard place where we

[2:30:44] are, so I urge you to approve dr.

[2:30:47] carlos cortez for chancellor.

[2:30:48] thank you.

[2:30:51] [applause].

[2:30:52] >> next is jen levinson.

[2:31:01] >> good evening, my name is jen, I'm

[2:31:04] english faculty.

[2:31:06] I'm guessing that you may have read

[2:31:08] the recent article by nanette

[2:31:14] criticizing the board for your choice

[2:31:16] to hire carlos cortez as our next ccsf

[2:31:18] chancellor.

[2:31:19] I think by now we're all familiar with

[2:31:23] disingenuous anti-semitism claims

[2:31:24] weaponized in an attempt to divide

[2:31:28] and left in a justified state of

[2:31:30] oppression of movements for human

[2:31:31] rights.

[2:31:32] as a jewish person, I have said more

[2:31:34] times I can count in the past 19

[2:31:36] months, not in my name.

[2:31:38] this article also deploys common

[2:31:46] tropes, let not let the inflammatory

[2:31:51] attempt of character assassination to

[2:31:55] [inaudible] he has strategic planning

[2:32:00] that reduces disproportionate impact

[2:32:01] on the most marginalized student and

[2:32:03] is has secured the fund to implement

[2:32:05] those plans.

[2:32:06] in his interview, he talked about how

[2:32:08] at san diego community college I

[2:32:09] believe it was, he identified 7

[2:32:13] obstacles to student success, gathered

[2:32:15] from students themselves, housing,

[2:32:18] child care, jobs, transportation, food

[2:32:21] security, textbook affordability,

[2:32:23] mental health supporters.

[2:32:24] he raised over 200 million dollars to

[2:32:26] address those needs including 85

[2:32:28] million for housing and 100 million

[2:32:31] for direct student support.

[2:32:33] I'm incredibly heartened this board

[2:32:35] has found us a chancellor who I

[2:32:36] believe can lead the college with

[2:32:39] integrity in these times of rising

[2:32:41] fascism and make a real difference for

[2:32:44] students and the community.

[2:32:46] so, please stand firm in your choice.

[2:32:47] thank you.

[2:32:52] [applause].

[2:32:53] >> next is eric christians.

[2:33:01] >> I want to congratulate your

[2:33:04] decision to hire the new chancellor,

[2:33:06] you made an excellent choice, you have

[2:33:09] picketed somebody student centered

[2:33:10] hastening a prover track record and

[2:33:12] I'm speaking to somebody that's a

[2:33:15] returning adult to city college who's

[2:33:17] also queer, city college is now why

[2:33:19] I'm called doctor by my student, the

[2:33:21] doctorate was an organization

[2:33:24] leadership, I've taught leadership

[2:33:25] development at a graduate level.

[2:33:26] what I see in dr. Cortez is a

[2:33:29] leadership that we need to move

[2:33:31] forward, I see inspired leadership, I

[2:33:33] see the type of leadership I would use

[2:33:35] an example in those courses to my

[2:33:37] students to say this is somebody who

[2:33:39] can make a change, this is something

[2:33:44] body who has vision, the vision comes

[2:33:45] from listening to the to the people

[2:33:46] they serve, we need him and I thank

[2:33:48] you again for your choice.

[2:33:53] >> next is marlan vasquez.

[2:34:08] >> okay, good evening, board of trustees,

[2:34:11] my name is dr. Marlan vasquez,

[2:34:16] I'm an english faculty member and a

[2:34:18] leader of the latino education

[2:34:20] association here at city college,

[2:34:22] while others today have spoken to the

[2:34:24] recent article by nanette, I don't

[2:34:27] want to spend time on it, I'm heart

[2:34:30] broken that somebody leaked dr.

[2:34:35] cortez's to provoke that.

[2:34:42] it offered none of the complexity or

[2:34:45] depth that our community heard

[2:34:47] debiting from dr. Cortez during his

[2:34:49] extensive interviews.

[2:34:52] what he spoke about was thoughtful and

[2:34:54] forward looking, he staged about

[2:34:57] building strong pipelines from k-12 to

[2:34:59] community college.

[2:35:01] he talked about using on the ground

[2:35:04] data of centering leadership, that's

[2:35:06] the kind of vision that should guide

[2:35:09] this college, complex, student

[2:35:11] centered and rooted in care.

[2:35:12] as a latino educator and researcher of

[2:35:16] latino student experiences at city

[2:35:18] college, a hispanic serving

[2:35:20] institution, I must emphasize that our

[2:35:23] latino students are struggling.

[2:35:24] they make up 28% of our credit

[2:35:27] enrollment and for every 100 students,

[2:35:31] only 11 are completing their vision

[2:35:33] goal.

[2:35:34] we know from research including my own

[2:35:37] that representation matters.

[2:35:38] dr. Cortez is a first generation

[2:35:41] latino college student.

[2:35:43] his presence as chancellor would send

[2:35:46] a powerful message to our latino

[2:35:48] students that they belong, that they

[2:35:49] can lead and that education can

[2:35:52] transform their lives.

[2:35:53] at a time when so many of our students

[2:35:56] are navigating uncertainty, his

[2:35:57] leadership offers the kind of

[2:36:00] stability, understanding and bold

[2:36:01] vision that we urgently need.

[2:36:04] I'm excited to be in the audience

[2:36:05] today when the board of trustees votes

[2:36:07] him in.

[2:36:09] our students deserve this kind of

[2:36:11] leadership.

[2:36:12] thank you so much.

[2:36:17] [applause].

[2:36:18] >> next is melissa hernandez.

[2:36:28] >> hi, good evening, honorable

[2:36:31] trustees, my name is melissa, the

[2:36:34] co-president of the harvey milk

[2:36:37] democratic club, I'm here to lend my

[2:36:39] voice in support of the appointment of

[2:36:41] dr. Cortez.

[2:36:42] dr. Cortez is a respected chicano

[2:36:46] scholar, former community college leader

[2:36:47] and a fierce advocate for equity,

[2:36:51] reinvestment and academic freedom all

[2:36:53] of which makes city college special.

[2:36:56] I won't spend too much time singing

[2:36:59] his praises eh as I'm sure you heard a

[2:37:03] lot here today.

[2:37:06] I believe city college will continue

[2:37:09] to serve the city of san francisco,

[2:37:14] and also on a personal level, I think

[2:37:17] dr. Cortez will serve people like my

[2:37:20] little sister who is a full time

[2:37:24] student here and who has been for a

[2:37:26] few years and I hope you will

[2:37:29] support him.

[2:37:30] thank you.

[2:37:34] >> next is michael rapay.

[2:37:42] >> hello, good evening, president

[2:37:44] martinez and trustees, my name is

[2:37:47] michael, the co-vice-president of

[2:37:48] police cal affairs for latino

[2:37:51] democratic club here in san francisco.

[2:37:53] and I have to say how incredibly proud

[2:37:56] I am right now to be standing in front

[2:37:59] of you speaking in support of dr.

[2:38:03] cortez.

[2:38:04] at a time our community is so under

[2:38:07] attack right now, recently just

[2:38:09] yesterday, there were reports of ice

[2:38:11] attacking people.

[2:38:12] our communities are under attack, we

[2:38:15] need this visibility right now,

[2:38:16] particularly in leadership positions.

[2:38:18] I've been so moved by so many of the

[2:38:21] speakers before me, some things I venn

[2:38:23] learned about dr. Cortez that solidify

[2:38:26] my belief that this would be an

[2:38:28] excellent choice for city college.

[2:38:31] as former student, I took the ethnic

[2:38:35] and cultural minority studies I took

[2:38:39] lgbtq studies and these studies

[2:38:40] support my belief this would be the

[2:38:42] right direction, not only just by

[2:38:46] person alone but remember the

[2:38:48] chancellor has to have a vision that

[2:38:49] aligns with all of you and I believe

[2:38:51] that this is really the critical issue

[2:38:53] here and I hope you take that into

[2:38:56] consideration with your support and

[2:38:58] hopefully a vote yes.

[2:38:59] thank you so much.

[2:39:05] >> next is rosa shields.

[2:39:10] >> good evening, my name is rosa

[2:39:12] shields, I'm the political director of

[2:39:14] the san francisco labor council.

[2:39:16] we represent 100 unions and 100

[2:39:19] union members in the city and county

[2:39:21] of san francisco.

[2:39:22] I was also born and raised here in the

[2:39:24] city and I'm the proud daughter of a

[2:39:28] professor and department chair,

[2:39:29] retired, I experienced first hand the

[2:39:31] stress of the accreditation fight and

[2:39:34] how that affected my family.

[2:39:36] I would not wish that upon anyone.

[2:39:39] the fight for free city college was my

[2:39:42] entry into local politics and I

[2:39:43] would hope this board would support

[2:39:45] the needs of the unions, the community

[2:39:48] and the students who have worked so

[2:39:50] hard for equity and justice at this

[2:39:54] institution.

[2:39:55] the chronicle article smearing carlos

[2:39:57] cortez was an attack on labor, this is

[2:39:59] part of a broader attack on labor

[2:40:03] where are being called all sorts of

[2:40:04] things.

[2:40:05] these are the peel that teach the

[2:40:08] class, clean the classes and respond

[2:40:10] to emergencies, we are vested

[2:40:12] stakeholders and we all support the

[2:40:14] approval of carlos cortez's contract.

[2:40:16] right now as I'm sure you know, labor

[2:40:18] is under attack federally.

[2:40:20] and unions are fighting back against

[2:40:23] cuts at all levels of government.

[2:40:24] the board of trustees of city college

[2:40:26] support the needs and wishes of the

[2:40:28] workers of city college and of the

[2:40:30] students and of the community who are

[2:40:32] all calling for approval of this

[2:40:34] contract.

[2:40:35] we have worked so hard to support the

[2:40:36] college and its programs and we will

[2:40:38] continue to do so.

[2:40:40] we will also be very disappointed if

[2:40:42] the elected officials who represent

[2:40:44] the college side with an austerity

[2:40:48] administration rather than with the

[2:40:49] workers, the students and the

[2:40:50] community.

[2:40:51] we did not forget the accreditation

[2:40:52] fight, I know I didn't, we did not

[2:40:55] forget the fight for free city college

[2:40:58] t the fight to keep free city college

[2:41:00] and we will not forget this vote.

[2:41:01] thank you.

[2:41:07] >> next is alex cough.

[2:41:18] >> good evening, san francisco city

[2:41:19] college, board of trustees, my

[2:41:22] name is alex, the president of san

[2:41:25] francisco firefighters local 798.

[2:41:27] I'm here to speak in support of your

[2:41:31] original choice, your first choice,

[2:41:32] the right choice, dr. Carlos cortez.

[2:41:36] hundreds of our members who are now

[2:41:40] firefighters, emt and paramedics

[2:41:42] attended san francisco city college

[2:41:46] obtain their emt, paramedic licenses

[2:41:49] and firefighter 1 certificates along

[2:41:52] with attend a multitude of other fire

[2:41:55] science classes.

[2:41:56] our members respond now to the

[2:41:58] communities all over the city, to

[2:42:01] medical emergencies and structure

[2:42:02] fires every single day.

[2:42:05] for the sake of the future

[2:42:08] firefighters, emt's and paramedics of

[2:42:10] san francisco, and for the sake of the

[2:42:11] communities that we serve, we support

[2:42:18] your original choice of chancellor for

[2:42:22] san francisco city college.

[2:42:24] the institution that educates more

[2:42:27] ssfd members than any other

[2:42:31] institution.

[2:42:32] dr. Carlos cortez has already proven

[2:42:35] his excellent ability to work with

[2:42:38] labor and across constituencies.

[2:42:43] he has experience in classrooms and

[2:42:46] board rooms, he's proven -- he's got a

[2:42:49] vision and track record of growing

[2:42:52] student enrollment and enhancing

[2:42:56] programs.

[2:42:59] he's proven his student centered

[2:43:02] leadership and he has active roots in

[2:43:03] social welfare and education policy.

[2:43:08] and he's already proven the ability

[2:43:10] and willingness to build partnership

[2:43:13] with community leaders.

[2:43:15] he's already proven his commitment to

[2:43:18] economic, racial and gender equality.

[2:43:21] you've all already as a board made the

[2:43:26] right choice and please we ask you to

[2:43:29] stand firm in your choice.

[2:43:30] our members along with the san

[2:43:33] francisco communities that we serve

[2:43:35] all deserve a high quality chancellor

[2:43:38] to lead and to continue to grow and

[2:43:43] improve san francisco -- or city

[2:43:45] college of san francisco, thank you

[2:43:47] very much.

[2:43:49] >> next is ronald gonzalez.

[2:44:01] >> hello.

[2:44:02] can you hear me?

[2:44:05] sorry, hello, can you confirm --

[2:44:06] >> we can hear you.

[2:44:08] >> awesome, thank you.

[2:44:15] welcome on behalf of the mission

[2:44:19] center, I'm the president of the

[2:44:22] association there and I have a

[2:44:23] question for the board of trustees,

[2:44:25] can I move to go ahead and start the

[2:44:28] voting in favor or no?

[2:44:31] but you can probably answer later, but

[2:44:36] I want to go ahead and get this voting

[2:44:39] started.

[2:44:40] go ahead and approve the process and

[2:44:43] dr. Cortez, just a reminder, we are the

[2:44:45] students are going to keep you

[2:44:47] accountable, hold you accountable and

[2:44:48] we're going to be in your office if

[2:44:50] you're not on the field or -- we read

[2:44:56] a lot about you, heard about you and I

[2:44:58] think we are fortunate to have you as

[2:45:01] our next chancellor and I would love

[2:45:04] to continue working with you in person

[2:45:06] now and here in san francisco but be

[2:45:11] sure that if things change and things

[2:45:14] are not coming out as expected, you're

[2:45:17] going hear from the students and with

[2:45:19] all the love and with all the respect

[2:45:21] and we want to learn from you, teach

[2:45:24] us you how to be better leaders, let

[2:45:27] us -- show us how you achieved all

[2:45:31] those goals and what else have you

[2:45:33] done to improve the lives of students

[2:45:36] from san diego.

[2:45:37] so, we want to see that here in san

[2:45:39] francisco and again welcome, I hope we

[2:45:42] can get started with the voting and

[2:45:46] remember, we look forward to working

[2:45:48] with you, however, we will keep you

[2:45:51] accountable.

[2:45:52] we will check and make sure that what

[2:45:55] was proposed and what was told in

[2:45:57] interviews do happen.

[2:45:59] this is our livelihood, it's

[2:46:03] important for us and we're happy

[2:46:04] you're here, so thank you so much,

[2:46:06] take care.

[2:46:08] >> next is harry bernstein.

[2:46:23] >> thank you.

[2:46:24] you've heard a number of things about

[2:46:29] dr. Cortez's scholarship, his

[2:46:33] leadership, his teaching and his

[2:46:36] advocacy for colleges.

[2:46:38] he's been at many different

[2:46:41] institutions.

[2:46:42] I was going to note that president

[2:46:45] martinez in referring to the -- well,

[2:46:50] incoming chancellor let's say noted

[2:46:52] his commitment to programs for new

[2:46:56] americans, non-credit workforce

[2:46:57] development and older adults.

[2:46:59] I just want to highlight one part of

[2:47:05] that.

[2:47:06] dr. Cortez led the execution of a

[2:47:08] statewide study and report which was

[2:47:11] called the past, present and future of

[2:47:15] adult non-credit education in

[2:47:17] california from 1856 to 2018.

[2:47:22] he was well situated for doing that

[2:47:23] because he was the head of one of the

[2:47:28] colleges in san diego, the san diego

[2:47:30] college of continuing education which

[2:47:32] has the most robust offerings of free

[2:47:40] non-credit education in california.

[2:47:41] I believe it's an entire college

[2:47:44] devoted -- the college of continuing

[2:47:49] education.

[2:47:50] and since the program that we've had

[2:47:54] in city college has been lagging since

[2:47:58] it was decimated a few years ago,

[2:48:00] I'm opining this is one of the many

[2:48:03] hicks that he can champion along with

[2:48:06] all the other demands we've been

[2:48:07] hearing.

[2:48:08] thank you very much for your selection.

[2:48:13] >> next is kathy burick.

[2:48:22] >> good evening, trustees, I can't

[2:48:24] believe we're having this conversation.

[2:48:27] for there to be any question about the

[2:48:29] qualifications of this man and who and

[2:48:31] what he represents at a time when

[2:48:36] lgbtq, latinx are being

[2:48:41] trivialized, annette, she has not had

[2:48:43] written I don't think one trustworthy

[2:48:47] article of city college from the

[2:48:48] beginning of the accreditation so how

[2:48:51] on earth -- everything she's written

[2:48:53] has been biased, a lot of it has been

[2:48:55] inaccurate, to have any doubt in your

[2:48:57] mind, there is too much integrity

[2:49:00] among you to base your decision on

[2:49:03] anything that annette azmof has to say

[2:49:07] in the chronicle.

[2:49:08] I don't know who her editor is, they

[2:49:10] have been unfriendly, unfair and

[2:49:12] untruthful since the beginning of the

[2:49:20] accreditation scandal, don't give into

[2:49:22] your -- I won't say bullshit.

[2:49:24] [applause].

[2:49:25] >> next is maria rodriguez.

[2:49:35] >> hello, good evening, my name is

[2:49:38] maria rodriguez ramirez, I'm here

[2:49:40] speak on behalf of the city dream

[2:49:43] program in support of carlos cortez

[2:49:46] and moving forward with the contract

[2:49:51] as our new chancellor.

[2:49:53] the work that we're doing at city

[2:49:55] dream is very critical in this time

[2:49:58] and even more than that, we are really

[2:50:01] in need of institutional support.

[2:50:03] when I speak of institutional support,

[2:50:05] I speak of action that is really

[2:50:07] needed at the leadership level.

[2:50:09] what this means in terms of the new

[2:50:12] chancellor coming in is hope.

[2:50:14] hope that we can really be an

[2:50:17] established center to widen the

[2:50:19] resources that we are really needing

[2:50:21] to us.

[2:50:22] when thinking about the leadership our

[2:50:24] students are in need of, they need

[2:50:26] someone who will listen to them, that

[2:50:28] will lead them and that will also

[2:50:29] learn with us and this is something

[2:50:31] that I really do believe carlos will

[2:50:33] be bringing to the table to really

[2:50:35] allow our students to flourish, have

[2:50:38] the resources they need to be

[2:50:40] successful in their steps and to be

[2:50:42] able to feel like they have a sense of

[2:50:45] belonging here on campus, that's

[2:50:47] something that's hard for us to do on

[2:50:48] behalf of the whole campus community

[2:50:50] if we're not receiving that backing

[2:50:52] from the chancellor themselves.

[2:50:53] and that's the vision that we really

[2:50:55] want to make sure that does come to

[2:50:58] fruition through this new chancellor

[2:51:00] and why we do urge the approval of the

[2:51:05] contract for carlos cortez to be our

[2:51:07] new chancellor, it's something our

[2:51:09] students have been advocating for is

[2:51:11] to simply be heard, to simply be seen,

[2:51:14] that is something they felt during the

[2:51:16] time of the interview process and

[2:51:18] things like that because they were one

[2:51:21] of very, very few candidates that

[2:51:24] mentioned undocumented students and

[2:51:25] what they had done in previous

[2:51:27] institutions to really have this

[2:51:29] support for students through the

[2:51:31] institution themselves and not just

[2:51:33] solely relying on people that do this

[2:51:36] labor but be able to equip them and be

[2:51:38] able to provide them with the

[2:51:42] resources needed to [inaudible]

[2:51:48] >> that concludes public comments.

[2:51:53] >> are any of the commenters that you

[2:51:56] called on before present?

[2:52:00] >> one more time, eddie escoto.

[2:52:09] >> yes, I'm eddie, I just wanted to

[2:52:14] say that I was as a student, I was

[2:52:17] present for all the interviews of all

[2:52:21] of the candidates for chancellor and

[2:52:24] cortez was the on the one who had in

[2:52:28] mind everybody's benefit.

[2:52:29] the student, the faculty,

[2:52:32] administration, everybody's benefit.

[2:52:33] he was the only one who had a clear

[2:52:36] picture going forward.

[2:52:38] it's very obvious he has already

[2:52:41] proven in many other places as

[2:52:43] everybody else has already said and I

[2:52:45] just want to say that students are not

[2:52:48] blind, we see, we can see, we see what

[2:52:50] the best choice is and yes, please,

[2:52:54] board, you've already taken it this

[2:52:56] far, bring it home and just vote

[2:52:59] carlos in already.

[2:53:00] thank you.

[2:53:01] >> next is tj miaki.

[2:53:08] >> hi, board, trustees, ironically

[2:53:11] I'm not going to be speaking about

[2:53:14] possible chancellor cortez, so you

[2:53:15] guys can breathe for a moment.

[2:53:17] I wanted to -- and I wish chancellor

[2:53:20] bailey was here because I wanted to

[2:53:21] say that he renewed my faith in what a

[2:53:24] chancellor could be as a student

[2:53:29] attending since 2019.

[2:53:31] the lack of student centered

[2:53:34] chancellor leadership on campus has

[2:53:36] been ridiculous.

[2:53:37] I've had them ignore me completely,

[2:53:41] not respond to my e-mail, not have

[2:53:44] assistants get back to me, mitchell

[2:53:47] who introduced himself to me the first

[2:53:49] time I met him did.

[2:53:51] I really appreciate it and I look

[2:53:52] forward to whatever happens with the

[2:53:54] new chancellor.

[2:53:55] I did want to say last year, august

[2:53:58] 29, 2004, I came and spoke to you guys

[2:54:02] about ada issues.

[2:54:03] I have come back several times over

[2:54:05] the last few months and bringing them

[2:54:08] up.

[2:54:09] right in this building on the front

[2:54:12] door, that door still does not work,

[2:54:15] okay.

[2:54:16] so, as of monday, I'm going to have to

[2:54:18] file with the u.s. Department of

[2:54:20] justice civil rights division an ada

[2:54:22] complaint because I have video going

[2:54:24] back five years of this door not

[2:54:26] working.

[2:54:27] as a student leader, tried to work

[2:54:29] with the facilities person to find out

[2:54:31] what the process was, could never get

[2:54:33] a response.

[2:54:34] why ada issues are not priority for

[2:54:37] facilities to fix is criminal on this

[2:54:41] campus.

[2:54:42] so, I'm going to be doing that and I

[2:54:45] can't believe I have to do that.

[2:54:47] I tried to work on this as a student

[2:54:51] leader, I tried to work on this as a

[2:54:54] student at large, this is ridiculous,

[2:54:55] there's no excuse why that door is not

[2:54:56] fixed and the other ada issues on

[2:54:59] campus are not taken care of and they

[2:55:01] should be prioritized, thank you.

[2:55:04] >> next is alyssa messier.

[2:55:08] >> I'll be very quick.

[2:55:09] I just wanted to say I was so hopeful

[2:55:15] when I saw the chronicle article which

[2:55:18] said that dr. Cortez was incoming as

[2:55:21] our new chancellor.

[2:55:22] I just -- my heart soared until I

[2:55:25] clicked on the article and saw what

[2:55:28] was inside.

[2:55:30] I particularly want to say as a jewish

[2:55:33] woman that the weaponization of

[2:55:37] anti-semitism in this case is

[2:55:40] despicable and want to also say in

[2:55:42] line with my sisters jen and leslie

[2:55:46] who have already spoken on this that

[2:55:50] as a omens and genders studies

[2:55:54] instructor, as someone who has taught

[2:55:56] these things for a long time, the fact

[2:55:58] that alice walker has some

[2:56:00] questionable views lately does not

[2:56:03] remove the many, many years she's had

[2:56:08] of her work for feminism and

[2:56:15] particularly for woman-ism which is

[2:56:19] something she create sod the idea that

[2:56:21] dr. Cortez would be attacked for not

[2:56:23] knowing this small thing that few

[2:56:24] people know about as opposed to all of

[2:56:26] the work that walker has done was just

[2:56:32] extremely upsetting to me to see that

[2:56:38] happen.

[2:56:39] I have been through a lot of leaders

[2:56:41] at city college and a lot of

[2:56:42] chancellors at this point, many, many

[2:56:48] years.

[2:56:49] I took notes at the forums and I just

[2:56:52] was looking back at the many notes

[2:56:53] that I took when dr. Cortez was here

[2:56:56] and if you could see it, there are

[2:56:58] little stars and things underlined and

[2:57:00] a lot of really wonderful things.

