>> this meeting will come to order.
meeting will come to order.
is student trustee heather brandt
logged in as a panelist?
okay.
ms. Esteban, will you please call the
roll starting with student trustee
heather brandt when she comes and with
the other trustees who are here.
>> student trustee brandt?
president anita martinez?
>> here.
>> vice president luis zamora?
>> here
>> trustee chisti?
>> present.
>> trustee wong?
>> trustee solomon?
>> here.
>> trustee chung?
trustee mccarty?
>> here.
>> student trustee brandt?
you have a quorum.
>> thank you very much.
we start with the land acknowledgment
statement.
>> [inaudible].
>> thank you.
is there a way to send a message or to
put something on screen so they can
can see that there's a technical issue
and that we're fixing it and in a script
rather than in announcement?
>> [inaudible].
>> thank you, in the meantime, let me
acknowledge that we couldn't do
anything, we couldn't have this
meeting if it weren't for our
classified professionals.
we couldn't do much at this college
without our classified professionals.
so, we are truly grateful for them and
appreciate all the work that they do.
we're set.
thank you.
[applause].
student trustee brandt has now joined
and I would like to acknowledge her
presence.
today we have a special land
acknowledgment statement.
sarah moncada the instructor of
our first native american indigenous
studies course niis38, introduction to
indigenous studies will assist in this
part of our agenda.
we celebrate this new course and thank
its first teacher because with this
course, city college fully honors
first peoples and more completely
fills our college's commitment to
diversity, equity and inclusion.
adolfo velasquez will therefore read
the land acknowledgment statement and
ms. Moncada will speak after.
will you step up to the microphone,
please.
>> testing.
"we acknowledge that we are on the
unceded ancestral homeland of the
ramaytush ohlone who are the original
inhabitants of the san francisco
peninsula, as the indigenous stewards
of this land and in accordance with
their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone
have never ceded, lost nor forgotten
their responsibilities as the
caretakers of this place, as well as
for all peoples who reside in their
traditional territory, as guests, we
recognize that we benefit from living
and working on their traditional
homeland, we wish to pay our respects
by acknowledging the ancestors, elders
and relatives of the ramaytush
community and by affirming their
sovereign rights as first peoples."
>> thank you.
ms. Moncada?
>> [inaudible].
thank you very much for having me, any
name is sarah moncada, I carry apache
ancestry and [inaudible] ancestry on
my mother's side, I'm honored to dance
with these circles with you all today.
I come mere as a good guest so that
should you have an opportunity to
visit my territories, you will have an
opportunity to be a good guest in
return.
I want to thank you all for the
opportunity to stand on shoulders of
many people who have come together to
create an engaged action, the
commitment beyond the words to open up
to native american studies and enrich
and deepen your commitment to ethnic
studies and what it means to broaden
our awareness, understanding and deep
relationship and responsibility
together as human beings.
thank you for the opportunity to teach
its first course, it was really,
really wonderful.
we had really, really good
conversations with really good minds
and hearts in the room.
I look forward to the opportunity to
continue that work should that
continue and for the opportunity to
share it all with you more.
you're all welcome to come to the
class.
thank you very much in a time when we
feel constriction and walls and
barriers coming up around the
potentials that we have in our
continued education and higher
education arenas, it's wouldn't to see
the ongoing commitment to rather than
seeing the barriers dancing through
possibilities.
so, thank you.
>> thank you very much.
[applause].
we now turn to honors and recognition
and the first honors and recognition
item is letter a, recognition of
engineering club 2025 solar regatta
victory.
could we have the teacher step up to
the microphone.
>> yeah, I think we have --
>> thank you.
>> good afternoon, my name is keith
mueller, I'm the advisor of ccsf's
engineering club.
we're one of oldest clubs on campus.
we started as an advisor, I was
advisor back in 2006 and we've been
continuing on basically ever since.
we live in the basement of the
engineering club -- I mean the science
building, I forgot.
the science building, occasionally we go
out and play and we like to
go out and build things and we do
enjoy going to different events in
order to show off engineering projects
and also robo games, something we've
been doing for the past 8, 9 years
which is the california solar regatta
as you can see on the screen up above.
what the solar regatta is, is
basically a race between solar powered
boats on a lake up near sacramento
which espouses solar power, promotes
it and it is something for colleges to
compete against and so there are a
number of colleges that enter the
event, there is a speed competition,
there is a slalom xe ising, endurance
competition and presentation and we
have been competing in this event
for many years.
to explain a little bit more about how
we did this year, what was our theme
are year and how we did if the overall
events and would we compete against,
I'm going to present the current
president of the engineering club,
aiden, so aiden?
[applause].