[2:57:02] he talked about enrollment growth in a

[2:57:04] way that seems serious and to have

[2:57:06] some ideas, he talked about non-credit

[2:57:08] in a way that valued non-credit, in a

[2:57:12] way I've never heard at this college

[2:57:14] for a dozen years.

[2:57:15] it was amazing.

[2:57:17] dr. Cortez is the right choice.

[2:57:18] thank you.

[2:57:22] >> next is luis miranda.

[2:57:32] next is brianna smith.

[2:57:46] >> I will just say as my name is brianna

[2:57:52] smith, the president of the black

[2:57:54] student union and we are in complete

[2:57:58] support of carlos cortez.

[2:58:00] >> thank you.

[2:58:01] any other speakers?

[2:58:20] >> that concludes public comment.

[2:58:22] >> the board will recess to closed

[2:58:26] session, we will return shortly to

[2:58:27] report on our vote.

[2:58:29] it shouldn't take very long, we have

[2:58:30] to go upstairs and down.

[2:58:31] okay, thank you.

[2:58:36] (meeting recesses into closed session).

[3:07:08] >> we are back in order.

[3:07:09] as president, I made a mistake and the

[3:07:13] mistake that I made is that I did not

[3:07:17] call for the student trustee's

[3:07:18] advisory vote before we recessed to

[3:07:19] closed session.

[3:07:20] so, we will now do that, we will call

[3:07:23] for trustee -- student trustee heather

[3:07:26] brandt's advisory vote and then we

[3:07:27] will go back to closed session.

[3:07:32] sorry.

[3:07:33] trustee, can you call for the vote,

[3:07:36] please.

[3:07:37] >> may I know the motion?

[3:07:39] >> 6a.

[3:07:46] >> it's 6a, number 6a.

[3:07:50] >> is it a--

[3:07:52] >> approval of the chancellor employment

[3:07:59] contract with carlos cortez, we're

[3:08:00] taking the student advisory vote,

[3:08:03] that's all we're doing.

[3:08:04] heather, are you online?

[3:08:18] >> student trustee brandt, your

[3:08:19] advisory vote?

[3:08:26] >> yes, can somebody text --

[3:08:29] >> I did.

[3:08:31] >> the mistake again is that before we

[3:08:34] recessed into closed session to take a

[3:08:38] vote of the trustees who are present

[3:08:41] here, we did not take the advisory

[3:08:43] vote of the student trustee.

[3:08:46] she cannot go to closed session to

[3:08:48] vote so we always take an advisory

[3:08:50] vote first, so that's why we all came

[3:08:53] back and then we'll go back up.

[3:08:55] we're getting our steps in.

[3:09:00] it's on 6a.

[3:09:08] >> I guess I have a question, maybe we

[3:09:11] can ask legal counsel to the clarify

[3:09:15] whether procedure-wise can we have --

[3:09:18] in terms of this voting for a closed

[3:09:21] session item publicly by a student

[3:09:26] trustee, what are the rules and

[3:09:27] processes around that.

[3:09:28] I don't think -- yeah, so I want to

[3:09:29] understand that.

[3:09:35] >> is counsel present?

[3:09:39] well, instead of taking a vote, is

[3:09:43] this a possibility, could we just ask

[3:09:48] student trustee heather brandt to

[3:09:52] express her opinion on 6a.

[3:09:59] that's what all the comment was on.

[3:10:04] then we're going to go back into

[3:10:06] closed session to vote on it.

[3:10:09] pardon?

[3:10:10] >> [inaudible].

[3:10:21] >> we're voting on 6a because that's

[3:10:25] what all the public comment was taken

[3:10:28] on.

[3:10:29] when the student trustee reminded us,

[3:10:31] she texted us and reminded us we had

[3:10:33] not taken her advisory vote, both

[3:10:36] because of my forgetfulness and

[3:10:39] because we owe it to student trustee

[3:10:41] heather brandt to take her vote on

[3:10:43] that.

[3:10:44] I see student trustee heather brandt's

[3:10:47] hand up.

[3:10:49] >> yes, sorry, let me know if you're

[3:10:51] ready too obtain my vote as I'm not

[3:10:53] able to participate in closed session.

[3:10:55] I just wanted to be clear that in the

[3:10:58] past when we've opened up the

[3:11:00] chancellor search, the student trustee

[3:11:01] has had an advisory vote and so I

[3:11:03] wasn't sure why this would be any

[3:11:06] different but I don't want to -- it

[3:11:09] sounds like there's some sort of

[3:11:11] discussion happening that I can't

[3:11:12] fully hear in the room.

[3:11:13] please let me know when you're ready

[3:11:16] for my vote.

[3:11:17] >> the chair has already ruled.

[3:11:19] ms. Esteban, can you take the student

[3:11:21] trustee's advisory vote? Student

[3:11:23] >> trustee brandt, your advisory vote?

[3:11:26] >> can you please state what exactly

[3:11:29] I'm voting for.

[3:11:30] I know we're on item 6a, but typically

[3:11:32] there's a motion and then -- so --

[3:11:35] >> can we pull up the motion on the

[3:11:38] screen and I will read it.

[3:11:43] >> the recommended action is that the

[3:11:44] board of trustees approve the

[3:11:47] appointment of dr. Carlos cortez

[3:11:49] effective july 1, 2025 to serve as

[3:11:52] chancellor of city college of san

[3:11:55] francisco.

[3:11:56] that's what you are voting on.

[3:11:57] >> thank you.

[3:11:58] I appreciate the clarity and my vote

[3:12:00] is yes or aye.

[3:12:01] >> thank you very much.

[3:12:03] we will now recess to closed session

[3:12:06] to take the vote we were up there to

[3:12:07] take originally.

[3:12:08] sorry for the inconvenience.

[3:12:14] (meeting resumes into closed session).

[4:54:39] >> we are reconvening from closed

[4:54:43] session.

[4:54:44] we shall be make a motion to extend

[4:54:46] the time of the meeting.

[4:54:49] >> so moved, I move that we extend

[4:54:53] the business meeting to 10:00 for now?

[4:55:03] 10:30?

[4:55:04] 11:00.

[4:55:05] >> thank you.

[4:55:06] >> is there a second to the motion?

[4:55:07] >> second.

[4:55:08] >> motion by vice-president zamora,

[4:55:11] second by trustee chisti to extend the

[4:55:15] meeting until 11:00.

[4:55:16] let's take a vote on, that starting

[4:55:20] with the student trustee.

[4:55:21] >> student trustee brandt, your

[4:55:24] advisory vote?

[4:55:25] >> aye.

[4:55:27] >> president martinez?

[4:55:28] >> yes.

[4:55:29] >> vice-president zamora?

[4:55:30] >> aye.

[4:55:31] >> trustee chisti?

[4:55:32] >> aye.

[4:55:33] >> trustee wong?

[4:55:34] >> yes.

[4:55:35] >> trustee solomon?

[4:55:36] >> yes.

[4:55:37] >> trustee chung?

[4:55:38] >> aye.

[4:55:39] >> trustee mccarty?

[4:55:40] >> aye.

[4:55:41] >> the motion passes.

[4:55:42] >> thank you, the meeting is extended

[4:55:45] until 11:00.

[4:55:46] no reportable action was taken during

[4:55:49] closed seg, therefore we will remove

[4:55:51] item 6a from the open session agenda

[4:55:54] and continue with the rest of the

[4:55:59] meeting.

[4:56:01] we now move to item 6b, approval of

[4:56:05] employment agreements with college

[4:56:07] executives.

[4:56:08] who will move the resolution?

[4:56:10] >> so moved.

[4:56:13] >> trustee zamora, vice-president

[4:56:15] zamora moves, who will second?

[4:56:16] >> second.

[4:56:19] >> was that trustee chisti will second.

[4:56:25] okay, we need to take a roll call vote.

[4:56:27] >> student trustee brandt, your

[4:56:29] advisory vote?

[4:56:30] >> aye.

[4:56:31] >> president martinez?

[4:56:32] >> yes.

[4:56:33] >> vice-president zamora?

[4:56:36] >> I just wanted to point out public

[4:56:39] comment.

[4:56:40] >> thank you very much.

[4:56:42] we will -- let not take the vote on

[4:56:44] that.

[4:56:45] let's take trustee questions or

[4:56:50] comments and then we'll take public

[4:56:53] comments.

[4:56:54] any trustee comments on item 6b?

[4:56:57] any public comments?

[4:57:00] >> we don't have any public comments

[4:57:03] on item 6b.

[4:57:04] >> okay, then let's go ahead with the

[4:57:14] motion.

[4:57:15] the vote on the motion.

[4:57:16] >> student trustee brandt, your

[4:57:21] advisory vote?

[4:57:22] >> aye.

[4:57:23] >> president martinez?

[4:57:24] >> yes.

[4:57:25] >> vice-president zamora?

[4:57:26] >> aye.

[4:57:27] >> trustee chisti?

[4:57:28] >> aye.

[4:57:29] >> trustee wong?

[4:57:30] >> yes.

[4:57:31] >> trustee solomon?

[4:57:32] >> yes.

[4:57:33] >> trustee chung?

[4:57:34] >> aye.

[4:57:35] >> trustee mccarty?

[4:57:36] >> aye.

[4:57:37] >> the motion passes.

[4:57:38] >> thank you, we move to item 6c,

[4:57:40] adoption of resolution number -- I'm

[4:57:44] sorry?

[4:57:47] >> [inaudible].

[4:58:02] >> we can take public comments

[4:58:05] under item 8, that's when we can take

[4:58:08] public comments.

[4:58:12] yeah, the item's been removed from the

[4:58:17] agenda.

[4:58:18] >> [inaudible].

[4:58:24] >> I apologize for that but there's

[4:58:26] not much I can do about it.

[4:58:32] >> it's disrespectful.

[4:58:37] >> let's move now to item 6c.

[4:58:40] >> president martinez, there is an

[4:58:42] item I need to read associated with

[4:58:45] item 6b.

[4:58:46] >> I'm sorry, thank you.

[4:58:54] >> chancellor -- acting chancery

[4:58:56] cooper wilkins?

[4:58:57] >> this is an oral summary for the

[4:59:02] executive contracts up for item 6b,

[4:59:04] with the agenda item 6b, the board is

[4:59:07] being asked to approve the two year

[4:59:10] contract for david yee in the position

[4:59:12] of vice chancellor for academic and

[4:59:14] institutional affairs.

[4:59:16] the two year contract would run from

[4:59:18] july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2027.

[4:59:21] the annual salary for the position of

[4:59:24] vice chancellor for academic and

[4:59:27] institutional affairs is 249 thousand

[4:59:31] 234 dollars with health and welfare

[4:59:34] benefits consistent with

[4:59:35] administrators of the district.

[4:59:40] with the second agenda item, 6b, the

[4:59:43] board is being asked to approve a two

[4:59:47] year contract for patrick acawa many

[4:59:51] the position of associate vice

[4:59:55] chancellor for it/chief technology

[4:59:59] officer.

[5:00:00] the two year contract would also run

[5:00:05] from july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2027.

[5:00:06] the annual salary for the position of

[5:00:08] associate vice chancellor for it/chief

[5:00:11] technology officer is 238 thousand 503

[5:00:14] dollars with health and welfare

[5:00:18] benefits consistent with

[5:00:19] administrators of the district.

[5:00:20] >> thank you.

[5:00:21] are we now ready to move to item 6c?

[5:00:26] >> president martinez, is there a way

[5:00:27] for us to just jump to 8a first, I

[5:00:30] think members of the public even

[5:00:31] though we can cannot share with

[5:00:33] things, perhaps they have something to

[5:00:35] say to us.

[5:00:36] >> for members of the public and the

[5:00:38] onuses that are outside, trustee chung

[5:00:41] has suggested that we move item 8,

[5:00:45] public comments, up to this point in

[5:00:46] the agenda.

[5:00:47] is there any objection?

[5:00:50] >> sorry, really quickly, chair, I had

[5:00:54] my hand up regarding the current item

[5:00:55] we're on.

[5:00:57] >> sorry, say it again.

[5:00:58] >> I had my hand up.

[5:00:59] >> yes, I see you.

[5:01:00] >> okay, thank you, my apologies, so I

[5:01:03] think before moving if I can speak, is

[5:01:05] that okay?

[5:01:06] >> what are you going to speak on?

[5:01:08] >> current item we're on, 6b.

[5:01:11] >> 6 become, -- 6b, we're going to

[5:01:16] move the order of the agenda to item

[5:01:20] 8, public comments at which time

[5:01:22] members of the audience can make

[5:01:24] public comment on tenses not on the

[5:01:26] agenda but at this point, student

[5:01:31] trustee brandt has comments she would

[5:01:33] like the make.

[5:01:37] is that correct?

[5:01:38] >> yeah, we just

[5:01:39] voted on 6b but then information was

[5:01:41] provided.

[5:01:42] I don't know if that changes anything

[5:01:43] or if we need to vote again, at least

[5:01:46] when I click on 6b, the contract only

[5:01:50] shows a template, it doesn't have the

[5:01:51] titles or the dollar figures has were

[5:01:54] mentioned by dr. Cooper wilkins, so I

[5:01:56] don't know if we need to revote on not.

[5:01:59] >> counsel, can you share an opinion.

[5:02:02] >> yes, thank you, student trustee

[5:02:03] brandt, I had my hand up for the same

[5:02:09] reason is the brown act does not

[5:02:12] require that oral summary to occur

[5:02:13] before the board vote, so

[5:02:17] now the acting chancellor has reported

[5:02:19] out, we should take an additional vote

[5:02:22] on item 6b.

[5:02:23] >> thank you, ms. Esteban, will you

[5:02:24] take that vote once again please.

[5:02:29] >> student trustee brandt, your

[5:02:30] advisory vote?

[5:02:31] >> aye.

[5:02:33] >> president martinez?

[5:02:34] >> yes.

[5:02:35] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:02:36] >> aye.

[5:02:37] >> trustee chisti?

[5:02:38] >> aye.

[5:02:39] >> trustee wong?

[5:02:40] >> yes.

[5:02:41] >> trustee solomon?

[5:02:42] >> aye.

[5:02:43] >> trustee chung?

[5:02:44] >> aye.

[5:02:45] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:02:46] >> aye.

[5:02:47] >> the motion passes.

[5:02:48] >> we are now moving to item 8, we

[5:02:52] will come back to item 6c.

[5:02:55] item 8 is public comments.

[5:02:57] we will take public comments on items

[5:03:00] not on the agenda

[5:03:05] received, we will listen to public

[5:03:07] comment but cannot respond or act on

[5:03:09] these items because they are not on

[5:03:10] the agenda.

[5:03:11] there's a two limit time limit, ms.

[5:03:14] esteban, are there any pub luck

[5:03:16] comment for items not on the agenda.

[5:03:18] >> yes, we do.

[5:03:19] the first one is ramona coltz.

[5:03:39] >> can you hear me?

[5:03:41] >> a little louder.

[5:03:43] >> I can be loud, let me turn my

[5:03:45] volume up.

[5:03:47] grand evening, my name is dr. Ramona

[5:03:52] coltz, a part time faculty member, on

[5:03:55] october 22, 2020, our strand stroud

[5:04:03] awardee and I came before the board of

[5:04:05] trustees asking that the women's

[5:04:07] resource center being located in the

[5:04:09] new student success center.

[5:04:10] you responded, you heard us and many

[5:04:13] students including from the black

[5:04:14] student union.

[5:04:15] we had several meetings with the

[5:04:18] company kitchell, they made changes to

[5:04:20] the floor plan and added square

[5:04:23] footage for the aarc, for the african

[5:04:26] american resource center and the wrc

[5:04:28] to have dedicated space in the new

[5:04:32] student success center, thank you.

[5:04:33] the new student success center is the

[5:04:35] new front and center face of the

[5:04:37] college.

[5:04:38] there are pansies not to put the aarc,

[5:04:41] african american resource center, in the

[5:04:44] new student success center.

[5:04:46] the african resource center is part of

[5:04:49] the associated students, not an

[5:04:51] academic program, counseling or

[5:04:52] retention center.

[5:04:53] there's a difference between retention

[5:04:54] sent and he iser resource centers.

[5:04:57] the aarc should not be merged with

[5:04:59] other programs or centers tucked away

[5:05:02] in mub with two other programs.

[5:05:04] it's not what students want.

[5:05:06] more support is needed to keep the

[5:05:08] faculty advisory position molded dell

[5:05:11] which provides supervisory support and

[5:05:13] allows students to have the autonomy

[5:05:16] in their student led space for student

[5:05:20] meet-ups.

[5:05:21] the african american resource

[5:05:22] center has not had a formal roll out

[5:05:24] for students to know about it nor has

[5:05:27] it been included in

[5:05:30] ccsf publications or print materials

[5:05:31] for students to find as other centers

[5:05:34] have.

[5:05:35] at a time when black history is being

[5:05:38] erased for revision history, dei and

[5:05:41] the critical race theory disked, we

[5:05:44] need to stand firm on our commitment

[5:05:46] to black students and all students.

[5:05:49] their educational safe haven is the

[5:05:51] city college of san francisco.

[5:05:54] listen to students, listen to student

[5:05:58] readers, please, let's wait for the

[5:05:59] [inaudible].

[5:06:00] thank you.

[5:06:03] >> next is jing shi.

[5:06:05] >> if I may take a moment, I want to

[5:06:07] read to those in person, if I may,

[5:06:11] president martinez, in person requests

[5:06:12] for public comment on this item here,

[5:06:14] please submit a written request to

[5:06:17] address the board using the form

[5:06:19] supplied by the board liaison, if you

[5:06:22] would like to make public comment.

[5:06:34] >> who is the next person.

[5:06:36] >> next is emily farson.

[5:06:46] >> who's next after that?

[5:06:48] >> next is charlie kooey.

[5:06:54] next is brianna smith.

[5:07:00] >> thank you so much.

[5:07:02] my name is brianna smith, I am the

[5:07:04] current president of the black student

[5:07:06] union here at ccsf I'm also a student

[5:07:09] worker with project survive.

[5:07:11] I'm also a student worker at the

[5:07:14] african american resource center, I'm

[5:07:16] a student leader here on campus, I'm

[5:07:18] here the request that the african

[5:07:20] american resource center still be put

[5:07:22] in the student success center as was

[5:07:25] promised and agreed to by the board

[5:07:27] back in 2020.

[5:07:28] I think it's important as though this

[5:07:31] idea of putting all of the things that

[5:07:34] are black things in one space is

[5:07:36] problematic because she should be

[5:07:39] expanding student faces especially

[5:07:41] from marginalized students.

[5:07:42] the board did also make a commitment

[5:07:43] back in the february to support

[5:07:46] marginalized students against the

[5:07:47] attacks that were coming in from the

[5:07:50] administration, the trump

[5:07:51] administration, I think this is

[5:07:52] inclusive of that support that was

[5:07:55] promised.

[5:07:56] and when we take away resources and

[5:07:57] spaces, we're not supporting students,

[5:08:00] so, as a black student, as a black

[5:08:03] leader here on campus, as a student

[5:08:05] parent, I think it's important we have

[5:08:07] more spaces spread out throughout

[5:08:10] campus, autonomy spaces that are

[5:08:12] student led that help promote student

[5:08:14] leadership.

[5:08:15] if you think about the history of

[5:08:17] ccsf, our student leaders come from

[5:08:20] the resource centers, these are people

[5:08:22] who come and become student trustees,

[5:08:23] these are people who come and be on

[5:08:25] the board, these are people who come

[5:08:26] back and teach at the college.

[5:08:28] and as we're talking about

[5:08:30] enrollment and we need to make our

[5:08:32] school look attractive to those who

[5:08:34] already feel like they are ousted from

[5:08:36] the city of san francisco.

[5:08:37] those are our black students, those

[5:08:40] are our marginalized students to

[5:08:42] putting us in spaces where we are in

[5:08:45] one would've is similar to the model

[5:08:47] happening in the city for us rather

[5:08:48] than a new model we're supposed to

[5:08:51] stand as an innovative college,

[5:08:54] promoting global leaders and citizens

[5:08:56] and having the next generation of

[5:08:58] board members that may be here.

[5:08:59] as we talk about that, I think it's

[5:09:02] important as we talk about expansion,

[5:09:04] it means spreading our wings, having

[5:09:07] voices in the student success center

[5:09:09] representing all of the diverse

[5:09:11] students on campus.

[5:09:12] thank you very much.

[5:09:13] >> next is abigail bornstein.

[5:09:20] >> so, I wanted to talk about opeb.

[5:09:24] this is a follow-up from a discussion

[5:09:28] back in september 12, so, in the

[5:09:36] budget, there was a request made on

[5:09:40] september 12th and there just hasn't

[5:09:42] been the follow-up which was basically

[5:09:46] that on page 18 of the budget after

[5:09:51] the 1% payroll notation of 2020, an

[5:09:55] additional sentence stating "in

[5:09:58] october 2023, the board of trustees

[5:10:00] were presented four scenarios and

[5:10:02] voted to pay the service cost from

[5:10:05] this point forward".

[5:10:07] so, that was requested in september, I

[5:10:10] believe trustee chisti asked about

[5:10:13] that as well because all we had was

[5:10:15] what happened in 2020 but the board

[5:10:17] had taken a different vote in 2023 and

[5:10:21] so that should be noted on page 18 and

[5:10:26] especially since we keep having

[5:10:28] different administrators come in and

[5:10:29] out, I think it's really important

[5:10:32] that we include that in the actual

[5:10:35] wording and it was supposed to come

[5:10:37] back in january and it just -- it

[5:10:40] didn't come back, that's what we were

[5:10:44] told, it's okay, we're bringing this

[5:10:46] back in january and it didn't come

[5:10:49] back.

[5:10:50] I'm reminding that language needs to

[5:10:52] go back in if we're going to talk

[5:10:54] about that.

[5:10:55] thank you.

[5:10:56] >> next is harry bernstein.

[5:11:08] >> good evening.

[5:11:12] I'm just reminding you that last year,

[5:11:14] I think it was I'm pretty sure

[5:11:17] it was april of 2024.

[5:11:21] you had an interesting presentation, I

[5:11:25] believe then vice-president martinez

[5:11:28] had asked for information to be

[5:11:32] parented about the older adults

[5:11:34] department.

[5:11:35] so, you had dean kedae, the department

[5:11:40] chair, calvin young and faculty member

[5:11:43] judy hubble were here and they made

[5:11:45] their presentation for 30-40 minutes

[5:11:48] and it went on for another 20 minutes

[5:11:51] of your questions and the public

[5:11:54] comments.

[5:11:55] the one thing that they made very

[5:11:58] clear was the program had been

[5:12:03] literally decimated losing 90% of its

[5:12:07] programs and faculty, which way

[5:12:11] forward.

[5:12:12] they needed a needs assessment to find

[5:12:13] out how many people in the general

[5:12:15] public do they serve, city college

[5:12:20] serves the entire adult population of

[5:12:22] san francisco.

[5:12:23] what do they need?

[5:12:26] so, in fact, there was even a

[5:12:28] follow-up question from a member of

[5:12:31] the board to see that that happened.

[5:12:34] now, I can't be here for that but

[5:12:37] later in program, 14c I think is --

[5:12:42] there's a needs assessment, a contract

[5:12:45] that was for almost 100 thousand

[5:12:47] dollars from west ed consulting

[5:12:49] research services for the adult

[5:12:51] education program needs assessment.

[5:12:52] I am just encouraging, I know that

[5:12:58] david yee is interested in something

[5:13:00] like this but it seems that there

[5:13:03] should be a possibility of doing a

[5:13:05] needs assessment for this tiny

[5:13:09] fraction of the programs that serve

[5:13:13] the older adult program and not just

[5:13:17] what survives for sacramento as adult

[5:13:21] education.

[5:13:22] thank you.

[5:13:23] >> next is mary bravewoman.

[5:13:31] >> thank you, trustee chung, for

[5:13:33] reminding us to put in our comment

[5:13:35] cards when you have already heard

[5:13:36] from us.

[5:13:38] this college community and the number

[5:13:39] of people that are standing back

[5:13:43] there, multiply them by tens, they

[5:13:46] represent the entire college community

[5:13:48] and we waiting for months, this is an

[5:13:51] embarrassment.

[5:13:52] I don't understand what the hold-up is.

[5:13:55] I know you're going to tell us you

[5:13:58] can't tell us anything and I'm not

[5:14:00] directing this at all of you, that

[5:14:02] you're not going to tell us anything

[5:14:03] that came out of closed session but

[5:14:06] this is a travesty and I don't

[5:14:09] understand why there is a lack of

[5:14:15] leadership and direction.

[5:14:16] we have a clear choice in front of us.

[5:14:22] I'm going to refrain from swearing

[5:14:25] right now, everybody right here, each

[5:14:26] one of those people back there

[5:14:28] represent the voters of the city.

[5:14:30] we voted to put you in this seat to

[5:14:33] help lead your college in a good

[5:14:36] direction.

[5:14:37] you heard from the community.

[5:14:38] you heard from students, you heard

[5:14:40] from faculty, what the actual fuck is

[5:14:44] the hold-up?

[5:14:45] this is an embarrassment, you guys can

[5:14:49] have the rest of your meeting, we're

[5:14:53] done.

[5:14:54] >> that concludes public comments.

[5:14:56] >> thank you.

[5:15:04] we now return to the regular order of

[5:15:06] the agenda.

[5:15:11] action items 6a, adoption of

[5:15:15] resolution number 2025-08 in

[5:15:16] recognition of asian american pacific

[5:15:19] islander month.

[5:15:20] who will move the resolution?

[5:15:23] >> I will move 6c.

[5:15:24] >> second.

[5:15:27] >> moved by vice-president zamora,

[5:15:30] seconded by trustee chung.

[5:15:33] acting chancellor, is there any

[5:15:35] comment from the chancellor's office

[5:15:36] on this one?

[5:15:43] >> I think just the importance of

[5:15:47] recognizing, you know, important

[5:15:49] members of our college community and

[5:15:51] this opportunity that we have to offer

[5:15:55] this celebration and support.

[5:15:56] >> thank you.

[5:15:57] are there any trustee questions or

[5:16:00] comments?

[5:16:01] trustee chung?

[5:16:02] >> I think I've mentioned this in

[5:16:04] previous resolutions and I appreciate

[5:16:07] that the same way that we make land

[5:16:10] acknowledgment statements every

[5:16:11] meeting, the same way that we take the

[5:16:13] time to pass a resolution during that

[5:16:16] time of month to celebrate, to be

[5:16:20] present, to remember the struggles of

[5:16:24] marginalized communities in the past,

[5:16:26] I think what I hope for is -- and we

[5:16:31] will see this in later resolutions

[5:16:34] where we improved on it, added more

[5:16:39] substantial information especially

[5:16:40] information that is local to our

[5:16:44] college, to our city as well as things

[5:16:47] that are substantive of the time.

[5:16:51] I know I didn't have a ton of capacity

[5:16:53] -- I know we talk about this concept

[5:16:55] about just because you're a member of

[5:16:57] the community doesn't mean the

[5:16:58] burden's on you to do the work.

[5:17:01] I hope there's allies, but I

[5:17:04] understand when allies feel the need

[5:17:06] that they're like, I can't -- I need

[5:17:08] to make space for the person in that

[5:17:13] community to speak but I'm hoping

[5:17:16] because we're going to have a whole

[5:17:18] year between now and the next time we

[5:17:25] pass this resolution if we can give

[5:17:26] ample time to our asian american

[5:17:27] studies faculty who are experts in

[5:17:28] this topic and the history especially

[5:17:31] local to city college to write a

[5:17:34] resolution that is even more

[5:17:36] meaningful.

[5:17:37] thank you.

[5:17:41] >> are there any other trustee

[5:17:45] comments?

[5:17:46] student trustee brandt?

[5:17:48] >> thank you so much.

[5:17:50] as is often the case when resolutions

[5:17:53] are drafted, I was just curious

[5:17:56] who was spoken with or how this

[5:18:01] resolution was drafted.

[5:18:02] there's particular individuals that

[5:18:04] come to mind for me when I think about

[5:18:06] the asian american pacific islander

[5:18:10] community, particularly dr. Palita,

[5:18:12] and I know the college has previously

[5:18:18] had vasa conferences which did not

[5:18:21] take place for the first time this

[5:18:25] year in I don't know how long.

[5:18:26] I hope the resolved would include

[5:18:29] while we're recognizing our asian and

[5:18:35] pacific islander students and

[5:18:36] community intentionality about putting

[5:18:38] funds towards supporting a vasa

[5:18:41] conference.

[5:18:42] >> thank you the.

[5:18:43] any other trustee comments?

[5:18:48] is there any public comment?

[5:18:49] >> we don't have.

[5:18:52] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:18:58] >> yeah, just, I think this has been

[5:19:00] mentioned before in prior meetings,

[5:19:01] but -- and I know it's difficult with

[5:19:06] the administration's bandwidth but

[5:19:08] having these types of resolutions at

[5:19:11] the beginning of the actual month as

[5:19:13] opposed to the end of the month would

[5:19:16] be helpful and frankly would allow us

[5:19:20] to celebrate it much earlier and be

[5:19:22] intentional around that.

[5:19:24] >> thank you.

[5:19:25] I've made this request before that

[5:19:29] they not come at the end of the month

[5:19:30] which means they have to come at the

[5:19:32] end of the prior month in order for us

[5:19:35] to celebrate them.

[5:19:36] trustee solomon?

[5:19:40] >> right, and as trustees, we can

[5:19:42] request that, it's also our

[5:19:43] responsible to do it, it's really not

[5:19:44] the administrator's responsibility

[5:19:54] only, they are a month ahead.

[5:19:56] >> are there any public comments on

[5:19:59] this?

[5:20:00] okay, ms. Esteban, roll call vote,

[5:20:02] please.

[5:20:03] >> student trustee brandt, your

[5:20:05] advisory vote?

[5:20:06] >> aye.

[5:20:07] >> president martinez?

[5:20:08] >> yes.

[5:20:09] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:20:10] >> aye.

[5:20:11] >> trustee chisti?

[5:20:12] >> aye.

[5:20:13] >> trustee wong?

[5:20:14] >> yes.

[5:20:15] >> trustee solomon?

[5:20:16] >> aye.

[5:20:17] >> trustee chung?

[5:20:18] >> aye.

[5:20:19] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:20:20] >> aye.

[5:20:21] >> the motion passes.

[5:20:22] >> thank you, we move to action item

[5:20:24] 6d, adoption of resolution 2025-09,

[5:20:31] supporting the recommendations of the

[5:20:33] free city college oversight committee.

[5:20:36] who will move the resolution?

[5:20:39] moved by trustee wong, seconded by

[5:20:41] trustee solomon, any trustee comments

[5:20:42] or questions?

[5:20:45] >> trustee chung?

[5:20:49] >> sure, I'll present, so student

[5:20:51] trustee brandt and I are on the free

[5:20:56] city college overside committee and so

[5:21:01] I think folks know about my history of

[5:21:04] working on the legislation in 2019 at

[5:21:06] city hall for free city, so last year,

[5:21:09] there was the change in the city

[5:21:13] budget that reduced funding for free

[5:21:16] city college from I think it was about

[5:21:18] 16.9 million dollars to 9.3 and then

[5:21:21] this coming fiscal year as was

[5:21:26] budgeted in the previous budget, 7.2

[5:21:29] million dollars.

[5:21:30] and that proposal would undermine the

[5:21:34] principal of free city college in

[5:21:36] providing tuition, free enrollment

[5:21:39] regardless of their background, income

[5:21:43] or basically having education as a

[5:21:45] fundamental right.

[5:21:48] and during that time when we had a

[5:21:51] meeting with then mayor's office, we

[5:21:54] were informed that their intent was to

[5:21:57] take any surplus money that we had and

[5:22:00] also further reduce the program in

[5:22:03] future years, so that only some

[5:22:05] classes would be covered by tuition

[5:22:09] free enrollment, so this is a meeting

[5:22:11] between interim chancellor bailey and

[5:22:12] I and the chief of staff for the

[5:22:15] mayor's office.

[5:22:17] so, since then, the budget cuts kind

[5:22:20] of caught us off guard and we weren't

[5:22:23] able to advocate on that this coming

[5:22:27] year, the budget for the mayor's

[5:22:29] office is combining out either friday

[5:22:34] or monday and we want to see a budget

[5:22:40] that restores the free city college

[5:22:43] program.

[5:22:44] and so our oversight committee, this

[5:22:46] is a little bit behind, I wish we got

[5:22:48] this earlier and we're working to

[5:22:50] establish processes where we're on a

[5:22:53] regular basis providing

[5:22:54] recommendations and reviewing what's

[5:22:57] -- yeah, reviewing and providing

[5:23:00] recommendations sooner, so this was a

[5:23:03] proposal offered by supervisor chan

[5:23:06] who's also the budget committee at the

[5:23:09] board of supervisors, so she offered

[5:23:10] most of the language from this motion

[5:23:14] that was adopted by our free city

[5:23:17] college oversight committee.

[5:23:19] and so she mentioned that we needed to

[5:23:25] consider after the audits for previous

[5:23:30] fiscal years, then they would be

[5:23:31] willing to consider the addition of

[5:23:38] indirect expenses from prior 2025-2026

[5:23:40] fiscal year and then one of the most

[5:23:44] important ones for me, number 2, was

[5:23:47] bringing back our funding to

[5:23:51] approximately 16 million dollars and

[5:23:53] then compounded by cpi and future

[5:23:56] years as opposed to 9.3 this year and

[5:24:00] 7.2 as originally budgeted and then to

[5:24:05] consider students also made a

[5:24:09] proposal, there were folks from smack

[5:24:15] and other groups that came and

[5:24:17] presented us a proposal on how to

[5:24:20] potentially spend some of the surplus

[5:24:22] dollars that had been provided by --

[5:24:25] that had been there until it was taken

[5:24:28] out from the free city college program.

[5:24:31] so, we support that in years where the

[5:24:33] city doesn't have budget deficit and

[5:24:38] also to -- for point number 4, a

[5:24:41] desire to change the language so that

[5:24:43] there's a deficit trigger, so right

[5:24:46] now there's flexibility for the city

[5:24:49] when they want to reduce funding for

[5:24:51] the free city college program, kind of

[5:24:55] at their whim.

[5:24:56] in a lot of the set asides we have at

[5:24:59] the city level, there's a deficit

[5:25:01] trigger where if the city's budget

[5:25:04] goes below a certain amount, then that

[5:25:08] the's when they may pause increases or

[5:25:13] something to that effect and so

[5:25:16] supervisor chan mentioned including

[5:25:17] something like that instead of giving

[5:25:20] more discretion to the city to have

[5:25:22] that in there, and then for the city

[5:25:24] to consider to reimburse student fees

[5:25:27] and tuition both retroactively and

[5:25:30] moving forward but not limited to

[5:25:32] ongoing student debt fee, covering

[5:25:37] health care, existing session in mou

[5:25:40] appendix a, students who withdraw from

[5:25:42] courses because students that have

[5:25:44] withdrawn in past, they've ended up

[5:25:46] having money that they owe to the

[5:25:49] college.

[5:25:50] so, if we get rid of that, we don't

[5:25:51] have to do this retroactive

[5:25:54] reimbursement of I guess unpaid fees

[5:25:57] if they withdraw from their classes

[5:26:00] and for number 6, for the city and all

[5:26:03] entities involved in the

[5:26:05] implementation for mou evaluation and

[5:26:08] amend the language of use of punds and

[5:26:10] adjustments in mou's, so going

[5:26:12] forward, having an open conversation

[5:26:13] how we want to do this, and I just

[5:26:17] want to note, kind of throw the ball

[5:26:22] at our -- dr. Lisa cooper wilkins was

[5:26:26] there along with student trustee

[5:26:27] brandt, so I want to if possible, if

[5:26:30] trustee chung wouldn't mind allowing

[5:26:32] more context to be added in case I

[5:26:34] missed some stuff and I'm sure I did.

[5:26:35] >> okay.

[5:26:38] no, I think you were very thorough.

[5:26:41] there's a smaller group, a subgroup

[5:26:44] from the oversight committee that had

[5:26:46] been meeting as a small equity I guess

[5:26:48] group to look at equity -- potential

[5:26:53] equity goals for the program to expand

[5:26:57] its impact for other citizens in the

[5:27:01] city and so there were also

[5:27:03] recommendations that sort of aligned

[5:27:05] with item 5 around other ways that

[5:27:09] student support could be extended

[5:27:12] through basic needs, addressing basic

[5:27:15] needs.

[5:27:16] also thinking about ways to offer

[5:27:20] maybe more structures that with

[5:27:23] programmatic elements to free city

[5:27:25] similar to other promise programs at

[5:27:27] other institutions but essentially the

[5:27:29] item said -- trustee wong covered 1-6

[5:27:33] are things that were discussed in

[5:27:35] those subcommittees and brought

[5:27:36] forward and discussed holistically as

[5:27:38] an oversight committee so those are

[5:27:40] the recommendations that are being

[5:27:43] brought forward to this board to

[5:27:44] support as well.

[5:27:46] >> are there any trustee comments or

[5:27:49] questions?

[5:27:50] okay, trustee chung?

[5:27:51] >> yes.

[5:27:52] I wanted to take the time and again

[5:27:55] echo the gratitude -- the underlying

[5:27:58] gratitude to trustees historically and

[5:28:01] as well as administrators working on

[5:28:03] this, I want to thank supervisor chan

[5:28:06] for her leadership in this.

[5:28:08] I mean, as far as allies who

[5:28:11] understand the importance of city

[5:28:12] college, thank you so much, supervisor

[5:28:16] chan.

[5:28:17] I also want to thank the grass root

[5:28:22] non-profit coalition that has also

[5:28:24] advocated for this, particularly the

[5:28:26] students.

[5:28:27] I think trustee wong had touched on

[5:28:29] this but the students, the historical

[5:28:34] courage of coleman advocates and

[5:28:35] the fellows that they recently brought on.

[5:28:40] I mean, I only heard second hand how

[5:28:45] incredible and how moving they were

[5:28:47] and how effective they were, so thank

[5:28:49] you so much, please, if there's anyone

[5:28:51] else to also relay that to them.

[5:28:56] and I want to take the time to

[5:29:01] thank vito mendes who was the mentor

[5:29:04] for those students and supported

[5:29:05] them and the overarching idea of

[5:29:09] empowering but holistically caring for

[5:29:13] them and seeing over them, thank you,

[5:29:16] vito, for doing that.

[5:29:17] >> trustee chisti?

[5:29:18] >> I want to echo some of those

[5:29:20] statements, thank you, trustee wong,

[5:29:26] and I'm grateful to supervisor chan

[5:29:30] for bringing us to where we are.

[5:29:32] I am specifically interested in number

[5:29:35] 6 and I guess I had a follow-up

[5:29:37] question for the deficit trigger too.

[5:29:40] what is the amount where that trigger

[5:29:45] happens in general?

[5:29:46] because think -- they're projecting

[5:29:51] a deficit right now.

[5:29:52] >> I think the intent was to keep the

[5:29:55] motion broad so that there's space to

[5:29:57] have the conversation between dcyf and

[5:30:01] our administrators so have that

[5:30:04] operational discussion and bring it

[5:30:05] back to the larger bodies for final

[5:30:08] say or recommendation or feedback.

[5:30:11] >> and I think the other thing and you

[5:30:14] started to allude to this, trustee

[5:30:17] wong, is that already plans have been

[5:30:21] made to have meetings align better

[5:30:25] with the city's budget process because

[5:30:29] we're obviously well behind the curve

[5:30:30] this year in making some of these

[5:30:33] recommendations but recognizing that

[5:30:35] they're going to be critical periods

[5:30:37] in the year where they'll have to be

[5:30:40] oversight meetings to, one, monitor

[5:30:41] where the budget is and then to be

[5:30:43] able to make recommendations that will

[5:30:46] have impact before the budget is

[5:30:48] formulated.

[5:30:49] >> and then for number 6, is there a

[5:30:53] timeline that was identified for this?

[5:30:56] because I think it alludes to

[5:30:58] modifications around changes to the

[5:30:59] use of funds, so is that within a

[5:31:03] year, is that -- was there a proposed

[5:31:05] timeline for has?

[5:31:06] >> so, there is a new timeline for

[5:31:09] dates for this upcoming year that

[5:31:13] better align with the budget

[5:31:15] formulation process.

[5:31:16] also there is a set of recommendations

[5:31:21] that are sort of scaled I guess is the

[5:31:26] word I want to use so -- I don't know

[5:31:29] that it matches whatever the city's

[5:31:31] trigger point is but there are sort of

[5:31:35] baseline budgetary needs that have

[5:31:37] been outlined plus some additional

[5:31:39] considerations for some of these other

[5:31:43] recommended uses of the funds that are

[5:31:50] based -- aligned also with our

[5:31:52] enrollment growth projections, both

[5:31:55] our most I guess ambitious growth foes

[5:32:00] versus what we think will be baseline

[5:32:01] that also help to think about how

[5:32:04] funding at various levels could be

[5:32:06] utilized.

[5:32:07] so, I think it is meant to offer some

[5:32:11] flexibility with what the city's

[5:32:15] budgetary challenges are as well, so

[5:32:17] washes we can think about skillfully

[5:32:20] funding our students but also offering

[5:32:22] additional support.

[5:32:23] >> and then what about the money in

[5:32:25] the reserve, was there any discussion

[5:32:28] about that, has that been clawed back?

[5:32:30] >> that is a very still unclear

[5:32:35] discussion until I think the final

[5:32:37] audits are finished.

[5:32:39] there still isn't a lot of clarity yet

[5:32:42] around both unspent funds and what if

[5:32:45] any is left in the reserve.

[5:32:47] >> okay, thank you for that.

[5:32:48] I wanted to again offer the more we

[5:32:52] can be in loop with some of these

[5:32:54] discussions that -- and just from my

[5:32:56] own experience of previously working

[5:32:59] at dcyf and overseeing the free city

[5:33:01] program, if I can help with this

[5:33:03] process in any way, I wanted to

[5:33:05] reiterate that.

[5:33:08] >> any further trustee comments or

[5:33:11] questions?

[5:33:12] any public comments?

[5:33:13] >> yes, we do.

[5:33:14] first is alyssa messier.

[5:33:20] >> next is mary lee hearn.

[5:33:30] >> good evening, earlier today, I was

[5:33:35] with our students, a good number of

[5:33:37] them in front of city hall protesting

[5:33:44] against the fact that this program,

[5:33:48] free city, has not been fully funded.

[5:33:51] the students are very aware and feel

[5:33:53] that they've been ripped off which

[5:33:56] they have been with greater than 50%

[5:34:00] of what had been promised being

[5:34:06] withdrawn.

[5:34:07] now, most of the stories today had to

[5:34:11] do with students coming into an

[5:34:15] academic situation who thought that

[5:34:20] they never would have had that

[5:34:23] experience had it not been for free

[5:34:25] city.

[5:34:26] other students talking about the fact

[5:34:27] that they couldn't afford to take, you

[5:34:31] know, more than x amount of classes

[5:34:34] because of the cost.

[5:34:36] so, I would like to thank all those

[5:34:39] who have been working on this.

[5:34:41] I appreciate that.

[5:34:42] they appreciate it I'm sure, but what

[5:34:47] I would like to see happen is that you

[5:34:51] keep students informed as you go

[5:34:55] along, that what is being done and

[5:34:58] that you are definitely working on it

[5:35:01] because they are very concerned right

[5:35:04] now and we need to shore up our

[5:35:07] students, we need to the say we're

[5:35:10] right there behind you and we're

[5:35:11] trying to get this done, so

[5:35:12] anything that can be done to expedite

[5:35:15] it would I'm sure be very -- students

[5:35:20] would be very grateful, but please be

[5:35:23] aware that there are many students who

[5:35:25] are very concerned right now.

[5:35:26] thank you.

[5:35:29] >> next is michael adams.

[5:35:41] >> hello, everyone, thank you for your

[5:35:42] patience.

[5:35:43] I too was at city hall with students

[5:35:46] and some of you passed through I'm

[5:35:50] sure.

[5:35:51] I won't repeat everything you've heard

[5:35:54] about the anxiety, the uncertainty,

[5:36:00] the questioning projecting the worst

[5:36:05] case scenario so folks are preparing

[5:36:07] themselves for not being able to come

[5:36:10] to school.

[5:36:12] and they're wise enough to anticipate

[5:36:15] potential in the process that it will

[5:36:18] fail.

[5:36:19] we just sat through you all going to a

[5:36:21] closed meeting and coming back with

[5:36:25] for us nothing but questions and not

[5:36:28] an answer to what we thouk you were

[5:36:30] going -- so, things happen

[5:36:35] and we appreciate your perseverance and

[5:36:38] your courage to sticking together when

[5:36:40] stuff happens.

[5:36:44] it's sometimes unexpected.

[5:36:49] the thing that keeps coming to mind to

[5:36:51] me is and what else.

[5:36:53] free city is one source of potential

[5:36:57] support but I think I've mentioned

[5:36:59] before, I come from midwest colleges

[5:37:02] and I get mail every month from the

[5:37:05] foundations asking for money.

[5:37:06] I don't hear anything about the city

[5:37:10] college of san francisco foundation as

[5:37:14] a potential source along with free

[5:37:16] city.

[5:37:17] if we put all of our hopes in one

[5:37:20] basket and there's another one kind of

[5:37:23] waiting out there by the curb that

[5:37:26] hasn't been stimulated to participate

[5:37:30] and the last time I looked online, the

[5:37:33] last two years of reports of the

[5:37:36] foundation are missing.

[5:37:38] the information is old, so I would

[5:37:42] plead with you all to use free city as

[5:37:48] a core but think about other pathways

[5:37:54] to raising money for this institution.

[5:37:57] it just makes sense and we're all

[5:38:00] subject to those mailers that go out

[5:38:04] very friendly, hi, alumni, send us

[5:38:06] some money, you know.

[5:38:07] and the stories that we hear about at

[5:38:11] city hall from the stories are

[5:38:15] powerful stories to deliver a message,

[5:38:17] not just to free city, but to the

[5:38:19] foundation and any other sources that

[5:38:22] we can think about, so thank you for

[5:38:26] what you're doing and we're here to

[5:38:30] help.

[5:38:31] >> that concludes public comment.

[5:38:32] >> thank you very much.

[5:38:39] okay.

[5:38:40] ms. Esteban, roll call vote, please.

[5:38:41] >> student trustee brandt, your

[5:38:42] advisory vote?

[5:38:43] >> aye.

[5:38:44] >> president martinez?

[5:38:45] >> yes.

[5:38:46] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:38:47] >> aye.

[5:38:48] >> trustee chisti?

[5:38:49] >> aye.

[5:38:50] >> trustee wong?

[5:38:51] >> yes.

[5:38:52] >> trustee solomon?

[5:38:53] >> yes.

[5:38:54] >> trustee chung?

[5:38:55] >> aye.

[5:38:56] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:38:57] >> aye.

[5:38:58] >> the motion passes.

[5:38:59] >> thank you.

[5:39:00] we now move to the adoption of 6e, the

[5:39:03] adoption of resolution 2025-10 in

[5:39:06] recognition of pride month.

[5:39:08] I believe the resolution is being

[5:39:11] moved by trustee chung and seconded by

[5:39:16] trustee solomon.

[5:39:17] would you like to address this

[5:39:20] resolution before we take questions or

[5:39:24] comments?

[5:39:26] >> yes, do you want to move in and

[5:39:30] then I'll reverse.

[5:39:36] >> I wanted to move it but with some

[5:39:41] amendments that supplement and take

[5:39:43] nothing away with what's very good and

[5:39:45] what's there.

[5:39:46] so, if I could proceed, hopefully what

[5:39:48] I sent to ms. Esteban was easy enough

[5:39:52] to follow but I can walk through it as

[5:39:56] well.

[5:39:57] so, the first -- just in order from

[5:39:59] the top of the resolution to the bottom

[5:40:04] of the resolution, in the -- okay.

[5:40:14] in the 7th whereas, in whereas that

[5:40:17] starts with whereas city college a hah

[5:40:20] a proud tradition of combining culture

[5:40:24] and education and I think there's an

[5:40:26] extra in there, and sorry, in 1989, the

[5:40:34] addition is lgbt, studies faculty jack

[5:40:37] collins created the first freestanding

[5:40:41] lgbt studies department in the nature,

[5:40:44] it's in addition of those five words,

[5:40:47] lgbt studies faculty jack

[5:40:51] collins, everything else stays the

[5:40:54] same.