>> thank you.
so, as he said, we have a theme and
we've been doing this for a long time
so we have fun with our themes.
this year we wanted something iconic
so as most of you can tell, we did
lego.
it was fun to design our boat to make
it look like a lego boat, but yeah, as
for our performance this year, as you
mentioned, the three are a sprint, a
slalom and endurance, our sprin,
with came in first place again, we did
that last year as well.
that got us one of our trophies,
another thing that we got a
trophy was for our drive train,
e we did well enough where they gave
us a trophy for that,
another one slalom, we have a
boat that excels at slalom, we got
first place in that, we beat second
place by a goaded 15 seconds.
we did really well on that one.
the endurance one, we did come in
second, that is mostly not due to us,
that's because our batteries decided
to not work twice.
so, we ended up accidentally burning a
battery.
so, we did not get one for that but
other parts -- other non-racing items
are scored and ranked.
one of them we did well on this year
was art theming, we made our boat look
like a lego boat so we got yet another
one.
I can't even -- and another one that
we always do pretty poorly on, this
year we decided to do again, put a
little bit of effort was
sustainability, so we did a lifetime
impact analysis of our boat to see
what was -- how good it was and they
appreciated the effort.
so, we got these as well as -- because
we got all of these, we ended up
winning the total overall regatta so
we got another one.
[applause].
as you can see, that's a photo of our
boat, we're kind of standing in the
way of it, but that is our boat we got
all of these trophies and as you
can see, we're running out of space
out here.
that leaded me to one issue, mueller
will talk about it.
yes.
>> we did a new display case.
we now have 36 trophies, we have won
this event 6 out of 8 times now.
we are maybe the best and it's kind of
-- I guess it's good but it's also
pretty brutal.
so, we just wanted to thank you for
entertaining us and bingeing with us
today and we wanted to show these
trophies with you, since we are so
famous, you may take a picture with us.
we hope you can join us in a photo
with our trophies here, thank you.
[applause].
>> and I am referring the request for
a bigger display case or another --
acting chancellor cooper wilkins.
>> come on, guys, let's get -- I think
we've done it over there.
yeah.
( taking photograph ).
[applause].
>> the meeting will come back to
order.
acting chancellor cooper wilkins, can
you present the next honors and
recognition?
>> yes, so we do have a recognition of
shella cervantes, she received the
honor of the 2025 academic senate of
california community colleges' regina
stanback stroud diversity award and I
know it was short notice.
I'm not sure if current academic
senate president katia fuchs would
like to come forward and be a part of
making that presentation.
>> I would never pass up an
opportunity to celebrate shella, thank
you, dr. Cooper wilkins for the
introduction, I'm katia fuchs and the
freshly minted academic senate
president.
a little bit of the regina stanback
stroud award, so as educators, our
challenge is to help as many of our
students as possible reach their
personal and academic goals.
the regina stanback stroud testy award
gives public recognition to the value
the community college places on equity
and diversity.
this award seeks to publicly
acknowledge a member of the faculty
who consistently demonstrates
commitment to the equity and diversity
goals of the college.
it recognizes the individual who
performs in an exceptional manner to
advance intercultural harmony, equity
and campus diversity by making
exceptional contributions to the
college beyond their usual obligations
and you couldn't do any better than to
give this award to the amazing shella
cervantes who is here with us and
shella, I hand it over to you.
>> I have two faculty that really want
o the say something.
I'm going to put a pause on that.
>> hi, alyssa messier, I am also in
women's and genders study ask here
with leslie simon from omens and
gender studies ask we want to be here
the celebrate shella and their amazing
work for our students and the college
and since katia so kindly gave a
presentation about the award, I will
leave it to that and pass it to leslie.
>> just a few words.
shella was a student of mine so I'm
very happy today.
brilliant, creative, compassionate and
I want to stay with compassion and I'm
going to be a little sentimental, it
was khai who said revolutionary is
guided by love, she opens many hearts
the many spaces, she deserves it more
than anyone that I know, she openers
my heart and brings people together
and we are so lucky to have her at
this college.
[applause].
>> so, I'm very glad to that have
really great introduction.
I'm going share with you some
reflections on the stanback stroud
award, if you didn't watch the video,
it happened on my birthday, that was
cool, the regina stanback stroud award
describes the award -- so, regina
stanback stroud stories the award as
call to action and that those who are
honored by it embody excellence and
equity as well as make rigor
inseparable from justice, regina
stanback stroud in honoring me
launched the african american
resource center as a supported
resource center and championing that
the african american resource sent and
her the women's resource center both
be housed in the new student success
building.
she highlighted the importance of
advancing facilities justice for
students of color across cam pus and
that equity minded facilities planning
understands that environments are one
of the conditions that make a
significant impact on student success.
what that actually looked like was
mentoring faculty and students alike
as well as truly listening to students
when they did not have someone to go
to.
or when no one else was listening.
when I think of this, this gives me
unease because what I thought was one
for students is yet again unfinished,
contentious business.