[5:40:56] the next amendment is to add a

[5:41:00] whereas, after the whereas that's

[5:41:01] about -- that starts with the whereas

[5:41:04] the college's queer resource centers

[5:41:06] empowers and unites lgtqia+

[5:41:11] students, an additional whereas

[5:41:14] that is taken from the resolution that

[5:41:22] we passed on june 22, 2023, and I

[5:41:27] thought it was important to put that

[5:41:31] in there because what we said back

[5:41:33] then is we're going to do this every

[5:41:36] year, just as a reminder to us of what

[5:41:39] we did make a commitment to two years

[5:41:46] ago.

[5:41:47] the next amendment is to delete the

[5:41:48] next whereas and just to replace it

[5:41:51] with whereas the first annual flag

[5:41:56] raising -- pride flag raising ceremony

[5:41:58] was held in 2024, the new whereas

[5:42:04] includes that we voted on that.

[5:42:08] so, just to cut out a little

[5:42:11] repetition.

[5:42:12] and then the final one which came from

[5:42:16] trustee chung is -- sorry, trustee

[5:42:18] chung gave us the jack collins

[5:42:21] language.

[5:42:22] then a final resolved, finally

[5:42:25] the board of

[5:42:27] trustees of city college of san

[5:42:29] francisco strongly reaffirms its

[5:42:30] commitments as resolved in its june

[5:42:33] 22, 2023 resolution, honorees the city

[5:42:35] college of san francisco's lgbtqia+

[5:42:42] community for their ongoing courage

[5:42:43] and compassion and offers its

[5:42:44] profound thanks for to them for making

[5:42:45] our world a better place.

[5:42:49] >> trustee chung, do you have anything

[5:42:50] to add?

[5:42:51] >> I just want to thank trustee

[5:42:55] solomon for being a wonderful ally to

[5:42:59] our community and dinging all these

[5:43:03] amendments and letting me second it.

[5:43:05] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:43:06] >> I would like to thank both trustee

[5:43:08] chung and trustee solomon for bringing

[5:43:11] this forward.

[5:43:17] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:43:20] >> and I would like the thank them for

[5:43:21] bringing it forward the month before

[5:43:22] so we can have this for the full month.

[5:43:25] >> any other trustee comments?

[5:43:26] trustee chisti?

[5:43:29] >> I think we worked on it together

[5:43:31] in 2023, so thank you so much for

[5:43:33] bringing this forward and I'm excited

[5:43:35] for our flagging raising ceremony

[5:43:38] which was beautiful last year and I'm

[5:43:41] excited for it for this year.

[5:43:44] >> any other trustee comments?

[5:43:47] I would like to thank you for adding

[5:43:49] the name of jack collins who

[5:43:54] originated the lgbtq studies.

[5:43:56] I had the privilege of also working

[5:43:58] with him as did many of us at that

[5:44:00] time and so it's good to see him

[5:44:03] finally acknowledged, a lot of hard

[5:44:05] work, thank you very much.

[5:44:06] are there any public comments?

[5:44:09] ms. Esteban, can you take the vote

[5:44:11] please.

[5:44:12] >> student trustee brandt, your

[5:44:13] advisory vote?

[5:44:14] >> aye.

[5:44:15] >> president martinez?

[5:44:16] >> yes.

[5:44:17] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:44:18] >> aye.

[5:44:19] >> trustee chisti?

[5:44:20] >> aye.

[5:44:21] >> trustee wong?

[5:44:22] >> yes.

[5:44:23] >> trustee solomon?

[5:44:24] >> aye.

[5:44:25] >> trustee chung?

[5:44:26] >> aye.

[5:44:27] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:44:28] >> aye.

[5:44:29] >> the motion passes.

[5:44:31] >> we now move to the approval of the

[5:44:33] minutes, are there any corrections to

[5:44:34] any of the minutes, if so, please

[5:44:38] specify the meeting date and

[5:44:43] corrections.

[5:44:44] seeing none, is there a motion to

[5:44:45] approve the minutes of april 24, 2025.

[5:44:51] >> we have one public comment,

[5:44:54] abigail bornstein.

[5:44:55] >> thank you, sorry.

[5:44:59] >> so, for the umpteenth time, one of

[5:45:04] my written public comments was left

[5:45:06] off, which one this time, it was the

[5:45:11] april 24th 10a budget update, at this

[5:45:15] point, this leaving off of my written

[5:45:18] comment feels intentional and I will

[5:45:21] read it back into the record and ask

[5:45:23] the board to approve the april 24th

[5:45:26] minute with the addition of my written

[5:45:28] comment which was left off.

[5:45:30] so, item 10a budget update, 137 words,

[5:45:34] when did the board receive the slides

[5:45:36] with the draft budget assumptions, this

[5:45:38] was not posted for the

[5:45:40] public until sometime today.

[5:45:42] on occasion, this last minute upload

[5:45:44] may happen but it has now become

[5:45:46] common place.

[5:45:48] as either madeline or harry states a

[5:45:51] place holder agenda is released on

[5:45:54] monday but only shortly before the

[5:45:56] actual meeting on thursday do the

[5:45:58] attachments appear.

[5:45:59] if these assumptions were shown at the

[5:46:02] pgc budget committee on tuesday, why

[5:46:05] weren't they posted on tuesday instead

[5:46:08] of last minute today.

[5:46:09] you state that you receive bead

[5:46:11] feedback from the pgc budget committee

[5:46:13] but provide no insight into that

[5:46:15] feedback.

[5:46:16] were they supportive of the

[5:46:17] assumptions, asked for change, we never

[5:46:19] share the actual feedback with the

[5:46:21] board which would be educational.

[5:46:23] what was the position of the pgc budget

[5:46:26] committee on the assumptions?

[5:46:28] again, I ask that the minutes be seconded

[5:46:30] and my written comment included in the

[5:46:35] minutes, thank you.

[5:46:36] >> that concludes public comments.

[5:46:39] >> with that amendments, is there a

[5:46:41] motion to approve all three of the

[5:46:43] sets of minutes?

[5:46:45] >> so moved.

[5:46:46] >> is there a second?

[5:46:49] >> second, but if I may add to the

[5:46:52] discussion.

[5:46:53] >> yes.

[5:46:54] >> I wonder, and again, I completely

[5:46:57] understand, all our staff are so

[5:47:00] overworked, they're so overworked, we

[5:47:03] don't have enough staffing.

[5:47:04] I can relate, I'm in workers comp,

[5:47:07] we're two secretaries short and I'm so

[5:47:10] tired, but I hope perhaps maybe we can

[5:47:14] just double check to make sure if

[5:47:15] there are any other written public

[5:47:19] comment tobies make sure they're added

[5:47:20] if we can conditionally approve these

[5:47:22] minutes, that would be wonderful,

[5:47:24] thank you.

[5:47:25] >> and if with that, that would be

[5:47:30] delegated to interim chancellor

[5:47:32] bailey, thank you.

[5:47:36] alright.

[5:47:37] are we ready for the roll call vote?

[5:47:41] >> student trustee brandt, your

[5:47:42] advisory vote?

[5:47:43] >> aye.

[5:47:45] >> president martinez?

[5:47:46] >> yes.

[5:47:48] >> vice-president zamora?

[5:47:49] >> aye.

[5:47:50] >> trustee chisti?

[5:47:51] >> aye.

[5:47:52] >> trustee wong?

[5:47:53] >> yes.

[5:47:54] >> trustee solomon?

[5:47:55] >> yes.

[5:47:56] >> trustee chung?

[5:47:57] >> aye.

[5:47:58] >> trustee mccarty?

[5:47:59] >> aye.

[5:48:00] >> the motion passes.

[5:48:01] >> we're now at the constituent group

[5:48:03] report, the first one is the student

[5:48:08] chancellor's report, malinalli

[5:48:11] villalobos.

[5:48:17] I know that -- is he here?

[5:48:18] thank you.

[5:48:43] mr. Villalobos is also an the encore

[5:48:45] convention so it's understandable.

[5:48:51] >> can you hear me?

[5:48:52] >> there you are, thank you.

[5:48:53] >> yes, thank you.

[5:48:57] saludos, good evening, ccsf community,

[5:49:00] especially our amazing ccsf students,

[5:49:03] I hope you're doing well this evening.

[5:49:09] as student chancellor, I would like to

[5:49:10] report on behalf of the associated

[5:49:12] students this evening, I do want to

[5:49:14] let you know that it's very

[5:49:20] troublesome, it's very troublesome

[5:49:22] wherein when we have student voices

[5:49:24] not being heard.

[5:49:27] it has been a very upsetting and

[5:49:33] emotional night as far as with our

[5:49:39] contract with the incoming chancellor,

[5:49:45] dr. Cortez.

[5:49:48] as stated earlier in public comment,

[5:49:51] students overwhelmingly have shown

[5:49:57] their support for dr. Cortez, and dr.

[5:50:00] cortez, if you can hear us, be patient

[5:50:02] with us as we're trying to figure

[5:50:04] this out.

[5:50:05] when you come in, there's a lot of

[5:50:07] work to be done and students, don't

[5:50:11] lose any hope.

[5:50:13] our voices are strong and we will be

[5:50:17] heard.

[5:50:18] when we're not heard, we're going

[5:50:21] to go ahead and take action.

[5:50:23] every board member there was elected,

[5:50:25] was elected with the support of

[5:50:28] students during campaigns and we have

[5:50:32] to restructure that and go back to the

[5:50:34] drawing board and question board

[5:50:38] members, if they deserve to be in

[5:50:40] their elected positions, we'll go

[5:50:42] ahead and do that.

[5:50:45] as stated earlier in the public comment

[5:50:52] , the advocacy for the african

[5:50:56] american resource center needs to be

[5:50:59] present by action and the action is

[5:51:02] having the african american resource

[5:51:05] center be moved to the new student

[5:51:10] success center, there are no ands, ifs

[5:51:14] or buts about it, the students have

[5:51:16] spoken, the workers within those

[5:51:18] spaces have spoken.

[5:51:19] this has been years in the making.

[5:51:24] we have to make sure we have the space

[5:51:26] for the african american resource

[5:51:28] center.

[5:51:29] we have to make sure we have the space

[5:51:31] for city dream

[5:51:34] to be able to conduct the amazing they

[5:51:38] do in their those spaces, we have to

[5:51:40] make sure the resource center have

[5:51:42] ample spaces to serve student/parent

[5:51:46] needs and children as well.

[5:51:50] as I'm finishing up my last few days

[5:51:53] as student chancellor, I want to

[5:51:55] congratulate the incoming executive

[5:52:00] student council for this new academic

[5:52:03] year, congratulations to angelica pam

[5:52:07] poes for becoming our new student

[5:52:10] trustee, heather brandt for becoming

[5:52:11] our student chancellor and myself as

[5:52:14] student vice chancellor.

[5:52:15] I do want to finish up, I know I'm out

[5:52:18] of time, I want to finish up with a

[5:52:20] few seconds to share.

[5:52:23] on behalf of the students of the san

[5:52:26] francisco community college district,

[5:52:27] I want to extend a heartfelt

[5:52:30] appreciation to heather brandt, your

[5:52:33] leadership, advocacy and unwavering

[5:52:34] commitment to representing the student

[5:52:36] voice have made a lasting impact.

[5:52:38] these last few years, you brought

[5:52:41] thoughtfulness, energy and integrity

[5:52:43] to every discussion in your

[5:52:46] contributions will continue to inspire

[5:52:47] students throughout the many years to

[5:52:50] come.

[5:52:51] gracias, thank you for your dedicated

[5:52:53] service, you truly made a difference in

[5:52:55] students' lives, that is the work that

[5:52:58] the students have been putting forward

[5:53:00] for the last two years, thank you, I

[5:53:02] appreciate you, even when the board

[5:53:04] does not get it together, you have

[5:53:06] been one of the only people there that

[5:53:08] students can count on, so I appreciate

[5:53:11] you and with that, I leave my hat to

[5:53:14] the next student chancellor, heather

[5:53:16] brandt, thank you, everybody, thank

[5:53:17] you, all the students for being able

[5:53:19] to support me these last two years as

[5:53:22] student chancellor and as

[5:53:30] student trustee previously.

[5:53:31] thank you.

[5:53:32] >> very good.

[5:53:33] we now turn to the student trustee's

[5:53:37] report.

[5:53:42] student trustee brandt, you're muted.

[5:53:44] >> I'm trying to unmute, are you able

[5:53:48] to hear me?

[5:53:49] >> yes.

[5:53:50] >> I'm going to try to keep it within

[5:53:51] time, this is my last and

[5:53:54] final report.

[5:53:56] I was trying not to get emotional.

[5:54:05] well, I apologize for

[5:54:09] coming in late tonight, I was

[5:54:11] experiencing audio challenges earlier

[5:54:13] and hopefully those have since been

[5:54:15] involved, I too am in new york and

[5:54:18] encore and I wish I could be in person

[5:54:19] with you all.

[5:54:21] I sit here tonight having recently

[5:54:23] wrapped up the 2024-25 academic year

[5:54:26] and my second and final term as your

[5:54:30] student trustee and want to express my

[5:54:33] deepest gratitude for the honor of

[5:54:36] serving students at the city college

[5:54:38] of san francisco representing a

[5:54:40] vibrant, diverse and resilient student

[5:54:41] body has been one of the humbling and

[5:54:45] transformative experiences of my life.

[5:54:47] over the paster two years, I have

[5:54:49] advocated for student needs on a

[5:54:51] number of issues and make no mistake,

[5:54:54] there's so much more to be done as we

[5:54:56] have heard from city dream, the family

[5:54:58] resource center and the african

[5:55:01] american resource center with regard

[5:55:02] to the use of space.

[5:55:03] I did not, have not and will not ever

[5:55:05] shy away from speaking truth to power

[5:55:09] including calling out

[5:55:11] atrocities that continue to take

[5:55:13] place in palestine, I thank this board

[5:55:15] for their support which came in the

[5:55:17] form of a cease fire resolution.

[5:55:19] my voice at this table has come from a

[5:55:21] place of lived experience, a deep love

[5:55:24] for ccsf and our community college

[5:55:30] system as well as a recognition that

[5:55:31] equity and access are not abstract

[5:55:32] ideals but urgent necessities.

[5:55:35] this journey has not been without lots

[5:55:37] of struggle and personal hardship.

[5:55:39] I want to share in the hopes of

[5:55:42] building understanding of what life is

[5:55:43] and can be like for our students, over

[5:55:46] the course of the last two years, my

[5:55:49] mother was placed on hospice as her

[5:55:52] alzheimer's advanced, my siblings and

[5:55:56] spouse were diagnosed with different

[5:55:58] stages and forms of cancer and have

[5:55:59] has had to go radiation, chemotherapy

[5:56:04] and various procedures, I lost two of

[5:56:06] my first cousins who were in their

[5:56:09] 30's, the one to brain kans and her

[5:56:11] the other to khakis, if you know

[5:56:13] anything about coming from latino

[5:56:16] family, our cousins is like our

[5:56:20] siblings too.

[5:56:21] I mourn the ongoing loss of palestine

[5:56:25] where many of my loved onuses continue

[5:56:27] the fight for survival.

[5:56:28] all of this while navigating

[5:56:30] the demands of life while I work to

[5:56:33] raise my three children holding down

[5:56:35] two part time job, attending school

[5:56:37] full time to help ot with our ftes

[5:56:40] numbers, there were times the weight

[5:56:44] felt unbearable and I questioned

[5:56:46] whether I could carry the

[5:56:47] responsibilities of this role and

[5:56:49] still show up fully for my family and

[5:56:51] community but with the support of my

[5:56:53] peers and the ccsf family, I kept

[5:56:56] showing up, I leave this role

[5:57:01] proud, not just of accomplished but

[5:57:07] the persistence and heart that it took

[5:57:09] the get here and to carry me through

[5:57:11] through.

[5:57:12] as I prepare to step away from the

[5:57:17] seat, I await what lays ahead for me,

[5:57:21] it is a great pleasure the introduce

[5:57:24] your incoming student trustee for the

[5:57:27] 25-26 academic year angel koe campos,

[5:57:31] she brings a wealth of knowledge and

[5:57:34] experience in community advocacy,

[5:57:37] coalition bid, having previously

[5:57:39] served as associated student council

[5:57:41] of ocean president, student

[5:57:43] chancellor, a current representative

[5:57:46] within participatory governance, a

[5:57:47] former member of the free city

[5:57:49] oversight committee as well as having

[5:57:51] held various roles other the years

[5:57:53] within the student senate for

[5:57:56] community colleges, ultimately

[5:57:57] concludes her time in the organization

[5:57:58] as president.

[5:57:59] she currently serves on the boards of

[5:58:02] san francisco young dams and the

[5:58:06] harvey milk club, her background is

[5:58:12] deeply engaged in justice and

[5:58:14] inclusion.

[5:58:15] I have full confidence she will lead

[5:58:17] with integrity, compassion and advice,

[5:58:19] please welcome her with the same

[5:58:22] encouragement and collaboration that I

[5:58:24] have been so fortunate to receive.

[5:58:26] to student, I hope you never forget

[5:58:28] your voice matters, you belong in

[5:58:31] every room where decisions are made.

[5:58:33] to those who continue this work, thank

[5:58:35] you, thank you for believing in

[5:58:37] student leadership and for your

[5:58:39] commitment to keeping ccsf a place

[5:58:42] where opportunity begins and futures

[5:58:44] are transformed.

[5:58:45] thank you.

[5:58:47] >> thank you very much.

[5:58:49] and now we come to the academic senate

[5:58:52] president's report.

[5:59:02] >> good evening, everyone, exactly one

[5:59:04] week ago today, we came together to

[5:59:07] celebrate the achievement of our

[5:59:09] students at our annual commencement

[5:59:11] ceremony, this year our student peek

[5:59:14] speaker was especially moving,

[5:59:16] commencement reminds us why we have

[5:59:17] been here for 90 years and why it is

[5:59:20] critical we continue to be here for

[5:59:22] decades to come.

[5:59:24] also last week as happens every year,

[5:59:27] the academic senate seated a new

[5:59:29] council.

[5:59:30] we were glad to see some new faces and

[5:59:32] welcome back some familiar ones and

[5:59:34] grateful to those who cycled off the

[5:59:36] council this year.

[5:59:38] the academic senate represents faculty

[5:59:40] voice in all matters concerning the 10

[5:59:45] plus 1 and I would like to underscore

[5:59:47] the value of the campus that would

[5:59:49] like to step up to run for executive

[5:59:53] council.

[5:59:56] as we continue to navigate a series of

[5:59:57] complex realities in the coming year,

[5:59:58] the work of the academic senate will

[5:59:59] remain as important as ever.

[6:00:00] my name is katia fuchs, a math faculty

[6:00:02] and I stand before you today again as

[6:00:05] the newly elected academic senate

[6:00:09] president.

[6:00:10] during my time serving in the academic

[6:00:12] senate and now as senate president, I

[6:00:15] am very conscious of the purpose and

[6:00:17] value of open and inclusive processes.

[6:00:21] when we honor the process, we create a

[6:00:24] culture of accountability and trust.

[6:00:27] this is crucial to the work of any

[6:00:30] successful team and that's what we are

[6:00:33] here, a team.

[6:00:34] tonight you could have closed the loop

[6:00:36] on a crucial process, one that would

[6:00:39] have put us on a path to credible and

[6:00:42] stable leadership, a key facet of

[6:00:44] providing an excellent learning

[6:00:45] environment for each and every one of

[6:00:48] our students and maintaining our

[6:00:53] accreditation.

[6:00:54] I thought I would fill you in on some

[6:00:56] important business that the executive

[6:00:58] council has done since our last

[6:01:00] meeting.

[6:01:01] we endorsed an enrollment philosophy

[6:01:05] we are proud of.

[6:01:07] it prioritizes a holistic student

[6:01:11] centered approach towards enrollment

[6:01:12] management and program support.

[6:01:14] the adult education program through

[6:01:16] your plan and an updated two year

[6:01:19] comprehensive program review process

[6:01:21] which will provide tools and support

[6:01:22] to reflect on the way we currently

[6:01:24] serve our students and collectively

[6:01:25] plan for a future centering student

[6:01:28] success.

[6:01:29] as a body, we feel these tenses move

[6:01:31] our institution forward in servicing

[6:01:33] our students and our broader community.

[6:01:36] our meeting also featured a budget

[6:01:39] update from bc dr. Ligoso which came

[6:01:42] directly on the heels of a budget

[6:01:45] flavored report from robin pew from

[6:01:50] aft, it highlighted the importance of

[6:01:53] ongoing dialogue and constructive

[6:01:55] engagement to get to a place of mutual

[6:01:57] understanding and consensus.

[6:02:00] and thus I conclude my first ever

[6:02:03] report before you, though summer is a

[6:02:06] relatively quiet time on our campus,

[6:02:08] there is work to be done as we're

[6:02:11] recharging getting ready for the full

[6:02:13] steam of the academic year.

[6:02:14] I will continue to come before you to

[6:02:18] speak to and celebrate the faculty in

[6:02:24] my role as senate president this year.

[6:02:28] >> will michael snider be making a

[6:02:31] report?

[6:02:32] thank you.

[6:02:33] >> michael asked me to deliver his

[6:02:35] report for him.

[6:02:37] I would like to thank -- I would like

[6:02:39] to begin by thanking interim chancellor

[6:02:41] bailey for his leadership and support

[6:02:43] over the past year.

[6:02:45] his presence at classified senate

[6:02:48] meetings, his encouragement of

[6:02:50] classified voices in governance and

[6:02:51] his participation in events like the

[6:02:55] holiday breakfast, toy drive and

[6:02:57] graduation ceremonies have been

[6:02:58] greatly appreciated.

[6:02:59] and most of all, we thank him for

[6:03:02] leading the college through difficult

[6:03:04] times.

[6:03:05] we wish him all the best in his next

[6:03:08] chapter.

[6:03:09] I'll skip over michael's next comments

[6:03:13] which were welcoming dr. Cortez.

[6:03:16] at our may meeting, our final session

[6:03:17] before the fall, we certified the

[6:03:18] results of the classified senate

[6:03:21] elections, a heartfelt thank you to the

[6:03:23] election committee for their time and

[6:03:25] effort.

[6:03:26] I also want to acknowledge and thank

[6:03:28] all our outgoing senators, your

[6:03:30] commitment over the past two years

[6:03:31] made a real and lasting impact and we

[6:03:35] sincerely hope to welcome you back in

[6:03:36] the future.

[6:03:38] congratulations to our newly elected

[6:03:40] senators for the 25-27 term, blane

[6:03:46] augustine and jeffrey kelley and

[6:03:50] congratulations to suzanne, maria and

[6:03:53] tanya who will continue her role for a

[6:03:55] second term.

[6:03:56] finally thank you to all classified

[6:03:58] professionals if for your continued

[6:04:01] support and confidence in re-electing

[6:04:03] me as classified senate president for

[6:04:05] a second term.

[6:04:06] it is an honor to serve and advocate

[6:04:08] for our community.

[6:04:10] as we head into summer, here's a

[6:04:13] reminder ore seize candy fundraiser

[6:04:16] will continue through december supporting

[6:04:20] the classified senate development

[6:04:21] and the toy drive.

[6:04:23] this month's classified governance

[6:04:28] spotlight award goes to cecilia,

[6:04:31] educational credential training in

[6:04:32] human resources, an active member of

[6:04:39] the pgc member, it contributes

[6:04:42] manfully to the work of the college,

[6:04:44] we thank her for her dedication and

[6:04:46] service.

[6:04:47] thank you, michael snider, classified

[6:04:49] senate president.

[6:04:50] >> thank you.

[6:04:52] we now move to the service employees

[6:04:56] international union local 1021

[6:04:57] president's report.

[6:04:59] >> hi, can you hear me?

[6:05:01] >> yes.

[6:05:02] >> okay, good.

[6:05:04] evening, board of trustees, seiu is

[6:05:06] pleased to see we have finally got our

[6:05:10] tentative agreement regarding our wage

[6:05:12] for the fiscal year 24-25 on the

[6:05:15] agenda for your approval.

[6:05:17] however, it is concerning that the

[6:05:19] process has taken this long.

[6:05:20] >> it doesn't make sense to me that so

[6:05:23] much excessive money is being spent on

[6:05:25] the law firm and we still are not

[6:05:28] completely done with negotiations on

[6:05:30] our full reopener.