I think the part that many may have
not taken into consideration in all
the accomplishments that are being
celebrated right now for me is that
I'm a part timer and the many things
that I'm being celebrated for were not
mine to carry.
as a part timer, my role, my
influence, my time is limited.
I know there is little chance my
position will ever change despite the
need for it.
and yet at this moment and for as long
as I've been here, I choose to give
more and be more.
who I am here at the college is
inspired by measuring love and the
journey for justice, a brown paper by
shelley tang and sammy nunez,
they share transformative and
catalytic love, self-love, love other,
love as a community practice and
lastly love infused with power.
as city of college of san francisco
transforms yet bargaining I transform
of catalytic love and I now call on
others to do so as well.
thank you.
[applause].
>> congratulations, it was my
privilege to serve on the academic at
the same time as regina stanback
stroud, the statewide senate and I got
to know her there.
then I had the opportunity to know her
once again when she was vice-president
of instruction at skyline college and
she recommended my hire as the dean of
language arts and it was a wonderful
opportunity to work with her.
so, I know who she is and I know that
you justly deserve this award, so
thank you very much for all of your
work and your enthusiasm and your
love.
trustee chung?
>> and I can't pass off the
opportunity to talk about your impact
on my life.
when I was a project survive mentor, I
have lived through what it's like to
have you guide me through a really
difficult time in my life and empower
me and I've seen you in that space and
I'm so -- you are so deserving of this
award, so thank you, shella, for being
at this college and continuing to give
into it.
>> comments from other trustees?
well, thank you very, very much, and
find a nice place to put that award.
[applause].
>> we move to item 4, closed session.
first we need the approval of the
closed session agenda.
who moves to approve?
>> so moved.
>> trustee solomon moves to the
approve.
who seconds?
>> second.
>> second from vice-president zamora.
could we have a roll call vote, please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you.
we will recess to closed session and
we will reconvene back here at 6:00
p.m., thank you.
( meeting recesses to closed session ).
( meeting will reconvene at 6:00 ).
>> we have taken a brief recess from
closed session.
no reportable actions have been taken.
we would like to take public comment
on the closed session agenda items now.
is there any public comment on the
closed session agendas?
>> we don't have any.
>> 6a.
>> we have a lot.
first is angelica campos.
>> alright, I was not expected it to
be that soon.
hi, good evening, afternoon, board,
sorry, I am on the east coast so
it's a bit confusing.
I'm here tonight to speak to you all
in support of dr. Cortez, I as an
incoming student leader, student
trustee elect believe we do need to
support our college by approving dr.
cortez as the new chancellor.
I think again it's really important we
also support queer and latin voices
in the current climate we live in where
united states where queer latinx
individuals are under attack and I'm
disappointed in things I'm seeing in
the media targeting this person, it is
unfair and I believe dr. Cortez will
be something that will help push our
college forward into a better future.
thank you.
>> next is eddie escota.
next is luis miranda.
next is malinalli villalobos.
>> can you all hear me?
>> yes.
>> okay.
let me see, I'm trying to turn my
camera on, there is no camera.
alright.
okay, here we go.
saludos, good evening, my name is
malinalli villalobos, I serve as
student chancellor, I'm here tonight
to speak in strong support of approving
the chancellor employment contract
with carlos cortez, as student, we
know firsthand the importance of
consistent visionary leadership,
someone who understands the challenges
we face and the potential of what ccsf
can become.
dr. Cortez brings leadership in the
california community college system, a
deep commitment to equity, a strong
understanding of the unique needs of
diverse student population like ours.
he has spooned stabilize budgets while
expanding access which is something
ccsf critically needs.
he's also someone who listens to
student, faculty, to classified
professionals including community
overall.
right now ccsf needs a steady hand and
a bold vision, we cannot afford more
turn over in leadership.
every delay affects students.
our classes, our services, our future.
approving this crack is not just about
filling a position, it's about giving
cshs csf the stability and [inaudible]
it needs to thrive.
as student chancellor, I urge you to
move forward with confidence and
approve the employment contract with
dr. Cortez, let's give him a chance to
lead ccsf in a stronger, more
sustainable future and one last thing
that I want to add about dr. Cortez,
when we had the pleasure of having to
give him a tour of our campuses and a
can couple of our centers, he was
engaging with students and really
wanted the student input.
students at the forefront, that's what
we need, leadership with students a
the forefront.
advocating for the
approval of dr. Carlos cortez's
contract, thank you very much.
>> next is mary bravewoman.
>> good wantoning, trustees, I've
been at city college for 35 years and
I have experienced every high and
low ccsf has been through since 1990.
and this is just one of the reasons
that I was so thrilled to read the
press release announcing the
appointment of dr. Carlos cortez as
our next chancellor.
I had the honor of serving on the
hiring committee and reviewed all the
c vehicles of a broadly talented pool
of am kant but for me, one candidate
stood out among the others, dr.
cortez, now I'm not naive enough to
believe that one person holds all the
answers to the struggles we face as a
college community but the reality is
that we're in better shape than we
have been for some time despite the
narratives currently circulating.
but I am hopeful that with the
appointment of an experienced
permanent chancellor, one with a
proven track record of putting into
practice policies and practice that
reflect the values of ccsf and their
community, we can embark on positive
change for our college.
thank you, trustees, for making the
right choice for our college and our
community and for standing strong in
your values and not giving into the
trump dog whistles recently traded by
the press of a talented queer
educator, thank you.
>> next is asia duncan.
>> good evening, trustees.
my name is asia and I'm one the harvey
milk democratic clubbing I'm the v.p.
of the political action committee and
I'm here to voice my support for dr.
cortez as your next chancellor.
dr. Cortez is not only an accomplished
educator with a record of strong
leadership, he is a visionary who
understands the power of community
colleges as an engine of justice,
access and upward mobility for working
class students,
immigrants and lgbtq folks.
I believe city college deserves as
bold leader rooted in justice and I
believe dr. Cortez is that leader and
I urge you to move forward with
integrity and a vision of the future
to appoint dr. Cortez as your next
chancellor.
thank you the.
>> next is leslie simon.
>> good evening, trustees, vice
chancellors, I enthusiastically
support hiring dr. Cortez, I want to
address the chronicle's reapportioning
of cortez's invitation to [inaudible]
as a former ccsf omens and genders
studies chair and women in literature,
I'm familiar with the highly respected
poetry fiction of alice walker, I had
not learned that she had an affinity
with a known anti-semite which shocked
and disturbed me.
that year an invitation with walker
was withdrawn when the association
became known.
I am jewish and among my jewish
friends, there were mixed feelings
about the disinvitation, though even
among those of us who thought she
should be welcomed, there was the
understanding her recommendation of
the work of an anti-semite was
disturbing.
it is sad that so much is being made
of dr. Cortez's invitation to walker
also in 2022 which he subsequently
withdrew, walker's ex-husband a jew,
insists walker is not an anti-semite
herself.
even if she were, I ask you to think
about how english departments teach
the work of ts elliott, a known
anti-semite and a nazi
sympathizer, some of our greater
artist, writers and thinkers are
flawed, as we teach their work,
we have a responsibility to
share those flaws and allow our
students to make their own assessments.
censorship is ill advised, criticism
is not.
I look forward to welcoming carlos
cortez, a respected academic who I
believe will enrich the college and
will enrich challenging conversations.
>> next is robin pew.
>> hello, I'm robin pew, I'm business
faculty, the vice-president of aft 2121,
the a member of the academic executive
council, a voter in district 7, but
I'm here speaking to you today as
myself.
this institution exists to serve
students and this community.
this institution does not exist to
serve me as faculty, this institution
does not exist to serve you as
trustees.
instead, we are all here to serve this
institution and its mission.
and this very large incredibly
complex, beautiful, ugly falling down
brand new charging ahead, limping
along institutions that are still
recovering from external attacks that
were weaponized to
accreditation to shut us down, this
needs leadership and carlos has that
experience, he has a proven track
record of creating programs and
serving students like ours.
he has both the successful large
institution leadership experience that
we desperately need and he has also
been in the classroom which is an
important combination and something we
have been missing in our recent
leadership.
we are in a very challenging place
right now.
I don't have to tell you that, you
know.
and we need a proven leader with the
creativity to seek the path between
the rock and the hard place where we
are, so I urge you to approve dr.
carlos cortez for chancellor.
thank you.
[applause].
>> next is jen levinson.
>> good evening, my name is jen, I'm
english faculty.
I'm guessing that you may have read
the recent article by nanette
criticizing the board for your choice
to hire carlos cortez as our next ccsf
chancellor.
I think by now we're all familiar with
disingenuous anti-semitism claims
weaponized in an attempt to divide
and left in a justified state of
oppression of movements for human
rights.
as a jewish person, I have said more
times I can count in the past 19
months, not in my name.
this article also deploys common
tropes, let not let the inflammatory
attempt of character assassination to
[inaudible] he has strategic planning
that reduces disproportionate impact
on the most marginalized student and
is has secured the fund to implement
those plans.
in his interview, he talked about how
at san diego community college I
believe it was, he identified 7
obstacles to student success, gathered
from students themselves, housing,
child care, jobs, transportation, food
security, textbook affordability,
mental health supporters.
he raised over 200 million dollars to
address those needs including 85
million for housing and 100 million
for direct student support.
I'm incredibly heartened this board
has found us a chancellor who I
believe can lead the college with
integrity in these times of rising
fascism and make a real difference for
students and the community.
so, please stand firm in your choice.
thank you.
[applause].
>> next is eric christians.