[6:05:33] so that's that.

[6:05:34] now with the stuff that went on

[6:05:38] tonight which is don't understand

[6:05:41] what's going on, a what on earth is

[6:05:42] happening here.

[6:05:43] you've published your choice for

[6:05:44] a permanent chancellor, seiu has been

[6:05:48] trusting your process, hasn't had

[6:05:49] conversations with you all, letting

[6:05:51] you go ahead and do your thing for

[6:05:54] once, right, and not interfering.

[6:05:57] but now we have some doubt.

[6:06:00] after you went into closed session

[6:06:02] tonight for the third time, we

[6:06:05] expected a brief discussion but it

[6:06:08] lasted much longer without any

[6:06:11] explanation.

[6:06:12] it's clear you could have sought some

[6:06:13] of that expensive legal advice to

[6:06:15] provide us with information that is

[6:06:18] sharable.

[6:06:19] labor is not a mood for your bullshit

[6:06:21] and you are pissing us all off in a

[6:06:23] bad way.

[6:06:24] this does not look good, you guys, it

[6:06:27] doesn't.

[6:06:28] so, figure out from the law firm what

[6:06:30] you can share and get a message out

[6:06:36] there.

[6:06:38] good night.

[6:06:39] >> thank you.

[6:06:41] american federation of teachers local

[6:06:44] 2121 president's report.

[6:06:51] administrator's association co-chair's

[6:06:55] report?

[6:06:57] the department chair council

[6:06:58] president's report and I understand

[6:07:00] that madeline mueller will be

[6:07:04] reporting.

[6:07:20] >> [inaudible].

[6:07:27] you didn't want to hear that anyway.

[6:07:32] darlene at the last minute said she

[6:07:34] couldn't make it, she had a speech but

[6:07:36] she wanted to give her speech next

[6:07:39] time, she said improvise, okay.

[6:07:42] but to keep a few issues as we started

[6:07:45] the meeting a year ago, grades were

[6:07:49] due and I don't know if you noticed

[6:07:51] out here, a lot of us were getting --

[6:07:54] making sure that all those thousands

[6:07:57] of grades went in today absolutely no

[6:08:01] later than 5:00 because wilbur said

[6:08:04] so, this has taken a lot of energy

[6:08:06] from a lot of faculty and grades are

[6:08:09] very difficult because students as we

[6:08:12] know tonight, life happens, things

[6:08:16] happen and they want extensions and

[6:08:18] it's just very hard to make these kind

[6:08:21] of judgments.

[6:08:22] it's a crucial time for all the

[6:08:25] faculty.

[6:08:26] but we got them, I think we got

[6:08:27] everything in by 5:00.

[6:08:30] also will

[6:08:35] wilbur had another way of looking

[6:08:39] at ghost students, but our real

[6:08:41] student would are online and then stop

[6:08:44] coming and we have to be careful in

[6:08:46] the future not to confuse the bots and

[6:08:49] the fakes and the cabals that are out

[6:08:54] with students who really start and

[6:08:56] want to conclude, then as you get

[6:09:00] closer, then life happens and people

[6:09:01] stress and so forth so we have to make

[6:09:04] sure we don't intermingle our real

[6:09:07] students have a hard time and need to

[6:09:11] get fresh starts with the absolute

[6:09:14] fake folk.

[6:09:15] but I'm glad we're having that

[6:09:16] conversation and we are, the chaises

[6:09:17] are all having that conversation right

[6:09:20] now.

[6:09:21] then I wanted to thank whoever really

[6:09:24] put this wonderful booklet together

[6:09:26] for the graduation ceremony.

[6:09:28] I've been on the committee for many

[6:09:30] years and I designed the process in

[6:09:33] the 70's, but it's -- this is

[6:09:36] spectacular and especially about the

[6:09:39] 90th anniversary.

[6:09:40] you maybe all were there and, yeah,

[6:09:43] you were, but try to get people that

[6:09:45] you know to look over this booklet

[6:09:48] because it has some really wonderful

[6:09:50] history in it going back the to 90

[6:09:55] years, before my time barely.

[6:09:58] and then I wanted to share with you

[6:10:04] this evening a booklet, raise your

[6:10:05] hands, how many of you have this?

[6:10:06] nobody?

[6:10:07] good.

[6:10:08] then I'm going to give you one

[6:10:11] if we ever have another break, I have

[6:10:14] one with you and you'll have to look

[6:10:17] at page 90, I won't tell you why, it

[6:10:21] is an normative book that was written

[6:10:27] for our 70's anniversary, very

[6:10:28] complete, lots of pictures.

[6:10:29] you know, any time we have these tense

[6:10:30] meetings, I think we have to recollect

[6:10:31] the school has a long history and

[6:10:36] there's been interesting moments, so I

[6:10:40] want to have a chance maybe now or a

[6:10:44] little later that you all get a copy

[6:10:45] of this.

[6:10:49] >> chair mueller, if you can stay here

[6:10:51] for a moment, does it have anything in

[6:10:54] that book about charter day?

[6:10:57] >> [inaudible].

[6:11:00] >> but is it included in the history so

[6:11:05] when we have it, we can remember

[6:11:07] that it's a commemoration we need to

[6:11:11] celebrate?

[6:11:12] >> [inaudible]

[6:11:13] >> thank you.

[6:11:16] >> [inaudible].

[6:11:34] >> thank you.

[6:11:35] >> pardon my ignorance, what is

[6:11:37] charter day?

[6:11:44] >> can you come to the microphone.

[6:11:48] >> we have -- I have to go back into

[6:11:50] my boxes and we're reading some

[6:11:53] materials about it but we still don't

[6:11:55] have the exact charter language.

[6:12:01] uc berkeley was the first charter

[6:12:03] school way back and subsequently when

[6:12:05] the schools became real, they had a

[6:12:07] charter and we used to have charter

[6:12:11] days, april 17th which we haven't had

[6:12:12] for a while.

[6:12:13] so, maybe we can resurrect that for

[6:12:17] the 90th, I don't know.

[6:12:18] >> it's kind of like a birthday.

[6:12:20] >> yes, but anyway, as I say, I don't

[6:12:22] want the interrupt the meeting but

[6:12:24] I'll let you one of these, these are

[6:12:28] very informative.

[6:12:29] >> and now we turn to item 10,

[6:12:31] chancellor's report.

[6:12:32] do you have a report?

[6:12:37] >> I know it's late, I wanted to take

[6:12:39] a moment to again thank everyone who

[6:12:41] was a part of last week's commencement.

[6:12:45] there was an incredible commencement

[6:12:48] committee working really hard behind

[6:12:49] the scenes, more than 65 volunteers

[6:12:53] and I was just reminded after

[6:12:55] madeline's comments that we even

[6:12:57] engaged one of our librarians to help

[6:13:02] with the archival information and

[6:13:03] photostats that appear in the

[6:13:05] commencement booklet.

[6:13:06] there were a number of fobs who were a

[6:13:08] a part of the platform party and

[6:13:11] everyone has an interesting role and a

[6:13:13] very diverse real to play, but all of

[6:13:15] that came together to celebrate an

[6:13:18] incredible milestone for our students,

[6:13:20] many of whom it can take many years

[6:13:24] for them to reach that incredible

[6:13:29] achievement, we awarded almost 3

[6:13:30] thousand certificates at this time and

[6:13:33] graduated a little over 500 students

[6:13:36] on thursday and so many thanks again

[6:13:38] to all the folks who played a really

[6:13:41] pivotal role in that.

[6:13:42] it's not just an achievement for the

[6:13:45] students but many of us walk alongside

[6:13:49] those students a long time before

[6:13:51] they're students and until they reach

[6:13:53] this milestone, so it's an achievement

[6:13:55] for the community as well as the

[6:13:56] students, I want to thank everyone for

[6:13:58] that and I also just want to -- I

[6:14:02] don't know if reassure is the right

[6:14:05] word, I'm definitely hearing the

[6:14:07] voices that are speaking about student

[6:14:10] spaces and trying to engage as many

[6:14:12] folks in conversation to address those

[6:14:16] concerns, the thoughts, the ideas that

[6:14:18] are coming forward, so I just wanted

[6:14:20] to again reassure folks that their

[6:14:22] voices are being heard and doing our

[6:14:25] very best to incorporate everyone's

[6:14:28] perspectives as we make

[6:14:30] decisions about moving forward.

[6:14:31] thank you.

[6:14:33] >> thank you.

[6:14:37] >> we're now at presentations and

[6:14:40] discussions, accreditation update a,

[6:14:44] would you lead us off please.

[6:14:47] >> we have avc charles here to prepare

[6:14:51] some details but I know she is not

[6:14:53] feeling well so I have a few

[6:14:56] comments from her if she is not still

[6:14:59] online.

[6:15:00] she wanted to -- is she?

[6:15:01] >> I am.

[6:15:02] >> thank you, avc charles.

[6:15:08] >> you do have my written report but I

[6:15:11] would like to highlight that the

[6:15:13] commission is meeting next wednesday

[6:15:14] and thursday, the time has come, it

[6:15:16] felt like forever and now it is almost

[6:15:19] here.

[6:15:20] we are receive their determination

[6:15:23] regarding our sanction within 30 days

[6:15:25] of that meeting, so we will know soon.

[6:15:29] and then I would also like to

[6:15:31] highlight that whatever the commission

[6:15:33] decides as we all know, we need to

[6:15:36] base our budget decisions on realistic

[6:15:40] assumptions about enrollment, revenue

[6:15:43] and expenditures to ensure that we

[6:15:45] have solid financial footing from here

[6:15:47] on out and I know -- we all know that

[6:15:51] but it's worth saying again and again.

[6:15:53] happy to answer any questions,

[6:15:55] otherwise, also happy to have you move

[6:15:57] on so you can finish your meeting soon.

[6:15:59] >> thank you, trustees, any questions?

[6:16:04] I don't see any questions.

[6:16:06] thank you for signing on when you're

[6:16:08] not feeling well.

[6:16:09] we all wish you good health.

[6:16:11] >> thank you so much.

[6:16:13] I really appreciate that.

[6:16:16] >> and let's move now to the budget

[6:16:19] update.

[6:16:20] item 12.

[6:16:26] >> thank you, president martinez,

[6:16:31] trustees, colleagues, here and online,

[6:16:33] the first item is our 311q which is

[6:16:37] the third quarter report that we file

[6:16:39] with the state and it's really an

[6:16:42] alignment of what you previously saw

[6:16:44] in our monthly financials.

[6:16:48] the revenues are tracking as expected.

[6:16:51] a little bit low because this is for

[6:16:54] the month ended march so we don't see

[6:16:56] all of our property taxes as well as

[6:16:58] parcel taxes in there which you will

[6:17:00] see in the next report which is the

[6:17:04] april monthly.

[6:17:06] the expenditures and we're trying

[6:17:07] to align that, the current process as

[6:17:10] it's employed here at city college is

[6:17:13] that we don't do the adjustments for

[6:17:16] the parcel tax until the end of the

[6:17:17] year, so hence the quarterly reports

[6:17:19] we send to the chancellor's office

[6:17:22] include the parcel tax expense which

[6:17:24] at the end of the year, we transfer to

[6:17:27] the parcel tax.

[6:17:29] in the future, we're going to set it

[6:17:31] up right from the beginning of the

[6:17:33] fiscal year so that the 311 will align

[6:17:36] with the monthly reports.

[6:17:40] everything is tracking as you will see

[6:17:47] will also occur in the april monthly

[6:17:49] financials.

[6:17:50] >> shall we take all the reports and

[6:17:52] then --

[6:17:53] >> yes, that would be good.

[6:17:55] the next item is the monthly

[6:18:00] financials, so the end of april, and

[6:18:03] here we do include and have received

[6:18:07] the second portion of our property

[6:18:10] taxes, so generally we receive about

[6:18:16] 50 plus percent in december, another

[6:18:19] 45% in april and then about 5% in

[6:18:24] close-outs in june timeframe.

[6:18:26] so, you see that our revenues are up,

[6:18:32] you'll see that we also received the

[6:18:34] second half of our parcel tax and so

[6:18:37] when you then compare the revenues to

[6:18:43] our expenditures, we see a sizable

[6:18:47] difference between what we brought in

[6:18:49] versus what we're paying out.

[6:18:53] that of course -- the bulk of our

[6:18:55] property taxes of the local monies

[6:18:57] just came in and, you know, we'll now

[6:19:02] just be seining revenues from the

[6:19:04] apportionment so that we'll now just

[6:19:06] be seining revenues from the

[6:19:07] apportionment so that will slow down

[6:19:09] we expect to receive our revenues

[6:19:10] because in the may revise, the

[6:19:13] governor noted he will fully fund the

[6:19:16] scff and then our expenditures will

[6:19:18] continue at the same pace so we still

[6:19:21] expect to be at a surplus which you'll

[6:19:24] see in the following report.

[6:19:29] and so then I'll transition to the

[6:19:36] budget update.

[6:19:38] thank you, shawn.

[6:19:41] or the second slide first, please,

[6:19:43] number 2.

[6:19:44] and this is just to provide some

[6:19:47] context.

[6:19:48] we are presenting to you as per board

[6:19:51] policy what the shape of the tentative

[6:19:53] budge will look like, so this will be

[6:19:56] a very, very preliminary draft report

[6:19:59] just to kind of show where we expect

[6:20:02] to be.

[6:20:07] we will bring a more in-depth

[6:20:08] analysis and discussion and reports to

[6:20:10] you at the june committee of the whole

[6:20:14] meeting and then of course at the

[6:20:18] end of june present to you the

[6:20:21] tentative budget for

[6:20:23] acceptance which will allow them to

[6:20:30] begin spending july 1, what I'll be

[6:20:33] presenting is various scenarios for us

[6:20:34] as an institution to really understand

[6:20:37] the types of decisions we will have to

[6:20:39] make and the potential impact those

[6:20:42] decisions will have in the out years.

[6:20:47] slide number 12 please.

[6:20:49] I'm going to start from the back with

[6:20:51] the assumptions and then walk you

[6:20:57] through the scenarios.

[6:21:00] and so I listed the major assumptions

[6:21:03] here and tried to compile it into one

[6:21:06] sheet rather than listing assumptions

[6:21:10] for each scenario because some of the

[6:21:13] varian -- variance is in those yellow

[6:21:19] line items, we're assuming cola, 2.3%

[6:21:21] of course for upcoming year as per the

[6:21:27] governor's may revise, the following

[6:21:28] numbers are really the statutory

[6:21:31] increases for the department of finance

[6:21:34] which also was adopted by school

[6:21:37] services and employed by the

[6:21:39] chancellor's office.

[6:21:40] so, I put those in there and they'll

[6:21:44] affect the calculations in the out

[6:21:48] years.

[6:21:49] hold harmless funding will remain at

[6:21:51] the 166.7 million over the next four

[6:21:54] years.

[6:21:55] we will also continue to have to pay

[6:21:57] back that 1.8 million, so we have I

[6:22:01] think five more years, it's going to

[6:22:05] take us 13 years to repay the

[6:22:08] overpayment from

[6:22:15] 8 years ago.

[6:22:16] for 25-26, we did not include the

[6:22:19] deficit factor because that's also was

[6:22:21] outlined in the governor's may revise

[6:22:29] he will fully fund the scff.

[6:22:31] the state of the state, the state of

[6:22:34] the nation and of course we'll have a

[6:22:37] new governor in the next 18 months, so

[6:22:41] it's unclear -- I guess there's quite

[6:22:43] a bit of uncertainty so I built a 1.6%

[6:22:48] deficit factor in 26-27 and then the

[6:22:51] following two years as well.

[6:22:54] on the enrollment growth, I examined

[6:22:58] various factors from 3% to 3% year

[6:23:03] over year, to 6% and then 9% and the

[6:23:06] intention really was to see how we

[6:23:09] might be able to optimize the

[6:23:12] restoration authority that ends in

[6:23:15] 25-26 and then of course in the

[6:23:18] following year of 26-27 is when the

[6:23:22] growth authority kicks in that limits

[6:23:24] really the amount of ftes that will be

[6:23:29] counted towards the scff for us and

[6:23:32] anything over and above that would be

[6:23:38] unfunded ftes.

[6:23:40] based on the scenarios, I estimated on

[6:23:45] a productivity ratio of 15 which is

[6:23:48] very high for this institution, the

[6:23:53] number of faculty positions required

[6:23:56] to achieve the ftes goals at those

[6:24:01] varying ranges and then I used an

[6:24:05] average adjunct faculty or

[6:24:08] compensation base of 20 thousand, I

[6:24:11] previously talked about 150 thousand

[6:24:12] for full timers but I ratcheted that

[6:24:17] down and to calculate what the

[6:24:19] increased cost might be to really

[6:24:24] achieve the ftes target, additional

[6:24:27] ftes targets.

[6:24:29] 15 is probably pretty high and I say

[6:24:33] that because historically our

[6:24:34] institution at least this the last few

[6:24:37] years has only achieved about 13.3.

[6:24:41] so, if I were to bring that down to

[6:24:45] 13.5 for example from 15, that would

[6:24:48] add an additional 11% ftef and/or

[6:24:54] result in cost so this is an

[6:24:57] optimistic picture, even with the

[6:24:59] optimistic picture, you can see in the

[6:25:01] scenarios we have a lot of work to do.

[6:25:03] we need to engage in a lot of

[6:25:06] discussions with colleagues in the

[6:25:08] college community to see how we might

[6:25:12] be able to not only optimize

[6:25:14] restoration but of course ultimately

[6:25:16] get us back to more solid financial

[6:25:22] footing.

[6:25:24] I listed for 26-27 the -- at least

[6:25:30] calculated loss incentive funding,

[6:25:33] about 7.3 million, and that will of

[6:25:35] course factor into the minimum funding

[6:25:38] that the state provides us,

[6:25:41] essentially that gap, the hold

[6:25:43] harmless gap.

[6:25:48] the adult education program committed

[6:25:52] 1.2 million in additional funding for

[6:25:54] us to put on non-credit courses and

[6:25:58] the 400 thousand is the unrestricted

[6:26:01] match required for us to be able to

[6:26:05] take advantage of categorical funds

[6:26:08] and ftes.

[6:26:10] at this point in time, I have a tbd

[6:26:16] there for seiu non-represented and

[6:26:19] administrative salary increases for

[6:26:25] 25-26.

[6:26:26] aft and dcc have settled, this is the

[6:26:28] year of the contract, that's 2% for

[6:26:32] 25-26.

[6:26:33] in the out years, I didn't put any

[6:26:38] salary increases to again highlight

[6:26:40] the impact of certain decisions we're

[6:26:46] going to make, obviously we'll be

[6:26:47] working on that in the out years,

[6:26:48] particularly since we know the

[6:26:49] contracts are going to renew next year.

[6:26:53] I listed again some of the major

[6:26:58] increases, health and welfare, we have

[6:27:03] a rate of about 5.8% and that's sort

[6:27:06] of like a combo rate because our

[6:27:09] health plans renew calendar year

[6:27:11] based, so half the rate is associated

[6:27:14] with the previous year and then the

[6:27:16] second half is with the new year or

[6:27:19] new rate increase.

[6:27:28] the biggest item was the increases in

[6:27:31] the utility, it's stepping down to

[6:27:33] just under 16 to get back to 11, I

[6:27:35] think that was the attempt of sfpuc to

[6:27:39] get us in alignment institutional

[6:27:40] rates back in alignment with

[6:27:42] commercial rates.

[6:27:43] last year for example, we benefited

[6:27:44] from about a 5.8% rate increase.

[6:27:48] it's still high but -- I listed

[6:27:54] elections every other cycle here and

[6:27:56] the next cycle, you know, there's

[6:27:59] three trustees, three of you going up

[6:28:02] for re-election and two years later,

[6:28:06] four.

[6:28:07] all other operating expenses, we

[6:28:09] pegged at about 2%.

[6:28:11] we did build in contingency for

[6:28:15] retirement incentive and you'll see

[6:28:17] that in some of the scenarios.

[6:28:22] slide number 10 please.

[6:28:26] so, this scenario here, so I'm

[6:28:31] starting really sort of like worst

[6:28:34] case if you will in terms of

[6:28:39] financial picture but perhaps the

[6:28:40] highest case in terms of increasing

[6:28:43] ftes, so this scenario assumes a 9%

[6:28:51] increase for 25-26 to be able to take

[6:28:53] advantage of the restoration.

[6:28:58] we have approximately as of the last

[6:29:00] report from the chancellor's office,

[6:29:03] we had about almost 6 thousand ftes in

[6:29:08] restoration of which about 4300 is in

[6:29:13] the credit side, about 1100 in cdcp

[6:29:20] and about 500 in non-credit and about

[6:29:25] 100 in the special admin, so 6

[6:29:32] thousand, the value is about 35 million.

[6:29:35] so, meaning that even if we could do

[6:29:39] 9%, that's still a far cry from

[6:29:43] taking advantage of the

[6:29:46] restoration of 6 thousand.

[6:29:47] so, you can see if we were to do that

[6:29:51] in 25-26.

[6:29:53] while that might increase the 01:47:09

[6:29:54] base,

[6:29:59] depending on where the ftes falsest,

[6:30:03] if it's credit, if it's non-credit, we

[6:30:05] will get the full value, but you can

[6:30:07] see that because of the cost, it would

[6:30:11] drive us into a deficit in 25-26 and

[6:30:17] that's at the 15% -- at the 15

[6:30:22] productivity level.

[6:30:23] you know, again, if I were to ratchet

[6:30:26] it down to 13.5 which is more in

[6:30:29] alignment with how we have achieved

[6:30:37] efficiencies, that would add another

[6:30:42] 11% to the cost.

[6:30:43] it would be 12 million in additional

[6:30:47] adjunct salary costs.

[6:30:48] and then you can see that by 28-29, we

[6:30:53] will have totally wiped out the

[6:30:58] reserves.

[6:30:59] understand that at this point in time,

[6:31:06] the surplus for 24-25 and the result

[6:31:11] in reserve levels are the best they've

[6:31:13] ever been in the last ten years.

[6:31:15] the flip side of that of course is

[6:31:18] that means that it took us ten years

[6:31:21] to re-establish that.

[6:31:23] so, it wasn't just a few years ago

[6:31:27] that the reserves were so low that the

[6:31:31] district had to take back some of the

[6:31:35] opeb contributions, 21 million, to

[6:31:36] even get above the state chancellor's

[6:31:41] required reserve balance revenue or

[6:31:45] reserves.

[6:31:46] and I mention that because we want to

[6:31:48] be very careful as we step through

[6:31:53] this.

[6:31:54] frankly I think 9% additional growth

[6:31:56] might be very difficult to attain for

[6:32:00] a host of reasons including what's

[6:32:04] happening at sfusd.

[6:32:06] of course besides the additional costs

[6:32:09] and then there may be facilities needs

[6:32:13] that we may not be able to have.

[6:32:16] when I look at our schedule, we are

[6:32:21] completely full between the hours of

[6:32:25] 8-1, so, that's the highest demands

[6:32:28] for both faculty and students.

[6:32:30] we have white space if you will after

[6:32:33] 1:00 until we begin evening classes,

[6:32:37] but -- so we need the carefully

[6:32:40] examine our schedule to see how we

[6:32:42] might be able to take advantage of the

[6:32:45] time slots and then besides that, are

[6:32:48] we able to attract enough faculty or

[6:32:54] maybe even increase the load for

[6:32:57] adjunct, carefully monitoring that so

[6:33:01] we don't go over 67% and/or maybe

[6:33:05] overload to be able to achieve that.

[6:33:09] this 9% is a very optimistic target

[6:33:14] that has some very serious cost

[6:33:19] consequences.

[6:33:20] slide number 8, please.

[6:33:23] and this one I'm looking at a 6%

[6:33:29] increase in ftes and so that would

[6:33:34] mean about -- on the 15 thousand,

[6:33:41] about 900 ftes.

[6:33:43] the associated cost with that is about

[6:33:46] 7.2 million on the adjunct.

[6:33:49] and you could see again that by year

[6:33:53] 4, 28-29, if everything else stays the

[6:33:58] same, that again the fund balance will

[6:34:01] be wiped out.