>> I want to congratulate your
decision to hire the new chancellor,
you made an excellent choice, you have
picketed somebody student centered
hastening a prover track record and
I'm speaking to somebody that's a
returning adult to city college who's
also queer, city college is now why
I'm called doctor by my student, the
doctorate was an organization
leadership, I've taught leadership
development at a graduate level.
what I see in dr. Cortez is a
leadership that we need to move
forward, I see inspired leadership, I
see the type of leadership I would use
an example in those courses to my
students to say this is somebody who
can make a change, this is something
body who has vision, the vision comes
from listening to the to the people
they serve, we need him and I thank
you again for your choice.
>> next is marlan vasquez.
>> okay, good evening, board of trustees,
my name is dr. Marlan vasquez,
I'm an english faculty member and a
leader of the latino education
association here at city college,
while others today have spoken to the
recent article by nanette, I don't
want to spend time on it, I'm heart
broken that somebody leaked dr.
cortez's to provoke that.
it offered none of the complexity or
depth that our community heard
debiting from dr. Cortez during his
extensive interviews.
what he spoke about was thoughtful and
forward looking, he staged about
building strong pipelines from k-12 to
community college.
he talked about using on the ground
data of centering leadership, that's
the kind of vision that should guide
this college, complex, student
centered and rooted in care.
as a latino educator and researcher of
latino student experiences at city
college, a hispanic serving
institution, I must emphasize that our
latino students are struggling.
they make up 28% of our credit
enrollment and for every 100 students,
only 11 are completing their vision
goal.
we know from research including my own
that representation matters.
dr. Cortez is a first generation
latino college student.
his presence as chancellor would send
a powerful message to our latino
students that they belong, that they
can lead and that education can
transform their lives.
at a time when so many of our students
are navigating uncertainty, his
leadership offers the kind of
stability, understanding and bold
vision that we urgently need.
I'm excited to be in the audience
today when the board of trustees votes
him in.
our students deserve this kind of
leadership.
thank you so much.
[applause].
>> next is melissa hernandez.
>> hi, good evening, honorable
trustees, my name is melissa, the
co-president of the harvey milk
democratic club, I'm here to lend my
voice in support of the appointment of
dr. Cortez.
dr. Cortez is a respected chicano
scholar, former community college leader
and a fierce advocate for equity,
reinvestment and academic freedom all
of which makes city college special.
I won't spend too much time singing
his praises eh as I'm sure you heard a
lot here today.
I believe city college will continue
to serve the city of san francisco,
and also on a personal level, I think
dr. Cortez will serve people like my
little sister who is a full time
student here and who has been for a
few years and I hope you will
support him.
thank you.
>> next is michael rapay.
>> hello, good evening, president
martinez and trustees, my name is
michael, the co-vice-president of
police cal affairs for latino
democratic club here in san francisco.
and I have to say how incredibly proud
I am right now to be standing in front
of you speaking in support of dr.
cortez.
at a time our community is so under
attack right now, recently just
yesterday, there were reports of ice
attacking people.
our communities are under attack, we
need this visibility right now,
particularly in leadership positions.
I've been so moved by so many of the
speakers before me, some things I venn
learned about dr. Cortez that solidify
my belief that this would be an
excellent choice for city college.
as former student, I took the ethnic
and cultural minority studies I took
lgbtq studies and these studies
support my belief this would be the
right direction, not only just by
person alone but remember the
chancellor has to have a vision that
aligns with all of you and I believe
that this is really the critical issue
here and I hope you take that into
consideration with your support and
hopefully a vote yes.
thank you so much.
>> next is rosa shields.
>> good evening, my name is rosa
shields, I'm the political director of
the san francisco labor council.
we represent 100 unions and 100
union members in the city and county
of san francisco.
I was also born and raised here in the
city and I'm the proud daughter of a
professor and department chair,
retired, I experienced first hand the
stress of the accreditation fight and
how that affected my family.
I would not wish that upon anyone.
the fight for free city college was my
entry into local politics and I
would hope this board would support
the needs of the unions, the community
and the students who have worked so
hard for equity and justice at this
institution.
the chronicle article smearing carlos
cortez was an attack on labor, this is
part of a broader attack on labor
where are being called all sorts of
things.
these are the peel that teach the
class, clean the classes and respond
to emergencies, we are vested
stakeholders and we all support the
approval of carlos cortez's contract.
right now as I'm sure you know, labor
is under attack federally.
and unions are fighting back against
cuts at all levels of government.
the board of trustees of city college
support the needs and wishes of the
workers of city college and of the
students and of the community who are
all calling for approval of this
contract.
we have worked so hard to support the
college and its programs and we will
continue to do so.
we will also be very disappointed if
the elected officials who represent
the college side with an austerity
administration rather than with the
workers, the students and the
community.
we did not forget the accreditation
fight, I know I didn't, we did not
forget the fight for free city college
t the fight to keep free city college
and we will not forget this vote.
thank you.
>> next is alex cough.
>> good evening, san francisco city
college, board of trustees, my
name is alex, the president of san
francisco firefighters local 798.
I'm here to speak in support of your
original choice, your first choice,
the right choice, dr. Carlos cortez.
hundreds of our members who are now
firefighters, emt and paramedics
attended san francisco city college
obtain their emt, paramedic licenses
and firefighter 1 certificates along
with attend a multitude of other fire
science classes.
our members respond now to the
communities all over the city, to
medical emergencies and structure
fires every single day.
for the sake of the future
firefighters, emt's and paramedics of
san francisco, and for the sake of the
communities that we serve, we support
your original choice of chancellor for
san francisco city college.
the institution that educates more
ssfd members than any other
institution.
dr. Carlos cortez has already proven
his excellent ability to work with
labor and across constituencies.
he has experience in classrooms and
board rooms, he's proven -- he's got a
vision and track record of growing
student enrollment and enhancing
programs.
he's proven his student centered
leadership and he has active roots in
social welfare and education policy.
and he's already proven the ability
and willingness to build partnership
with community leaders.
he's already proven his commitment to
economic, racial and gender equality.
you've all already as a board made the
right choice and please we ask you to
stand firm in your choice.
our members along with the san
francisco communities that we serve
all deserve a high quality chancellor
to lead and to continue to grow and
improve san francisco -- or city
college of san francisco, thank you
very much.
>> next is ronald gonzalez.
>> hello.
can you hear me?
sorry, hello, can you confirm --
>> we can hear you.
>> awesome, thank you.
welcome on behalf of the mission
center, I'm the president of the
association there and I have a
question for the board of trustees,
can I move to go ahead and start the
voting in favor or no?
but you can probably answer later, but
I want to go ahead and get this voting
started.
go ahead and approve the process and
dr. Cortez, just a reminder, we are the
students are going to keep you
accountable, hold you accountable and
we're going to be in your office if
you're not on the field or -- we read
a lot about you, heard about you and I
think we are fortunate to have you as
our next chancellor and I would love
to continue working with you in person
now and here in san francisco but be
sure that if things change and things
are not coming out as expected, you're
going hear from the students and with
all the love and with all the respect
and we want to learn from you, teach
us you how to be better leaders, let
us -- show us how you achieved all
those goals and what else have you
done to improve the lives of students
from san diego.
so, we want to see that here in san
francisco and again welcome, I hope we
can get started with the voting and
remember, we look forward to working
with you, however, we will keep you
accountable.
we will check and make sure that what
was proposed and what was told in
interviews do happen.
this is our livelihood, it's
important for us and we're happy
you're here, so thank you so much,
take care.
>> next is harry bernstein.
>> thank you.
you've heard a number of things about
dr. Cortez's scholarship, his
leadership, his teaching and his
advocacy for colleges.
he's been at many different
institutions.
I was going to note that president
martinez in referring to the -- well,
incoming chancellor let's say noted
his commitment to programs for new
americans, non-credit workforce
development and older adults.
I just want to highlight one part of
that.
dr. Cortez led the execution of a
statewide study and report which was
called the past, present and future of
adult non-credit education in
california from 1856 to 2018.
he was well situated for doing that
because he was the head of one of the
colleges in san diego, the san diego
college of continuing education which
has the most robust offerings of free
non-credit education in california.
I believe it's an entire college
devoted -- the college of continuing
education.
and since the program that we've had
in city college has been lagging since
it was decimated a few years ago,
I'm opining this is one of the many
hicks that he can champion along with
all the other demands we've been
hearing.
thank you very much for your selection.
>> next is kathy burick.
>> good evening, trustees, I can't
believe we're having this conversation.
for there to be any question about the
qualifications of this man and who and
what he represents at a time when
lgbtq, latinx are being
trivialized, annette, she has not had
written I don't think one trustworthy
article of city college from the
beginning of the accreditation so how
on earth -- everything she's written
has been biased, a lot of it has been
inaccurate, to have any doubt in your
mind, there is too much integrity
among you to base your decision on
anything that annette azmof has to say
in the chronicle.
I don't know who her editor is, they
have been unfriendly, unfair and
untruthful since the beginning of the
accreditation scandal, don't give into
your -- I won't say bullshit.
[applause].
>> next is maria rodriguez.