[6:34:06] one of the discussion items at the

[6:34:09] budget committee was, well, perhaps we

[6:34:11] can bump it one time in 25-26 to take

[6:34:16] advantage of the restoration meaning

[6:34:19] that you're going to put on classes

[6:34:22] in 25-26, but then reduce them in

[6:34:26] 26-27 just to be able to take

[6:34:28] advantage of the restoration, 01:51:48

[6:34:29] but

[6:34:34] there are serious consequences for

[6:34:44] that, there are ped gsh pedagogical

[6:34:50] impact, if we have to hire people that

[6:34:52] we only hire them basically for one

[6:34:55] fiscal year and then they have to go

[6:34:58] away.

[6:34:59] then you're looking at what is the

[6:35:01] impact on students, so if I have

[6:35:04] additional let's say 900 ftes, let's

[6:35:07] say that translates to 30 section, it

[6:35:15] will be more than that, that's quite

[6:35:23] a number of sessions, if we bump them

[6:35:26] up like that and take them away the

[6:35:28] next year, what's that going to do to

[6:35:33] student completions, to the success

[6:35:35] and for them to be able to attain

[6:35:40] their goal.

[6:35:42] we have to have discussions and

[6:35:46] collaborative kind of discussions and

[6:35:48] be thoughtful on how we're going to

[6:35:50] deploy our resorts so we don't find

[6:35:54] ourselves in three, four years having

[6:35:56] to tap the opeb funds if we can even

[6:36:01] do that at this point in time because

[6:36:03] the opeb funds have grown again but I

[6:36:05] think the trust may not allow us to do

[6:36:07] that in the future.

[6:36:08] I think that was a one-time event last

[6:36:12] time.

[6:36:13] slide 6, please.

[6:36:17] this one just displays what a year

[6:36:22] over year increase -- how that might

[6:36:25] impact our finance system.

[6:36:26] this is 3%, so that's roughly 350 to

[6:36:32] 500 every year over the next five

[6:36:38] years and you can see that too

[6:36:40] will wipe out the reserves in four

[6:36:44] years, so again I know that through

[6:36:48] enrollment management, they're working

[6:36:49] up on what the future targets might

[6:36:53] be, ftes goals.

[6:36:54] they're looking at how productivity

[6:36:57] might be increased by assigning

[6:37:02] classes with students to larger

[6:37:04] classrooms rather than putting them

[6:37:06] into classrooms that limit the seats.

[6:37:07] there's also -- we're looking at for

[6:37:15] example as I mentioned using

[6:37:19] categorical funds.

[6:37:20] the chancellor's office is beginning

[6:37:23] -- yeah, they have begun to mandate

[6:37:26] the change in the methodology as to

[6:37:29] how we account for our ftes and it is

[6:37:31] going to be required by next year.

[6:37:33] my estimate is just by us changing

[6:37:36] that, that we might be able increase

[6:37:39] our ftes by maybe 1 to maybe 1.5

[6:37:47] percent, when you look at a whole

[6:37:49] host of these things, we might be able

[6:37:51] to -- at least in this coming year,

[6:37:53] 25-26, not only meet the 3% but

[6:37:56] perhaps meet the stretch goal of 5%.

[6:37:59] certainly as we go into the out years,

[6:38:01] you want to seriously consider how we

[6:38:03] continue that, it can't be just ftes

[6:38:07] growth, it has to be a combination of

[6:38:09] things but also a lot of focus on

[6:38:11] expenditure reductions to be able to

[6:38:15] maintain that fiscal stability.

[6:38:18] slide 4, please.

[6:38:23] and this slide 4 is the 3% growth

[6:38:26] that we built into the budget for

[6:38:30] 25-26, that's also in alignment with

[6:38:33] enrollment management targets for

[6:38:38] 25-26.

[6:38:39] when implemented and this is really

[6:38:41] the one that we propose to move

[6:38:44] forward with, with this particular

[6:38:45] one, at least in the preliminary draft

[6:38:52] is a small surplus but even with this,

[6:38:53] you know, we project that if

[6:38:56] everything else stays even, because

[6:38:58] our top line revenues will stay the

[6:39:01] same, we're going to see column

[6:39:04] movement, we're going to see increases

[6:39:07] in major accounts like health and

[6:39:10] welfare, increases in utilities, that

[6:39:14] by next year, it's going to drive us

[6:39:20] negative, 2.2 million deficit and then

[6:39:22] of course the number gets larger in

[6:39:25] the out years.

[6:39:26] so, we have a lot of work to do and

[6:39:31] that factors in that contingency for a

[6:39:35] retirement incentive where we budgeted

[6:39:37] approximately 25 thousand dollars for

[6:39:40] about 50 positions, we're going to be

[6:39:44] able to attract 50 retirees, it's

[6:39:50] really not certain at this point.

[6:39:53] I think traditionally we've seen about

[6:39:58] 20-25 positions or so retire from the

[6:40:00] college on an annual basis.

[6:40:02] if that's the case, we might be able

[6:40:04] to take advantage of that and then

[6:40:09] hopefully take that contingent forward

[6:40:11] into the out years to then again try

[6:40:15] to attract additional retirements.

[6:40:19] if we can lower the head counts

[6:40:21] through attrition like that, I think

[6:40:24] that would certainly help us in terms

[6:40:27] of someone made a comment earlier that

[6:40:30] I think -- was it early, maybe it was

[6:40:32] the budget committee that we have fo

[6:40:34] structural deficit.

[6:40:35] that's far from it.

[6:40:37] when you look for example and I define

[6:40:40] the structural imbalance or really as

[6:40:44] our percentage of compensation to

[6:40:46] either expenditure or revenues, and I

[6:40:50] think I shared these statistics

[6:40:52] before, the chancellor's office did a

[6:40:54] study just for us where they compared

[6:40:59] our compensation on the unrestricted

[6:41:01] general fund to the general fund in

[6:41:05] comparison to statewide averages, so

[6:41:07] in the unrestricted, we're running

[6:41:12] about 88-89%, statewide average is about

[6:41:15] 87%.

[6:41:16] when it comes to the general fund,

[6:41:17] we're running about 90 and the

[6:41:23] statewide average is about in the low

[6:41:24] 80's, like 80 -- I think it was 82-83,

[6:41:28] so that's not sustainable.

[6:41:29] we need to be able to shift from

[6:41:32] really the compensation area into the

[6:41:36] non-personnel area to effect a lower

[6:41:39] percentage of compensation to total

[6:41:41] expense and/or total revenues.

[6:41:44] so, this scenario here is what we

[6:41:49] would likely come back with in more

[6:41:53] details at the june committee of the

[6:41:56] whole meeting and go over this in

[6:41:59] depth and I would like to at that time

[6:42:03] discuss in further detail the

[6:42:06] restoration versus growth authority

[6:42:08] and the impact on our budgets and then

[6:42:16] of course then bring to you a

[6:42:20] tentative budget for acceptance at the

[6:42:23] end of the june meeting.

[6:42:27] so, really this is sort of the next

[6:42:32] steps placed in the context early on,

[6:42:36] right, that's meet with not only --

[6:42:39] well, begin the meeting with our budge

[6:42:41] committee, we have a special meeting

[6:42:44] set for tuesday the 10th, so two days

[6:42:46] prior to the meeting -- the committee

[6:42:49] meeting of the whole, so that they

[6:42:51] will have additional input.

[6:42:55] we scheduled two additional meetings

[6:42:57] so they could continue to participate

[6:42:59] in the budget development.

[6:43:00] I know last year the meetings were

[6:43:03] cancelled.

[6:43:04] I don't think that served us well as

[6:43:06] an institution, we want to highly

[6:43:08] encourage our budget committee members

[6:43:09] to meet during the summer.

[6:43:13] during the committee of the whole

[6:43:16] meeting, we'll hopefully be able to

[6:43:18] flush out in much greater detail this

[6:43:21] framework of going towards fiscal

[6:43:25] stability and it will be closely tied

[6:43:28] to our program review including

[6:43:33] vitalization or revitalization

[6:43:39] criteria.

[6:43:40] and then as I said, we'll hopefully be

[6:43:44] able to finalize that and bring to you

[6:43:45] at the end of june the tentative

[6:43:51] budget.

[6:43:52] with that, I'm certainly open to your

[6:43:55] questions.

[6:43:56] >> it's 11:00, we need a motion to

[6:43:57] extend the meeting.

[6:43:58] I move we extend the meeting until

[6:44:01] midnight.

[6:44:02] >> thank you, is there a second?

[6:44:03] >> second.

[6:44:04] >> moved by trustee -- vice-president

[6:44:07] zamora, seconded by trustee chung.

[6:44:12] >> student trustee brandt, your

[6:44:13] advisory vote?

[6:44:14] >> aye.

[6:44:15] >> president martinez?

[6:44:16] >> yes.

[6:44:17] >> vice-president zamora?

[6:44:18] >> aye.

[6:44:22] >> trustee chisti?

[6:44:23] >> aye.

[6:44:24] >> trustee wong?

[6:44:25] >> yes.

[6:44:26] >> trustee solomon?

[6:44:27] >> sure.

[6:44:28] >> trustee chung?

[6:44:29] >> aye.

[6:44:30] >> trustee mccarty?

[6:44:31] >> aye.

[6:44:32] >> the motion passes.

[6:44:33] >> thank you.

[6:44:35] >> so, we are now at the point where

[6:44:38] we can have trustee questions or

[6:44:41] comments.

[6:44:42] trustee, any questions or comments?

[6:44:43] trustee chung?

[6:44:47] >> I want to thank vc ligoso for

[6:44:52] taking on our input and also the work

[6:44:57] that obviously got us to the plan

[6:44:59] of the collective vision of growing

[6:45:02] and thank you for hearing us out on

[6:45:04] the idea of taking advantage the

[6:45:07] restoration authority.

[6:45:08] I think the piece that I imagine all

[6:45:12] our trustees are agreeing to is we

[6:45:14] want a balanced budge so the matter

[6:45:17] is, you know, and I think this was

[6:45:20] somewhat flushed out in a little bit

[6:45:23] more detail in the enrollment packet,

[6:45:30] the strategic enrollment management

[6:45:31] scenario for how to do this but I

[6:45:38] think there is -- you know, -- there

[6:45:44] has to be a way for us, we've been

[6:45:47] doing it for a long time, there has to

[6:45:48] be a way for us still to be

[6:45:52] innovative, for example, when you

[6:45:55] joined our college, you corrected

[6:45:58] something that we've been banging our

[6:46:00] heads on the wall about, about how so

[6:46:02] much of the funding -- so much of the

[6:46:07] expenditures that came out of

[6:46:10] unexpended fund didn't need to come

[6:46:12] out of there, they come out of

[6:46:20] uncategorical funds, we have to bolster

[6:46:22] revenue for the college, we have

[6:46:24] to do it through free city, through

[6:46:28] fundraising because it's not okay to

[6:46:31] balance our budget on the backs of our

[6:46:38] workers.

[6:46:39] I understand the rationale behind

[6:46:41] using the percentage to -- as one

[6:46:47] method of seining whether or not we

[6:46:49] are sustainable, but it is very -- it

[6:46:55] is a lens has doesn't lend to, one,

[6:46:59] the cost of living here in the city,

[6:47:02] it doesn't lend to what other

[6:47:05] expenditures other districts are

[6:47:07] spending on.

[6:47:09] you know, are they spending it on

[6:47:11] rent, I don't know, I don't know how

[6:47:13] they're getting the percentage they're

[6:47:15] getting to average out to around 80%

[6:47:19] of their expenditures going to

[6:47:24] personnel.

[6:47:25] but I'm hoping

[6:47:31] the plan -- I hope the pgc

[6:47:34] budget committee can meet and

[6:47:36] recommend a plan that is a little bit

[6:47:38] more detailed and bridges that

[6:47:42] strategic enrollment plan and helping

[6:47:44] us understand how we're going to

[6:47:47] balance the budget and as you had

[6:47:50] mentioned where we're relying on the

[6:47:53] academic senate to understand we're

[6:47:59] not compromising on the able for the

[6:48:00] students to complete or to interrupt

[6:48:04] their educational plan but rather in

[6:48:09] the vision of what is -- what are

[6:48:12] those few sections that will help them

[6:48:14] that we can add for that one year,

[6:48:17] which specific strategic sections that

[6:48:19] will have high productivity but will

[6:48:22] also help students finally fulfill the

[6:48:24] rimers they need to continue along

[6:48:27] their educational plan.

[6:48:30] so, thank you for providing these

[6:48:34] scenarios and I look forward to the

[6:48:37] balanced budget we're going to vote on.

[6:48:42] >> vice-president zamora?

[6:48:44] >> thank you.

[6:48:47] just some feedback, thank you, I

[6:48:50] really appreciated seeing the

[6:48:51] different scenarios,

[6:48:55] that was helpful to

[6:48:57] envision some options.

[6:49:00] kind of to trustee chung's point, and

[6:49:06] it just came to me, but the

[6:49:11] restoration authority, I've heard in

[6:49:14] the past that sometimes we plan for a

[6:49:17] particular course for students and

[6:49:19] this is just me repeating what I heard.

[6:49:23] but we don't think out the next class

[6:49:27] so they can't complete whatever it is

[6:49:29] they're trying to do and I'm almost

[6:49:33] wondering if there is a possibility in

[6:49:38] this restoration authority option to

[6:49:40] see if there are particular classes

[6:49:46] that need, maybe not need, but that

[6:49:48] students need to

[6:49:51] complete a certain track and whether

[6:49:53] maybe that's a narrowing of that

[6:49:55] particular option.

[6:49:56] I don't know, I'm just kind of spit

[6:49:58] balling here but it kind of came to

[6:50:01] you as you were mentioning that.

[6:50:09] maybe something that you could look

[6:50:11] into.

[6:50:12] >> other trustees?

[6:50:14] and we'll go to public comments in

[6:50:16] just a moment.

[6:50:17] you mentioned that the pgc budget

[6:50:20] committee will meet in the summer.

[6:50:21] >> yes.

[6:50:23] >> is it possible -- the board usually

[6:50:27] does not meet in the summer in the month

[6:50:30] of july.

[6:50:31] would you let us know as you go

[6:50:36] through this with the pgc committee if

[6:50:39] there are times that it might be

[6:50:41] helpful for the board to meet so we

[6:50:43] can plan our time away efficiently and

[6:50:47] effectively, just in case we need --

[6:50:50] or even in june if we need another

[6:50:52] meeting or two in june, I'm recalling

[6:50:58] how important the budget workshops

[6:51:02] were in our understanding and the

[6:51:03] community's understanding about the

[6:51:04] budget but this is a different

[6:51:06] dimension, this is a dimension about

[6:51:08] how do you do educational planning,

[6:51:14] classes, student support services, so

[6:51:16] that they meet with the budget, so

[6:51:18] that there's an integration of those

[6:51:22] two and I like this because this is a

[6:51:24] first start but that may be something

[6:51:27] that really needs to be flushed out

[6:51:31] so we know that when you're talking

[6:51:35] about ftef, what the strategies are

[6:51:41] that are being talked about in terms

[6:51:44] of the assignment of those

[6:51:46] to certain places because perhaps they

[6:51:50] present more opportunities for growth

[6:51:53] with a lower cost for example, so I'm

[6:51:57] glad this is beginning to happen.

[6:52:00] one of the things that was presented

[6:52:03] to us in a prior presentation was the

[6:52:08] possibility of the district

[6:52:10] reorganization as a cost saving -- to

[6:52:13] find some efficiencies.

[6:52:17] if that is something that is being

[6:52:20] worked on, it would be helpful if as

[6:52:27] the conversations are proceeding, that

[6:52:28] we are kept informed so that we have a

[6:52:31] better understanding and are more

[6:52:36] prepared when things come to us for a

[6:52:38] final recommendation if you would.

[6:52:39] anyone else?

[6:52:42] is there any public comment?

[6:52:44] >> yes, we do, the first one is

[6:52:48] abigail bornstein.

[6:52:55] >> so, when I look at the multiyear

[6:53:03] budget assumptions, I find them

[6:53:09] offensive, I can't describe the

[6:53:10] feeling I have when I look at them, we

[6:53:13] have 380 full time faculty when you

[6:53:16] count this year's resignations and

[6:53:18] retirements, the assumption here will

[6:53:20] bring that count down on to roughly

[6:53:25] 300 full time faculty.

[6:53:27] well, at the same bringing the head

[6:53:31] count from roughly 600 to possibly

[6:53:34] over 800 or more, the committee

[6:53:37] work does not decrease, the curriculum

[6:53:39] work does not decrease for full time

[6:53:42] faculty, the workload increases in

[6:53:44] the remaining full time faculty,

[6:53:46] pretending that you can change out a

[6:53:48] full time faculty for two or three

[6:53:50] part time faculty is so very offensive.

[6:53:53] the lack of recognition of the work

[6:53:55] that full time faculty do is out right

[6:53:58] offensive.

[6:53:59] on top of that, full time faculty are

[6:54:02] currently working ot a non-except tif

[6:54:05] wages which are 1500 to 2 thousand

[6:54:07] dollars each mother non-competitive,

[6:54:10] right now, no other employees at this

[6:54:11] school are asked to work at such a

[6:54:14] non-competitive wages.

[6:54:16] then, then we put assumptions down

[6:54:20] showing zero percent for salary

[6:54:24] increases.

[6:54:25] again, offensive.

[6:54:26] if we cannot have all employees

[6:54:27] working with competitive wages and

[6:54:31] within 10-15% of a competitive range

[6:54:33] with everyone, then we have a

[6:54:35] structural problem.

[6:54:40] as long as the spendable reserve

[6:54:41] percentage above 5%, is that going

[6:54:42] to be a passable multiyear budget?

[6:54:44] is that all you're considering?

[6:54:48] accjc is watching this, the state

[6:54:50] financial office is watching this,

[6:54:54] these assumptions cannot stand, we

[6:54:56] cannot continue to treat the full time

[6:54:57] faculty in this offensive,

[6:55:00] disrespectful and a discounted labor

[6:55:04] manner.

[6:55:06] these assumptions are offensive.

[6:55:07] thank you.

[6:55:09] >> next is susana atwood.

[6:55:19] >> susana atwood, there's going to be

[6:55:28] lots of ongoing discussions on all

[6:55:31] these scenarios I think, I think there

[6:55:33] might be missing revenue at the top

[6:55:35] two that's going to make these figures

[6:55:37] look a little bit better, the part

[6:55:41] time faculty, reimbursements and the

[6:55:43] moving other of indirect cost from the

[6:55:47] categorical, there are places that we

[6:55:49] can make this look a little better

[6:55:51] than it is, overall, what I tried to

[6:55:53] do is look at which of the -- the

[6:55:58] fifth scenario is the one that dr.

[6:56:00] ligoso spoke to which is that you just

[6:56:03] go up next year and then down after

[6:56:07] that, back to where you were before,

[6:56:08] there is an inverse relationship

[6:56:12] between which scenario helps narrow

[6:56:14] that gap we're trying to narrow and

[6:56:17] which scenario looks better

[6:56:20] financially.

[6:56:24] that scenario at the back

[6:56:27] of the napkin is the worst ones with

[6:56:34] narrowing the gap but it is similar or

[6:56:36] a bit better in making us look

[6:56:38] financially well.

[6:56:41] I would recommend if you have the time

[6:56:42] and I know you folks have lots of

[6:56:44] things to look at, when the recording

[6:56:48] is up from the pgc budget that

[6:56:51] happened on tuesday, there were

[6:56:55] detailed assumptions for each of these

[6:56:57] four scenarios and I found that more

[6:56:59] helpful to be able to look at what

[6:57:02] each one was but nonetheless, we're

[6:57:05] going to have to have further

[6:57:08] discussions and figure out if there's

[6:57:11] places where we can't find more

[6:57:13] revenue that would apply to all of the

[6:57:18] scenarios.

[6:57:19] after we close the year, we always

[6:57:20] find a little bit, a couple of million

[6:57:23] more, so it will be ongoing and pgc

[6:57:28] budget will be talking about it.

[6:57:32] >> that concludes public comment.

[6:57:33] >> thank you very much.

[6:57:38] are there any -- we went past that,

[6:57:41] the consent items are next.

[6:57:43] are there any public comments on the

[6:57:46] consent items?

[6:57:48] >> yes, we do.

[6:57:50] first one is abigail bornstein.

[6:58:01] >> so, I'm speaking on 15a.

[6:58:02] and I wanted to say that I am

[6:58:11] absolutely all for reopeners.

[6:58:14] I think it's important to have

[6:58:18] reopeners on contracts to maintain

[6:58:20] competitive wages.

[6:58:21] and to keep all the employees within a

[6:58:27] 10-15% competitive range of one

[6:58:28] another.

[6:58:29] I think that's important.

[6:58:30] but if we're having reopeners, we're

[6:58:35] making wage decisions based on well

[6:58:37] they got this so we should get that,

[6:58:40] this one got this so I should get

[6:58:42] that, that is not how you handle

[6:58:45] budgets.

[6:58:46] that is not good -- financing, when I

[6:58:49] looked at the chancellor's contract,

[6:58:51] it was like if they get this, I get

[6:58:54] that.

[6:58:55] if they get that, I get this.

[6:58:56] that is not how we should be budgeting.

[6:58:59] we should be looking at competitive

[6:59:04] wages.

[6:59:05] we need tok to be looking at not just

[6:59:07] competitive wages but also within the

[6:59:10] whole school structure that everyone

[6:59:11] has the competitive wages, whatever

[6:59:13] that may be within a 10-15% range and

[6:59:17] that is how we peg these wages.

[6:59:21] I'm also concerned that we're going to

[6:59:22] go into contract negotiations for

[6:59:24] multiple years and we do not have a

[6:59:26] multiyear plan.

[6:59:30] I wanted to point this out is we

[6:59:33] literally did a reopener to say they

[6:59:35] got this so we should get that.

[6:59:39] and we had some pretty big blinders

[6:59:43] because the two years before, we had

[6:59:45] 0%, 0% so, the years we chose, but I'm

[6:59:47] just saying in either way, I'm okay

[6:59:50] with the reopener if it has to do with

[6:59:52] competitive wages and also keeping

[6:59:54] everyone within that same range.

[6:59:55] we need to stop doing the this for

[6:59:58] that, I got this, you got that.

[7:00:00] we have to look at competitive wages

[7:00:03] and within the same range.

[7:00:04] thank you.

[7:00:07] >> next is andre spear man.

[7:00:15] >> can you hear me?

[7:00:16] >> yes.

[7:00:17] >> great.

[7:00:18] my name is andre and I'm the field

[7:00:22] representative with seiu, 1021

[7:00:25] working closely with the employees urn

[7:00:27] the leadership of maria salazar-colon.

[7:00:34] we are very excited about the

[7:00:36] possibility that you will follow

[7:00:37] through on the hire og the chancellor

[7:00:39] that everyone seem to be excited

[7:00:42] about, chancellor cortez, I'm sure

[7:00:44] there's things that happened many

[7:00:46] closed session we're not privy too, we

[7:00:48] hope that you will continue on the

[7:00:52] path towards finding a conclusion of

[7:00:53] that contract.

[7:00:55] we are encouraging you to approve our

[7:00:59] contract that's item 15a that's gone

[7:01:00] through the process of negotiations,

[7:01:03] the back and forth and the give and

[7:01:09] take.

[7:01:10] we also encourage the district to take

[7:01:11] a closer look at who they may be using

[7:01:15] as their lead negotiator, we spent

[7:01:17] quite a bit of time explaining things

[7:01:21] that were simple to understand bah the

[7:01:25] lead negotiator seemed to not

[7:01:26] understand it or drag us backwards, so

[7:01:30] we're hoping you'll reconsider who may

[7:01:33] lead you in your negotiations with

[7:01:36] seiu 1021.

[7:01:37] I'm not sure about the other labor

[7:01:41] groups and who they had as their lead

[7:01:44] negotiator.

[7:01:45] we also encourage you to take a look

[7:01:47] at -- as you look at your scenarios,

[7:01:50] also remember that workers have costs

[7:01:53] that are not simply static but are

[7:01:59] subject to scenarios outside their

[7:02:00] control and so we hope that you remain

[7:02:03] competitive as we look at our 25-26

[7:02:07] reopener in terms of the fiscal year

[7:02:09] coming up, so we encourage you to

[7:02:13] engage the classified employees also

[7:02:15] in your scenarios and how best to

[7:02:17] balance the budget and remain fiscally

[7:02:21] responsible and you remain competitive.

[7:02:22] thank you so much.

[7:02:24] >> next is maria salazar colon.

[7:02:36] >> can you guys hear me again?

[7:02:37] >> yes.