>> hello, good evening, my name is
maria rodriguez ramirez, I'm here
speak on behalf of the city dream
program in support of carlos cortez
and moving forward with the contract
as our new chancellor.
the work that we're doing at city
dream is very critical in this time
and even more than that, we are really
in need of institutional support.
when I speak of institutional support,
I speak of action that is really
needed at the leadership level.
what this means in terms of the new
chancellor coming in is hope.
hope that we can really be an
established center to widen the
resources that we are really needing
to us.
when thinking about the leadership our
students are in need of, they need
someone who will listen to them, that
will lead them and that will also
learn with us and this is something
that I really do believe carlos will
be bringing to the table to really
allow our students to flourish, have
the resources they need to be
successful in their steps and to be
able to feel like they have a sense of
belonging here on campus, that's
something that's hard for us to do on
behalf of the whole campus community
if we're not receiving that backing
from the chancellor themselves.
and that's the vision that we really
want to make sure that does come to
fruition through this new chancellor
and why we do urge the approval of the
contract for carlos cortez to be our
new chancellor, it's something our
students have been advocating for is
to simply be heard, to simply be seen,
that is something they felt during the
time of the interview process and
things like that because they were one
of very, very few candidates that
mentioned undocumented students and
what they had done in previous
institutions to really have this
support for students through the
institution themselves and not just
solely relying on people that do this
labor but be able to equip them and be
able to provide them with the
resources needed to [inaudible]
>> that concludes public comments.
>> are any of the commenters that you
called on before present?
>> one more time, eddie escoto.
>> yes, I'm eddie, I just wanted to
say that I was as a student, I was
present for all the interviews of all
of the candidates for chancellor and
cortez was the on the one who had in
mind everybody's benefit.
the student, the faculty,
administration, everybody's benefit.
he was the only one who had a clear
picture going forward.
it's very obvious he has already
proven in many other places as
everybody else has already said and I
just want to say that students are not
blind, we see, we can see, we see what
the best choice is and yes, please,
board, you've already taken it this
far, bring it home and just vote
carlos in already.
thank you.
>> next is tj miaki.
>> hi, board, trustees, ironically
I'm not going to be speaking about
possible chancellor cortez, so you
guys can breathe for a moment.
I wanted to -- and I wish chancellor
bailey was here because I wanted to
say that he renewed my faith in what a
chancellor could be as a student
attending since 2019.
the lack of student centered
chancellor leadership on campus has
been ridiculous.
I've had them ignore me completely,
not respond to my e-mail, not have
assistants get back to me, mitchell
who introduced himself to me the first
time I met him did.
I really appreciate it and I look
forward to whatever happens with the
new chancellor.
I did want to say last year, august
29, 2004, I came and spoke to you guys
about ada issues.
I have come back several times over
the last few months and bringing them
up.
right in this building on the front
door, that door still does not work,
okay.
so, as of monday, I'm going to have to
file with the u.s. Department of
justice civil rights division an ada
complaint because I have video going
back five years of this door not
working.
as a student leader, tried to work
with the facilities person to find out
what the process was, could never get
a response.
why ada issues are not priority for
facilities to fix is criminal on this
campus.
so, I'm going to be doing that and I
can't believe I have to do that.
I tried to work on this as a student
leader, I tried to work on this as a
student at large, this is ridiculous,
there's no excuse why that door is not
fixed and the other ada issues on
campus are not taken care of and they
should be prioritized, thank you.
>> next is alyssa messier.
>> I'll be very quick.
I just wanted to say I was so hopeful
when I saw the chronicle article which
said that dr. Cortez was incoming as
our new chancellor.
I just -- my heart soared until I
clicked on the article and saw what
was inside.
I particularly want to say as a jewish
woman that the weaponization of
anti-semitism in this case is
despicable and want to also say in
line with my sisters jen and leslie
who have already spoken on this that
as a omens and genders studies
instructor, as someone who has taught
these things for a long time, the fact
that alice walker has some
questionable views lately does not
remove the many, many years she's had
of her work for feminism and
particularly for woman-ism which is
something she create sod the idea that
dr. Cortez would be attacked for not
knowing this small thing that few
people know about as opposed to all of
the work that walker has done was just
extremely upsetting to me to see that
happen.
I have been through a lot of leaders
at city college and a lot of
chancellors at this point, many, many
years.
I took notes at the forums and I just
was looking back at the many notes
that I took when dr. Cortez was here
and if you could see it, there are
little stars and things underlined and
a lot of really wonderful things.
he talked about enrollment growth in a
way that seems serious and to have
some ideas, he talked about non-credit
in a way that valued non-credit, in a
way I've never heard at this college
for a dozen years.
it was amazing.
dr. Cortez is the right choice.
thank you.
>> next is luis miranda.
next is brianna smith.
>> I will just say as my name is brianna
smith, the president of the black
student union and we are in complete
support of carlos cortez.
>> thank you.
any other speakers?
>> that concludes public comment.
>> the board will recess to closed
session, we will return shortly to
report on our vote.
it shouldn't take very long, we have
to go upstairs and down.
okay, thank you.
(meeting recesses into closed session).
>> we are back in order.
as president, I made a mistake and the
mistake that I made is that I did not
call for the student trustee's
advisory vote before we recessed to
closed session.
so, we will now do that, we will call
for trustee -- student trustee heather
brandt's advisory vote and then we
will go back to closed session.
sorry.
trustee, can you call for the vote,
please.