[7:02:39] >> so, I'm going to tell you guys

[7:02:42] something, well, for that big mouth

[7:02:45] that's always in there, I really wish

[7:02:49] that colonizer, abigail dumbstein

[7:02:52] will shut her damn mouth and not speak

[7:02:55] on seiu items, we don't need her

[7:02:57] permission when it comes to our

[7:02:59] negotiations but as usual she doesn't

[7:03:01] have a clue and is dumber than a bag

[7:03:03] of rocks and has no place whatsoever

[7:03:07] in our damn business.

[7:03:10] but she continues to have a fixation

[7:03:12] on stirring up her bullshit when it

[7:03:16] comes to seiu, maybe she should go do

[7:03:19] math or maybe shut the fuck up.

[7:03:23] she needs to go focus on

[7:03:27] [inaudible], I'm sick of her

[7:03:31] shit.

[7:03:33] shut the fuck up.

[7:03:36] >> president martinez, we have to be

[7:03:40] mindful of whatever comments are being

[7:03:42] made.

[7:03:43] >> you guys constantly let her and

[7:03:44] other people go up there and attack

[7:03:47] seiu all day every day when it comes

[7:03:49] to these board meetings and nobody

[7:03:52] stops her from saying anything, nobody

[7:03:55] corrects her, I've had enough of it,

[7:03:59] enough.

[7:04:00] I'm serious.

[7:04:01] so, until you guys put her in her

[7:04:04] place or someone has a conversation

[7:04:06] with her, don't tell me how to speak.

[7:04:16] good-bye.

[7:04:17] >> that concludes public comments.

[7:04:20] >> thank you.

[7:04:28] >> does any trustee wish to pull an

[7:04:30] item for discussion and a separate

[7:04:32] vote in the consent items.

[7:04:34] >> president item, there is a an

[7:04:36] item, 14d, that I believe trustee

[7:04:40] wong wants to address.

[7:04:42] >> for 14d, I need that for a

[7:04:45] separate vote so that way I can

[7:04:47] abstain on it, I'm not able to vote

[7:04:49] for that one for obvious reasons.

[7:04:51] >> is that 14d?

[7:04:53] >> 14d.

[7:04:55] >> approval of no contract extension

[7:04:58] with west ed?

[7:05:01] >> no, children's council.

[7:05:07] 14e?

[7:05:09] >> 14d.

[7:05:12] >> maybe it got updated because

[7:05:16] sometimes there's a slight change.

[7:05:19] I can move fast so I didn't get to

[7:05:23] thank our finance staff for the

[7:05:25] different scenarios that were

[7:05:26] provided so that way we can see some

[7:05:29] of the potential opportunities and

[7:05:31] challenges that we may face going

[7:05:33] forward and just give us a perspective

[7:05:36] view on what may be forthcoming and

[7:05:41] how we can potentially overcome some

[7:05:43] of those things and I want to comment

[7:05:45] a little bit about the sexier iu

[7:05:49] reopener too, just glad as somebody

[7:05:51] who used to be a field representative,

[7:05:54] I'm glad we're able to have that give

[7:05:58] and take and too bad the process

[7:06:01] didn't move sooner.

[7:06:02] I think a lot of times service sector

[7:06:07] employees do get -- are not fully as

[7:06:11] fully appreciated, when I worked at

[7:06:13] hospitals in san francisco, a lot of

[7:06:19] times the disparity between the

[7:06:21] service sector workers and the other

[7:06:23] staff at the hospital, so I think it

[7:06:24] is important to recognize the

[7:06:26] importance of getting cola increases

[7:06:29] and appropriate cola increases and

[7:06:31] adjustments to them especially as we

[7:06:33] have rising costs of living in the

[7:06:39] city.

[7:06:42] I'll leave it at that.

[7:06:43] >> does anyone wish to push any item

[7:06:44] for a separate discussion and vote?

[7:06:48] trustee chung?

[7:06:50] >> I don't know if it's -- I'm going

[7:06:52] to go in order to make it easier on me

[7:06:55] if that's okay.

[7:06:57] I think 14b, I want to make a comment

[7:06:59] on it, so not a separate vote.

[7:07:04] >> 14 -- say it again.

[7:07:07] >>itis the approval of course and

[7:07:08] program actions recommended by the

[7:07:10] curriculum committee.

[7:07:11] >> can you make that -- we agreed if

[7:07:13] we just want to comment, it might be

[7:07:15] good the put it in a report.

[7:07:16] >> at the end of the meeting?

[7:07:18] >> yeah.

[7:07:19] >> okay, we can absolutely do that.

[7:07:20] >> thank you.

[7:07:21] >> I do want to point -- or I have

[7:07:27] questions about -- sorry, just quickly

[7:07:30] again I'm just scrolling in order, the

[7:07:32] thing that we usually do for employees

[7:07:38] that are retiring and are we also

[7:07:40] doing that in reports?

[7:07:42] we're going to do that in reports,

[7:07:43] okay.

[7:07:44] >> yes.

[7:07:47] >> as usual, I have questions about

[7:07:55] 16a, I know you're so excited.

[7:08:02] I also have questions about 17b.

[7:08:09] that's the terracon consultants inc.

[7:08:14] and I have -- 17e, I'm sorry I didn't

[7:08:15] catch this earlier and again thank you

[7:08:20] for avc vasquez for bringing this to

[7:08:22] the committee as a whole by I didn't

[7:08:24] catch it until now, the attachment

[7:08:28] that's attached, the exhibits are

[7:08:32] blank.

[7:08:38] >> okay, are you asking to have these

[7:08:41] pulled or just discussion?

[7:08:42] >> well, I mean, unless we can see the

[7:08:46] contract -- unless that can be pulled

[7:08:47] up on to 17e, I imagine that would

[7:08:50] have to be tabled.

[7:08:51] >> okay.

[7:08:54] well, then let's -- 17e, why don't we

[7:08:58] pull that for discussion.

[7:08:59] >> okay.

[7:09:00] >> and separate vote.

[7:09:01] >> okay.

[7:09:04] >> and 17b, the terracon consultants,

[7:09:08] is that just for --

[7:09:09] >> I have questions, but yes, I'm

[7:09:13] willing to pass it.

[7:09:14] >> that's just for discussion?

[7:09:15] >> yes.

[7:09:16] >> I'm sorry, president martinez,

[7:09:21] anything that -- the consent calendar,

[7:09:24] anything that anyone has discussion or

[7:09:27] questions about should be pulled from

[7:09:29] the consent calendar.

[7:09:30] >> okay, thank you.

[7:09:31] >> the calendar approval is just a

[7:09:34] pro forma approval of the items that

[7:09:35] are there, but if a board member has

[7:09:38] questions about any of those items,

[7:09:40] they really should pull that off the

[7:09:42] consent calendar.

[7:09:43] >> thank you for that correction.

[7:09:45] at one point when we were talking

[7:09:49] about meeting efficiencies, perhaps

[7:09:53] we were guided in the wrong direction

[7:09:55] and being told this is one way of

[7:09:58] doing a meeting efficiency, so we will

[7:10:01] pull these tenses for discussion.

[7:10:02] >> I think that when I hear trustee

[7:10:05] chung saying is a couple of them she

[7:10:09] has comments about which she can make

[7:10:10] in the board report, but --

[7:10:13] >> my pronouns are they/them.

[7:10:15] >> I am so sorry, that was -- it's

[7:10:18] just late and I made a mistake on that.

[7:10:21] but what I heard trustee chung talk

[7:10:26] about is if trustee chung has comments

[7:10:29] about something but not questions, she

[7:10:31] could -- I'm sorry, I'm going to stop

[7:10:35] talking at this point.

[7:10:36] comments could be made in the board

[7:10:39] report but questions about a particular

[7:10:41] item on consent calendar should be

[7:10:44] taken off consent calendar to be

[7:10:45] discussed separately.

[7:10:47] >> so, for 14b, you have questions?

[7:10:57] but you do not want to pull it for a

[7:11:00] separate vote, is that accurate?

[7:11:02] >> yes, that is correct.

[7:11:05] well, no, 14b, I can hold to my report.

[7:11:07] >> okay.

[7:11:08] >> but 16a, 17b and 17e.

[7:11:09] >> okay.

[7:11:22] >> for discussion and I guess also a

[7:11:23] separate vote is what I'm hearing from

[7:11:29] counsel.

[7:11:30] >> 16b for discussion and separate

[7:11:35] vote.

[7:11:37] >> 16a, 17b, 17e.

[7:11:40] >> yeah, you're going a little fast,

[7:11:44] sorry, 16a, discussion.

[7:11:45] >> yes.

[7:11:46] >> okay.

[7:11:49] 17b, you have questions.

[7:11:50] >> yes.

[7:11:51] >> okay.

[7:11:55] and 16a -- let's go back, discussion

[7:11:58] and separate vote or just discussion?

[7:12:04] >> just discussion.

[7:12:05] >> okay.

[7:12:08] 16b, you have just questions.

[7:12:12] so we'll pull that --

[7:12:13] >> no, I heard 16, so just -- so, 16a,

[7:12:23] 17b, 17e.

[7:12:26] >> 16a, 17b and --

[7:12:27] >> 17.

[7:12:32] >> I know, 16a, 17b, then you listed

[7:12:36] another one.

[7:12:37] >> and then 17e.

[7:12:38] >> okay.

[7:12:40] so, on each one, let's go through

[7:12:44] slowly, 16a, you want -- you don't

[7:12:47] want a separate vote?

[7:12:48] >> no, I just have questions.

[7:12:53] counsel mentioned if we're discussing

[7:12:55] it, we should pull it out separately

[7:12:57] and vote on it as well.

[7:12:59] >> so it's a discussion and separate vote

[7:13:01] so we'll pull it.

[7:13:03] 17b.

[7:13:04] >> correct.

[7:13:05] >> same thing?

[7:13:06] >> yes, let's just do that for all of

[7:13:09] them to follow counsel.

[7:13:10] >> anyone else have anything they want

[7:13:13] to pull for discussion and separate

[7:13:17] vote?

[7:13:21] alright.

[7:13:22] >> madam president, if I make a motion

[7:13:26] that we approve the consent items that

[7:13:28] have not been pulled for discussion, I

[7:13:32] also would like to point out that

[7:13:36] student trustee heather brandt has her

[7:13:38] hand up.

[7:13:39] >> thank you.

[7:13:41] >> my apologies, I don't want to derail

[7:13:43] what we're doing, I'm hoping at some

[7:13:45] point we can take a bile break.

[7:13:48] >> we have a half hour to go but let's

[7:13:52] take a 10 minute bile break and then

[7:13:54] we're going to have to extend.

[7:13:58] is that okay with everybody?

[7:14:01] alright.

[7:14:02] ten minutes.

[7:14:04] ( meeting in recess ).

[7:22:30] >> we are back in order.

[7:22:33] hearing no other requests to either

[7:22:35] pull for discussion and separate vote

[7:22:39] or just report in your regular

[7:22:44] reports, let's go ahead and move the

[7:22:46] resolutions, is there a motion to

[7:22:47] approve the resolutions we have not --

[7:22:50] that we have not pulled?

[7:22:51] >> so moved.

[7:22:52] >> second.

[7:22:53] >> thank you.

[7:22:54] roll call vote.

[7:22:57] >> student trustee brandt, your

[7:22:59] advisory vote?

[7:23:00] >> aye.

[7:23:01] >> president martinez?

[7:23:02] >> yes.

[7:23:03] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:23:04] >> aye.

[7:23:05] >> trustee chisti?

[7:23:06] >> aye.

[7:23:07] >> trustee wong?

[7:23:08] >> yes.

[7:23:09] >> trustee solomon?

[7:23:10] >> aye.

[7:23:11] >> trustee chung?

[7:23:12] >> aye.

[7:23:13] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:23:14] >> aye.

[7:23:15] >> the motion passes.

[7:23:16] >> now we'll discuss item 16a,

[7:23:23] trustee chung?

[7:23:25] >> we're going to have a callback to the

[7:23:29] tennis ballets conversation.

[7:23:32] no, and maybe we might not have to

[7:23:35] bother, I don't know if vc ligoso can

[7:23:40] answer this.

[7:23:44] for badminton, the shuttle cox, why

[7:23:48] are they categorical?

[7:23:53] aren't they included with tennis balls?

[7:23:57] the equivalent to -- the shuttle cox

[7:24:01] that badminton team uses or it's on

[7:24:04] here, we can find this, one second.

[7:24:10] yes, in line 54, why is it -- or line

[7:24:19] 55, I'm sorry, this is the trouble with --

[7:24:23] it's one of those lines but it

[7:24:25] says, yes, the shuttle cox are for

[7:24:29] badminton team is a categorical, I

[7:24:31] thought that was the whole point about

[7:24:37] the tennis balls that had to be

[7:24:40] unrestricted, the tennis nets were

[7:24:41] categorical but the tennis balls were

[7:24:44] not.

[7:24:45] >> I think one was a supply item

[7:24:49] whereas another one was the equipment

[7:24:51] item, the one was an equipment item

[7:24:56] where the tennis balls was a supply

[7:24:58] item and these badminton items are

[7:25:01] also supply items so they qualify as

[7:25:05] restricted lottery funds and

[7:25:07] instructional supply.

[7:25:08] >> got it.

[7:25:10] okay.

[7:25:11] and then in the unrestricted funds for

[7:25:13] the -- so, I noted a couple of these

[7:25:19] hicks, I'm glad we get catering and we

[7:25:24] feed employees, but there's one item

[7:25:27] that was unrestricted but came

[7:25:29] specifically for -- the catering for

[7:25:31] the summer food program for the

[7:25:33] financial aid office.

[7:25:34] why was that unrestricted instead of

[7:25:37] -- like, is it because the financial

[7:25:40] aid office, nothing funded through the

[7:25:43] financial aid office can be funded

[7:25:45] through anything categorical?

[7:25:49] >> I don't believe the financial aid

[7:25:52] office has any categorical.

[7:25:59] that's really sort of like indirect.

[7:26:02] >> I see.

[7:26:03] >> so, that's presumably why that was

[7:26:07] funded like that.

[7:26:08] >> I see, thank you for that.

[7:26:13] >> I had one more, I should have

[7:26:15] written this down but it will probably

[7:26:17] come to me at the next purchase order,

[7:26:19] thank you so much for answering my

[7:26:23] questions.

[7:26:24] >> yes, vice-president zamora?

[7:26:26] >> I just want to take note that I did

[7:26:30] notice the numbered line items and I

[7:26:33] very much appreciate it, thank you.

[7:26:37] >> yes, trustee chung?

[7:26:38] >> sorry, president martinez, I

[7:26:40] remember it now, it was -- I noticed,

[7:26:42] so when it comes to copies, copying

[7:26:46] paper, when it's a specific

[7:26:48] department, it is able to fund through

[7:26:50] categorical funding but when it's the

[7:26:53] duplicating department, I assume all

[7:26:55] duplications by the department are in

[7:26:57] service to a specific department or

[7:27:02] program, would it not be beneficial to

[7:27:04] be specific and that way we can pay

[7:27:06] for it through categorical funding?

[7:27:14] >> so, generally the institutional

[7:27:16] copying that comes to our copying

[7:27:17] department is funded through u funds,

[7:27:20] some of the categorical may have

[7:27:23] special needs, so hence they purchase

[7:27:26] their own plus there may be available

[7:27:29] funds for them.

[7:27:30] they want to ensure they spend down

[7:27:32] the entire restricted allocation, so

[7:27:34] we don't have any unspent that we have

[7:27:37] to return.

[7:27:38] sometimes they may be special kind of

[7:27:42] paper needs, you know, that we don't

[7:27:44] normally accommodate.

[7:27:46] our general paper that we purchase for

[7:27:49] copying is the 20 pound probably stark

[7:27:52] white kind of paper and that's our

[7:27:56] standard here just for straight

[7:27:59] copying and that's what we supply to

[7:28:02] our user departments but if there is

[7:28:05] special needs and there's categorical

[7:28:07] funds available, then likely they'll

[7:28:10] use that to be able to purchase that.

[7:28:13] >> so, are you ready to move the item?

[7:28:19] >> yes, I'll move item 16a.

[7:28:27] >> I second.

[7:28:28] >> okay.

[7:28:31] let's take the roll call vote on

[7:28:35] that.

[7:28:36] >> student trustee brandt, your

[7:28:39] advisory vote, please.

[7:28:41] >> aye.

[7:28:42] >> president martinez?

[7:28:43] >> yes.

[7:28:44] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:28:45] >> aye.

[7:28:46] >> trustee chisti?

[7:28:47] >> aye.

[7:28:48] >> trustee wong?

[7:28:49] >> yes.

[7:28:52] >> trustee chung?

[7:28:53] >> aye.

[7:28:54] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:28:55] >> aye.

[7:28:56] >> the motion passes.

[7:29:00] item 17b, trustee chung?

[7:29:01] >> yes, and excuse me if I missed any

[7:29:05] detail on this, but there isn't quite

[7:29:09] an explanation for why it's going to

[7:29:15] take longer, why it was originally 22

[7:29:19] months and then -- did I pull the

[7:29:23] right agenda item?

[7:29:25] >> I think the 22 month to additional

[7:29:29] duration is for 17e.

[7:29:36] that is completely correct.

[7:29:37] I did not need to pull this item, I'm

[7:29:40] sorry for that, trustees, my

[7:29:42] colleagues.

[7:29:43] can I move 17b.

[7:29:46] >> is there a second.

[7:29:47] >> second.

[7:29:48] >> okay.

[7:29:49] let's take the vote.

[7:29:51] >> student trustee brandt, your

[7:29:53] advisory vote?

[7:29:54] >> aye.

[7:29:57] >> president martinez?

[7:29:58] >> yes.

[7:29:59] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:30:00] >> aye.

[7:30:01] >> trustee chisti?

[7:30:02] >> aye.

[7:30:03] >> trustee wong?

[7:30:04] >> aye.

[7:30:05] >> trustee solomon?

[7:30:06] >> yes.

[7:30:07] >> trustee chung?

[7:30:08] >> aye.

[7:30:09] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:30:10] >> aye.

[7:30:11] >> the motion passes.

[7:30:12] >> 17e.

[7:30:13] >> returning to you, avc vasquez, so

[7:30:17] --

[7:30:18] >> go ahead, please ask your question.

[7:30:19] >> yes, so I was wondering why the

[7:30:26] construction -- the second piece of the

[7:30:29] project is taking -- or I guess in

[7:30:33] totally, the original contract was 22

[7:30:35] months and now it's 30 months and

[7:30:39] could you provide a little bit more of

[7:30:41] an explanation for that.

[7:30:43] >> yes, so, on the first part under

[7:30:47] the bold authorization, there's a one

[7:30:50] and a two, when we made the

[7:30:53] selection rudolph and sletten, there

[7:30:55] were two contracts we were going to

[7:30:58] go into is, one was going to be a

[7:31:01] preconstruction service agreement that

[7:31:02] they were able to start soon

[7:31:09] afterwards and give other

[7:31:13] additional support to streamline the

[7:31:14] design a little bit and that was just

[7:31:19] 997 thousand, they've been under that

[7:31:20] contract and working with us and

[7:31:24] getting pricing and estimates for that.

[7:31:27] as part of that process, they were

[7:31:31] given the item 2 which is -- what was

[7:31:34] going to be the future construction

[7:31:36] services agreement which is the

[7:31:37] contract for them to build a project,

[7:31:41] some of these parameters we

[7:31:43] established because we wanted a fair

[7:31:45] playing field and at the time, the

[7:31:47] project was not designed in its

[7:31:55] totality, so we made the item 2a, a

[7:31:58] construction fee, we had the different

[7:32:02] firms what 2a would be as a percentage

[7:32:03] of a fee which is a cost of the

[7:32:08] construction, item 2b which was base

[7:32:10] on a consistent 22 month schedule that

[7:32:12] all of them had so it would be about an

[7:32:15] even playing field for everybody submitting

[7:32:16] submitting on the 22 month schedule.

[7:32:19] as part of -- and also item c which

[7:32:22] was a rate of insurance would be

[7:32:25] 1.51% and item d, those will all be

[7:32:30] consistent as they submitted as part

[7:32:32] of this initial submittal for the

[7:32:34] construction manager at risk.

[7:32:36] what's changed from the 22 month to

[7:32:40] the now revised 30 month is the

[7:32:43] drawings, details, all that

[7:32:45] information is now complete and in

[7:32:48] their analysis of the construction

[7:32:53] timeframe, they've shared with us that

[7:32:58] the initial construction schedule that

[7:33:00] was prepared was not adequate, so we

[7:33:03] did a lot of review research

[7:33:06] confirming of that schedule and

[7:33:07] understanding how they were going to

[7:33:09] build it.

[7:33:11] the concrete walls as part the project

[7:33:15] and we acknowledged that the

[7:33:17] construction schedule that we

[7:33:18] initially had without a complete set

[7:33:20] of documents for fair, equal pricing

[7:33:22] across the board for anybody

[7:33:25] submitting the proposals was short 8

[7:33:27] months and that's where we're coming

[7:33:29] to the board to acknowledge that the

[7:33:34] actual duration should have been 30

[7:33:35] months at the time if we had a more

[7:33:40] complete project pansies completed and

[7:33:42] be able to have had our estimate give

[7:33:45] us that analysis, so that's why we're

[7:33:49] -- they prorated it at the same 22

[7:33:52] month schedule for 30 months, a little

[7:33:55] bit less, but we did acknowledge our

[7:33:58] construction duration was short 8

[7:34:03] months.

[7:34:04] >> it does -- and I did do the

[7:34:06] calculation, it is right, it should

[7:34:08] have came out to 19 million 900

[7:34:12] thousand or so, a little bit about

[7:34:15] that number, it's a little bit

[7:34:16] discounted in a way but it seems like

[7:34:20] -- I'm just trying to understand

[7:34:24] because if what they had designed is

[7:34:28] leading to them having a contract that

[7:34:31] now costs 4 million dollars more, I'm

[7:34:35] trying to --

[7:34:36] >> yeah, no, I can clarify.

[7:34:38] they have not designed this project,

[7:34:39] this is a different model

[7:34:43] than our design build projects.

[7:34:45] the steam and the student success

[7:34:48] center was a different model where we

[7:34:51] had procured a design build team that

[7:34:55] they -- the builder and the designer,

[7:34:58] and this example, our architect tef is

[7:35:02] under our -- under a contract with us,

[7:35:04] and at the time of this contract,

[7:35:09] there were drawings but not complete

[7:35:11] enough where we could get a full

[7:35:17] contractibility and we have made some

[7:35:19] sunsets through our internal team to

[7:35:21] review and develop a 22 month

[7:35:23] schedule but after the documents were

[7:35:25] completed enough to get a more

[7:35:27] complete estimate and construction

[7:35:31] timeline, the rudolph and sletten came

[7:35:33] back with a longer schedule, we then

[7:35:36] had to review and confirm that and we

[7:35:37] were able to confirm that it was a 30

[7:35:43] month schedule, they did not design

[7:35:46] the buildings they took a design we

[7:35:48] did independently of them.

[7:35:50] >> I see.

[7:35:53] is there -- was there any manner in

[7:35:55] which we would have had a better

[7:35:56] estimate that it was 30 -- it would

[7:36:00] have taken a 30 month duration to construct

[7:36:04] so it was factored in, in the bidding

[7:36:07] process?

[7:36:08] >> so, the bidding process was just as

[7:36:13] in the document, the 2a, b, c and d

[7:36:17] items , those were all fixed numberers

[7:36:21] early on.

[7:36:22] we did not have a complete

[7:36:24] architectural set to be able to bid

[7:36:26] all the details we have now and this

[7:36:28] information comes back from us from

[7:36:30] earlier this year where they

[7:36:33] acknowledged that the duration of the

[7:36:36] all the details if building

[7:36:41] infrastructure would be a 30 month

[7:36:42] schedule.

[7:36:43] at the time we put the original

[7:36:46] request for cmr, we did not have the

[7:36:48] level of detail needed to establish a

[7:36:53] more accurate 30 month schedule we

[7:36:55] have now, that's about two years

[7:37:00] later.

[7:37:01] >> and so I think I'll have to think

[7:37:02] about this a little bit more to figure

[7:37:04] out the if there is additional

[7:37:08] questions I can throw at you for

[7:37:10] another agenda item in the future, avc

[7:37:14] vasquez, as far as the attachment, the

[7:37:17] exhibits that are blank.

[7:37:21] >> yeah, so I was looking at that

[7:37:23] when I heard during the break time and

[7:37:26] I'm not sure, this was kind of a

[7:37:28] document that was put together.

[7:37:31] I think the initial amendment too but

[7:37:37] the main substance of it was that

[7:37:42] duration cost and the contract will

[7:37:45] obviously come to the board once we

[7:37:47] get the plan approval from dsa and

[7:37:53] we're able submit a full contract, all

[7:37:54] of the items will be included at that

[7:37:57] time.

[7:38:00] >> I mean, I think since it's

[7:38:05] substantively within the summary of

[7:38:09] the board agenda, it will make it to

[7:38:11] the contract, so I'm --

[7:38:14] >> yes, salute.

[7:38:17] >> I'm going to move the item.

[7:38:19] >> is there a second?

[7:38:20] >> second.

[7:38:24] >> student roust brandt, your advisory

[7:38:26] vote?

[7:38:27] >> aye.

[7:38:28] >> president martinez?

[7:38:29] >> yes.

[7:38:30] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:38:31] >> aye.

[7:38:32] >> trustee chisti?

[7:38:33] >> aye.

[7:38:34] >> trustee wong?

[7:38:35] >> yes.

[7:38:36] >> trustee solomon?

[7:38:37] >> aye.

[7:38:38] >> trustee chung?

[7:38:39] >> aye.

[7:38:40] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:38:41] >> aye.

[7:38:42] >> the motion passes.

[7:38:43] >> thank you, we're now

[7:38:45] at the item committee reports.

[7:38:50] >> I'm sorry, president martinez, item

[7:38:55] 14d.

[7:38:57] >> item 14d, I appreciate the heads-up.

[7:39:01] >> I have a procedural question.

[7:39:02] >> yes.

[7:39:06] >> thank you, trustee wong, for

[7:39:09] identifying your abstention.

[7:39:10] but I'm curious, does trustee wong

[7:39:12] have to leave the room if there's

[7:39:14] discussion or -- I just don't know

[7:39:17] what that -- yeah.

[7:39:19] >> that part might be addressed by

[7:39:22] kathy.

[7:39:23] I know that he can't participate in

[7:39:24] the discussion but does he need to

[7:39:27] also leave the room?

[7:39:28] >> the proper -- I don't know whether

[7:39:30] the source of the abstention or --

[7:39:34] >> I can share, it's obvious, it is my

[7:39:39] employer.

[7:39:41] >> so, then you likely have a

[7:39:44] financial interest in this particular

[7:39:45] item and so, yes, the proper procedure

[7:39:49] under the fppc is the recuse yourself

[7:39:52] which is announce the financial

[7:39:54] interest and leave the room while the

[7:39:56] item is being voted upon and discussed.

[7:39:58] >> I will leave the room right now,

[7:40:00] somebody tell me when to come back in.

[7:40:02] >> thank you.

[7:40:05] >> before we move forward, I think it

[7:40:07] would be appropriate for a motion to

[7:40:10] extend the time of this meeting.

[7:40:11] >> yes, I was going to ask for that

[7:40:13] motion.

[7:40:14] >> to I'm hoping 12:15.

[7:40:16] >> second.

[7:40:17] >> let's just put it to 12:30, we can

[7:40:20] adjourn earlier.

[7:40:21] >> I agree.

[7:40:22] >> moved and seconded to adjourn the

[7:40:25] meeting at 12:30, vice-president

[7:40:28] zamora moved, seconded by trustee

[7:40:31] chung.

[7:40:32] >> student trustee brandt, your

[7:40:33] advisory vote?

[7:40:34] >> aye.

[7:40:35] >> president martinez?

[7:40:36] >> yes.

[7:40:37] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:40:38] >> aye.

[7:40:39] >> trustee chung?

[7:40:40] >> aye.

[7:40:41] >> trustee chisti?

[7:40:42] >> aye.

[7:40:43] >> trustee solomon?

[7:40:44] >> yes.

[7:40:45] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:40:46] >> aye.

[7:40:47] >> the motion passes.

[7:40:49] >> we will now -- is there any

[7:40:51] discussion on this item?

[7:40:55] will somebody move the item?

[7:40:59] >> so moved.

[7:41:00] >> second.

[7:41:01] >> thank you.

[7:41:02] will you call the roll, please.

[7:41:03] >> sorry, please, we were extending

[7:41:05] time, so not yet.

[7:41:10] >> student trustee brandt, your

[7:41:12] advisory vote?

[7:41:13] >> aye.

[7:41:15] >> president martinez?

[7:41:16] >> yes.

[7:41:17] >> vice-president zamora?

[7:41:18] >> aye.

[7:41:19] >> trustee chisti?

[7:41:20] >> aye

[7:41:24] >> trustee solomon?

[7:41:25] >> yes.

[7:41:26] >> trustee chung?

[7:41:27] >> aye.

[7:41:28] >> trustee mccarty?

[7:41:29] >> aye.

[7:41:30] >> the motion passes.

[7:41:31] >> thank you.

[7:41:32] we are now at committee reports and

[7:41:36] can you pull it up.

[7:41:37] item 20.

[7:41:42] >> I think we're at 19.

[7:41:49] >> informational items.

[7:41:50] that's 19.

[7:42:03] >> number 19a.

[7:42:04] >> yeah, so trustees, these are all

[7:42:07] items that have been brought before

[7:42:09] you previously for a first read I

[7:42:13] believe at the most recent committee

[7:42:18] of all meeting, so we can start with

[7:42:21] item 19a if there are any additional

[7:42:26] questions about ap6.36, the course

[7:42:29] auditing and auditing fees.

[7:42:31] >> trustees, are there any comments or

[7:42:35] questions?

[7:42:36] any public comments?

[7:42:40] okay.

[7:42:41] since this is an informational items,

[7:42:42] I'm assuming we do not have to take a

[7:42:46] vote.

[7:42:48] okay, item 19b?

[7:42:49] >> this one is regarding student

[7:42:54] activities and including a name change

[7:42:55] to the associated students

[7:43:00] organization ap5.01.

[7:43:04] >> trustee, any questions or comments?

[7:43:07] thank you, number 19c?

[7:43:11] >> ap5.08 regarding credit card

[7:43:14] solicitation on campus.

[7:43:16] >> trustees, any questions or comments?

[7:43:22] thank you.

[7:43:23] now we go to number 20, I was trying

[7:43:25] to get the to this one because it

[7:43:27] notes that there's supposed to be a

[7:43:31] report today.

[7:43:32] number 20.

[7:43:39] vice-president zamora, do you have a

[7:43:40] report today?

[7:43:43] >> unless folks would like me to add

[7:43:49] additional context, I feel like we

[7:43:51] covered this at the committee of the

[7:43:54] whole and nothing has changed since

[7:43:56] then, so just for expediency.

[7:43:59] >> okay, thank you.

[7:44:04] I will ask interim chancellor bailey to

[7:44:11] in the next consultation about the

[7:44:16] agenda that we remove this item unless

[7:44:20] we inform him there's a need to have

[7:44:22] it on the agenda, thank you.

[7:44:28] okay.

[7:44:29] trustee reports.

[7:44:31] trustees, any reports?

[7:44:35] I'll defer and go last.

[7:44:39] anybody have a report, yes?

[7:44:42] >> public comments on?

[7:44:45] >> reports.

[7:44:47] >> on reports?

[7:44:49] okay.

[7:44:50] could we go ahead and take public

[7:44:52] comments on reports.

[7:44:54] >> abigail bornstein.

[7:45:03] >> so, I wanted to take a moment to

[7:45:07] address the board.

[7:45:08] I wanted to remind the board about

[7:45:16] board policy 1.12.

[7:45:19] board policy 1.12 and let me read this

[7:45:21] to you, it is the standards of

[7:45:24] decorum, the following may be ruled

[7:45:26] out of order by the president's offer,

[7:45:30] by the presiding officer, profanity,

[7:45:38] obscenity and other offensive

[7:45:39] language, I think we very clearly

[7:45:42] witnessed that and yet I didn't hear

[7:45:43] -- I want to say thank you to trustee

[7:45:46] chisti but I didn't hear an out of

[7:45:48] order and this was something the

[7:45:50] president should have jumped on.

[7:45:51] it is not acceptable, it is disgusting

[7:45:56] language and I want you to know

[7:46:00] immediately after that was spoken, I

[7:46:05] received another vial, nasty, bullying

[7:46:09] and threatening e-mail.

[7:46:10] that is going to be going to hr but

[7:46:12] someone at this school, this school

[7:46:14] has got to address it, you are now on

[7:46:17] notice we have a problem here.

[7:46:19] we have a big problem here.

[7:46:21] I should not be bullied, I

[7:46:25] should not be threatened or have

[7:46:29] disgusting language directed at me or

[7:46:30] anyone at the school.

[7:46:33] this is not the first time we've heard

[7:46:36] things like this.

[7:46:37] we have it almost after every single

[7:46:41] board meeting, the type of language

[7:46:44] that is inappropriate, the bullying

[7:46:46] behavior that we witness, when I say

[7:46:49] we, I mean every single one of you

[7:46:52] board members have witnessed it and I

[7:46:53] want you to think for a moment what

[7:46:59] did you witness and what did you do.

[7:47:02] what action did you take while that

[7:47:06] was happening?

[7:47:09] you heard it, I have another e-mail,

[7:47:14] the school has got a problem and it

[7:47:15] has to be addressed and this isn't

[7:47:18] just towards me, it's towards many but

[7:47:20] I have very specific language in here

[7:47:25] which is disgusting, vial.

[7:47:29] and saying, oh, I'm sorry, having

[7:47:31] people say, oh, I'm sorry you had to

[7:47:34] hear, that is not enough, the school has

[7:47:35] to do something about this.

[7:47:38] >> thank you for your comment, I wish

[7:47:41] to offer my personal apology and

[7:47:43] acknowledge that I was wrong in not

[7:47:46] stopping it and it won't happen again.

[7:47:51] yes, student trustee brandt?

[7:47:53] >> yeah, thank you, sorry.

[7:47:55] I was just trying to better understand

[7:47:59] process and procedure and what that

[7:48:00] has to do with board member reports.

[7:48:06] >> I think we needed to take that

[7:48:10] public comment because it was

[7:48:11] necessary given the situation and it

[7:48:13] may have been slightly out of order

[7:48:16] but I think it was a comment that we

[7:48:18] had to hear.

[7:48:20] >> understood.

[7:48:21] >> and acknowledged.

[7:48:22] >> I was just curious, thank you.

[7:48:24] >> thank you, okay.

[7:48:25] board reports?

[7:48:29] okay, I see vice-president zamora?

[7:48:31] >> I just wanted to take a brief

[7:48:35] moment to congratulate katia fuchs on

[7:48:39] her election and all the new and

[7:48:42] returning academic senate leadership.

[7:48:44] I also wanted to congratulate michael

[7:48:48] snider and all the and rushing senate

[7:48:50] leadership on their elections.

[7:48:52] I wanted to take a moment to thank

[7:48:57] student chancellor malinalli

[7:48:59] villalobos for all of his work, his

[7:49:03] blood, sweat, tear, his passion and

[7:49:08] always bringing that everywhere he

[7:49:10] goes including here to the board.

[7:49:13] I wish him luck in his next role.

[7:49:16] I also want to welcome and

[7:49:21] congratulate an jael ka campos, I have

[7:49:25] berated with angelica on a number of

[7:49:27] occasions and every single time

[7:49:29] angelica has been a ray of sunshine and

[7:49:35] open to hearing every point of view,

[7:49:37] so I look forward to working with

[7:49:41] angelica but finally I wanted to

[7:49:45] personally thank and appreciate

[7:49:48] student trustee heather brandt for a

[7:49:51] number of reasons, not just because of

[7:49:53] your role as student trustee but

[7:49:57] because whether or not you know this or

[7:50:01] have been told this, there's very few

[7:50:03] people I have met in my life that have

[7:50:08] exhibited the strength that you have,

[7:50:11] like, you're tougher than nails, not

[7:50:15] as tough as nails, you're

[7:50:17] tougher than nails and frankly you had

[7:50:19] confided in me a lot of what you

[7:50:23] shared publicly today and

[7:50:29] juggling any of the challenges

[7:50:33] that most students at ccsf have is very

[7:50:40] common but I feel like you're kind of

[7:50:45] forged in the fire and I feel like

[7:50:50] you've gone above and beyond and I

[7:50:52] just would like you to know that, so I

[7:50:55] wish you were here.

[7:50:57] you're being amazing over an encore

[7:51:00] along with our other students and

[7:51:03] faculty and administration but I just

[7:51:05] personally wanted to say it's been

[7:51:07] such a pleasure getting to know you

[7:51:12] and working with you and I look

[7:51:13] forward to your new role as student

[7:51:15] chancellor which I believe either

[7:51:17] begins at the beginning of next month

[7:51:19] or at the adjournment of this meeting

[7:51:21] so I wish you luck.

[7:51:25] >> I saw trustee solomon.

[7:51:29] >> thank you, and I would like to

[7:51:32] thank you, dr. Lisa cooper wilkins for

[7:51:34] all the work you did so we could have

[7:51:37] a beautiful commencement ceremony, it

[7:51:39] was the highlight of the week, not

[7:51:41] just the day, so thank you.

[7:51:46] just wanted to remind people that

[7:51:48] we've received an e-mail on may 27

[7:51:51] about pride events, city college will

[7:51:53] be participating in the pride parade

[7:51:54] which is on sunday june 29 and

[7:51:58] reporting time will be announced soon.

[7:52:01] also something new, city college will

[7:52:02] be tabling at the pride celebration at

[7:52:08] civic center plaza on saturday

[7:52:09] june 28 and sunday june 29.

[7:52:12] if you can look up that e-mail,

[7:52:17] there's somewhere where you can sign

[7:52:18] up to the table or the parade

[7:52:21] contingent.

[7:52:22] there also is going to be the annual

[7:52:24] flag raising on a date to be decided.

[7:52:28] I think it might be as early as the

[7:52:30] first week of june, so stay tuned.

[7:52:31] thank you.

[7:52:33] >> thank you.

[7:52:36] and any other trustee reports?

[7:52:37] trustee chisti?

[7:52:40] >> thank you, president martinez.

[7:52:43] I think everything has been said but I

[7:52:45] want to take a few moments and really

[7:52:49] center student trustee brandt and just

[7:52:51] really thank you for all of your work

[7:52:52] and your advocacy.

[7:52:56] I've especially enjoyed working on our

[7:53:01] annual iftars that are going on right

[7:53:03] now and you're a force to be wrecked

[7:53:05] with and everyone that I have talked

[7:53:07] to has also mentioned like the

[7:53:10] magnitude of your support, your

[7:53:13] compassion and I personally have

[7:53:15] always really appreciated when there's

[7:53:16] a student that's reached out to me and

[7:53:19] they're looking for connections that I

[7:53:21] could connect them with you, so thank

[7:53:24] you for -- I know that you have a lot

[7:53:26] that you've dealt with on a personal

[7:53:28] level but you still show up, you're

[7:53:32] present, super articulate and just

[7:53:35] really, really appreciate you and want

[7:53:37] to thank you for your service.

[7:53:40] >> other board reports?

[7:53:41] trustee chung?

[7:53:46] >> well, student trustee brandt and

[7:53:51] vice chancellor -- sorry, chancellor

[7:53:55] elect, student chancellor elect, you

[7:54:00] know that I have always felt like you

[7:54:03] were more deserving of

[7:54:05] being a student trustee than I was.

[7:54:07] before I took a run for it, I thought

[7:54:11] you should have run and I am so

[7:54:18] honored that you have been a member of

[7:54:21] this board for two years.

[7:54:26] you have been -- are -- you have

[7:54:31] spoken out on things when so many of

[7:54:35] us across this nation have been silent

[7:54:37] about it.

[7:54:40] and I really wish you had a vote on

[7:54:42] this board.

[7:54:43] I think you would have -- I think you

[7:54:47] really would have changed the

[7:54:48] trajectory and the work we do on this

[7:54:51] board if you had a vote.

[7:54:52] and with that said, I also want to

[7:54:55] still take the time and highlight some

[7:54:57] hinges on our board agenda because I

[7:54:59] just want to state that I'm really

[7:55:03] excited about -- I know it took

[7:55:06] a minute for me to be excited about

[7:55:08] this but there's no course work on ai

[7:55:10] and cloud and cyber security that's

[7:55:12] really exciting because when we talk

[7:55:14] about the future and it's still

[7:55:16] balanced with the wholistic view of

[7:55:19] social work and health care and dental

[7:55:22] assisting, so it's so exciting, thank

[7:55:23] you so much for the academic senate

[7:55:26] for doing that work.

[7:55:27] we also have a new credit program in

[7:55:30] climate change and response, that's a

[7:55:32] new certificate of achievement, that's

[7:55:35] really exciting to know that we're

[7:55:37] going to be training those who are

[7:55:40] going to be trying to keep this earth

[7:55:43] alive for many generations.

[7:55:49] and trustee chisti, you usually do

[7:55:52] this honor of reading out those who

[7:55:54] are going to be retired but I don't

[7:55:59] know if any other trustee would like

[7:56:00] to do that honor tonight.

[7:56:04] >> you're up.

[7:56:05] >> okay.

[7:56:06] thank you.

[7:56:09] let's see if we can expand this.

[7:56:18] to dominique valerie would is a

[7:56:19] faculty member at esl who has worked

[7:56:22] here for 31 years, I know we're having

[7:56:26] harold brown iii come back from

[7:56:28] retirement, thank you for already

[7:56:30] servicing our college for 38 year and

[7:56:32] is still coming back from

[7:56:34] retirement to help out our athletics

[7:56:41] department, bruce ingram, part time

[7:56:47] faculty if mathematics, 20 years and

[7:56:52] six months, jimel, full time faculty

[7:56:55] in business, 34 years and five months,

[7:56:59] loft house, full time faculty esl, 27

[7:57:02] years and 4 months, a -- michelle,

[7:57:10] full time faculty and nursing, 40

[7:57:20] years.

[7:57:22] steven robertson, apprenticeship, 24

[7:57:25] years.

[7:57:26] john, visual media design, 29 years

[7:57:28] and 4 months.

[7:57:33] and andreas, buildings and grounds, 17

[7:57:37] years.

[7:57:38] and him potter, student affairs

[7:57:40] division, two years and 8 months.

[7:57:41] thank you so much for your service.

[7:57:44] >> any other trustee reports?

[7:57:50] I have a brief one.

[7:57:53] I want to add my thanks to you, acting

[7:57:59] chancellor cooper wilkins for a

[7:58:01] wonderful commencement.

[7:58:02] I really appreciated the innovation

[7:58:04] and I'm going to the give them the

[7:58:06] wrong name of the two honor lines,

[7:58:10] next year, maybe after we've had this

[7:58:13] practice, we'll do them a little bit

[7:58:16] better.

[7:58:17] and just appreciate your patience with

[7:58:18] those of us on the platform, thank

[7:58:21] you, and learning our ways.

[7:58:24] and then I will report -- I will

[7:58:28] comment on 13a.

[7:58:29] as noted in the commencement booklet,

[7:58:32] I appreciate we're celebrating the

[7:58:35] 90th anniversary of city college from

[7:58:36] the date it was founded in 1935.

[7:58:39] it was still part of the k14 district.

[7:58:45] and I appreciate the change language

[7:58:47] in the fourth button on the mission

[7:58:49] statements, our programs and services

[7:58:52] lead to the attainment of other

[7:58:55] educational goals including learning

[7:58:56] english as a second language and high

[7:58:59] school completion both part of our

[7:59:01] commitment to adult education which

[7:59:04] acknowledges that some of our roots

[7:59:07] are older, leslie smith, a retired

[7:59:12] administrator researched origins

[7:59:15] sharing that bishop alemany

[7:59:23] initiated san francisco's first post

[7:59:27] secondary instruction for newcomers

[7:59:29] arriving in san francisco during the

[7:59:31] 1849 gold rush.

[7:59:33] john sweat officially inaugurated

[7:59:36] public adult education in 1856 and was

[7:59:40] its first principal.

[7:59:41] adult ed was part of the k-12 district,

[7:59:46] it was k-14 district when city college

[7:59:49] was founded.

[7:59:52] when san francisco's split into two

[7:59:59] districts in 1970, the san francisco

[8:00:01] community college was established and

[8:00:04] included adult education forming city

[8:00:06] college.

[8:00:07] so, in 2026, we have a potential 170th

[8:00:12] anniversary to celebrate.

[8:00:14] fitting because the biggest pool of

[8:00:16] student who is matriculate to credit

[8:00:21] instruction are non-credit, santa

[8:00:22] clara university known as california's

[8:00:26] molest post secondary institution was

[8:00:29] founded in 1851, just five years

[8:00:32] before.

[8:00:33] uc berkeley, in 1868, stanford, 1885

[8:00:39] and lowell high school was established

[8:00:42] in 1956, the same year as adult education,

[8:00:45] so let's know about that.

[8:00:47] I think the mission statement really

[8:00:51] in acknowledging that we have two

[8:00:53] parts of our college that are really

[8:00:55] important and also notice that there

[8:00:58] were two presidents because we had two

[8:01:03] divisions for a long time and that's

[8:01:05] why we have a title of chancellor and

[8:01:10] I noted it's accurate missing just the

[8:01:12] last few years.

[8:01:14] graduate students interviewed me in

[8:01:16] late april as part of san francisco's

[8:01:19] state university's ethnic studies oral

[8:01:21] histories project to collect mel ris

[8:01:24] of the dwindling numbers of the

[8:01:26] veterans of the five month long

[8:01:28] student strike led by the bsu and the

[8:01:34] twlf.

[8:01:35] bsu, black student's union, twlf,

[8:01:39] third world liberation front, those

[8:01:40] were the rest of our students who are

[8:01:43] not african american, it was

[8:01:48] latinos, chinese, all

[8:01:49] of the rest of us, the student strike,

[8:01:52] the longest in u.s. History as well as

[8:01:55] the most inclusive led to the

[8:01:57] establishment of the school now

[8:02:00] college of ethnic studies.

[8:02:01] the first of its kind in the u.s..

[8:02:05] that was the origin of all of our

[8:02:09] ethnic studies and we at city college

[8:02:12] accomplished our ethnic studies pretty

[8:02:15] much shortly after that.

[8:02:19] this was also and continues to be a

[8:02:21] keystone event in bringing diversity,

[8:02:23] equity and inclusion into public

[8:02:25] higher education.

[8:02:27] and my experience in learning as much

[8:02:30] outside the classroom as inside has

[8:02:32] informed my opinion about the critical

[8:02:35] role that student life plays in

[8:02:37] student achievement.

[8:02:40] finally I learned recently city

[8:02:42] college is officially an hsi, hispanic

[8:02:46] serving institution.

[8:02:49] faculty acquired because they wanted

[8:02:50] to attend a haku conference at a

[8:02:57] reduced registration rate for hsi

[8:02:59] colleges.

[8:03:00] we should remember this when a new

[8:03:02] federal administration is elected in

[8:03:03] case we can qualify and apply for

[8:03:07] federal funding allocated to hsi's and

[8:03:09] it's in the millions, it's quite

[8:03:13] substantial but I didn't know we were

[8:03:15] an hsi until a faculty member inquired

[8:03:18] so I want to appreciate that faculty

[8:03:20] member for checking it out.

[8:03:21] that's all I have for my report.

[8:03:23] is there a motion to adjourn?

[8:03:26] >> moved.

[8:03:27] >> moved by trustee chung.

[8:03:28] >> second.

[8:03:31] >> second by vice-president zamora.

[8:03:33] roll call vote, please.

[8:03:35] >> student trustee brandt, your

[8:03:37] advisory vote?

[8:03:38] >> aye.

[8:03:39] >> president martinez?

[8:03:40] >> yes.

[8:03:41] >> vice-president zamora?

[8:03:42] >> aye.

[8:03:43] >> trustee chisti?

[8:03:44] >> aye.

[8:03:45] >> trustee wong?

[8:03:46] >> yes.

[8:03:47] >> trustee solomon?

[8:03:48] >> yes.

[8:03:49] >> trustee chung?

[8:03:50] >> aye.

[8:03:51] >> trustee mccarty?

[8:03:52] >> aye.

[8:03:53] >> motion passes

[8:03:54] >> meeting is adjourned.

[8:03:57] ( meeting adjourned ).

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