>> may I know the motion?
>> 6a.
>> it's 6a, number 6a.
>> is it a--
>> approval of the chancellor employment
contract with carlos cortez, we're
taking the student advisory vote,
that's all we're doing.
heather, are you online?
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> yes, can somebody text --
>> I did.
>> the mistake again is that before we
recessed into closed session to take a
vote of the trustees who are present
here, we did not take the advisory
vote of the student trustee.
she cannot go to closed session to
vote so we always take an advisory
vote first, so that's why we all came
back and then we'll go back up.
we're getting our steps in.
it's on 6a.
>> I guess I have a question, maybe we
can ask legal counsel to the clarify
whether procedure-wise can we have --
in terms of this voting for a closed
session item publicly by a student
trustee, what are the rules and
processes around that.
I don't think -- yeah, so I want to
understand that.
>> is counsel present?
well, instead of taking a vote, is
this a possibility, could we just ask
student trustee heather brandt to
express her opinion on 6a.
that's what all the comment was on.
then we're going to go back into
closed session to vote on it.
pardon?
>> [inaudible].
>> we're voting on 6a because that's
what all the public comment was taken
on.
when the student trustee reminded us,
she texted us and reminded us we had
not taken her advisory vote, both
because of my forgetfulness and
because we owe it to student trustee
heather brandt to take her vote on
that.
I see student trustee heather brandt's
hand up.
>> yes, sorry, let me know if you're
ready too obtain my vote as I'm not
able to participate in closed session.
I just wanted to be clear that in the
past when we've opened up the
chancellor search, the student trustee
has had an advisory vote and so I
wasn't sure why this would be any
different but I don't want to -- it
sounds like there's some sort of
discussion happening that I can't
fully hear in the room.
please let me know when you're ready
for my vote.
>> the chair has already ruled.
ms. Esteban, can you take the student
trustee's advisory vote? Student
>> trustee brandt, your advisory vote?
>> can you please state what exactly
I'm voting for.
I know we're on item 6a, but typically
there's a motion and then -- so --
>> can we pull up the motion on the
screen and I will read it.
>> the recommended action is that the
board of trustees approve the
appointment of dr. Carlos cortez
effective july 1, 2025 to serve as
chancellor of city college of san
francisco.
that's what you are voting on.
>> thank you.
I appreciate the clarity and my vote
is yes or aye.
>> thank you very much.
we will now recess to closed session
to take the vote we were up there to
take originally.
sorry for the inconvenience.
(meeting resumes into closed session).
>> we are reconvening from closed
session.
we shall be make a motion to extend
the time of the meeting.
>> so moved, I move that we extend
the business meeting to 10:00 for now?
10:30?
11:00.
>> thank you.
>> is there a second to the motion?
>> second.
>> motion by vice-president zamora,
second by trustee chisti to extend the
meeting until 11:00.
let's take a vote on, that starting
with the student trustee.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you, the meeting is extended
until 11:00.
no reportable action was taken during
closed seg, therefore we will remove
item 6a from the open session agenda
and continue with the rest of the
meeting.
we now move to item 6b, approval of
employment agreements with college
executives.
who will move the resolution?
>> so moved.
>> trustee zamora, vice-president
zamora moves, who will second?
>> second.
>> was that trustee chisti will second.
okay, we need to take a roll call vote.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> I just wanted to point out public
comment.
>> thank you very much.
we will -- let not take the vote on
that.
let's take trustee questions or
comments and then we'll take public
comments.
any trustee comments on item 6b?
any public comments?
>> we don't have any public comments
on item 6b.
>> okay, then let's go ahead with the
motion.
the vote on the motion.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you, we move to item 6c,
adoption of resolution number -- I'm
sorry?
>> [inaudible].
>> we can take public comments
under item 8, that's when we can take
public comments.
yeah, the item's been removed from the
agenda.
>> [inaudible].
>> I apologize for that but there's
not much I can do about it.
>> it's disrespectful.
>> let's move now to item 6c.
>> president martinez, there is an
item I need to read associated with
item 6b.
>> I'm sorry, thank you.
>> chancellor -- acting chancery
cooper wilkins?
>> this is an oral summary for the
executive contracts up for item 6b,
with the agenda item 6b, the board is
being asked to approve the two year
contract for david yee in the position
of vice chancellor for academic and
institutional affairs.
the two year contract would run from
july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2027.
the annual salary for the position of
vice chancellor for academic and
institutional affairs is 249 thousand
234 dollars with health and welfare
benefits consistent with
administrators of the district.
with the second agenda item, 6b, the
board is being asked to approve a two
year contract for patrick acawa many
the position of associate vice
chancellor for it/chief technology
officer.
the two year contract would also run
from july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2027.
the annual salary for the position of
associate vice chancellor for it/chief
technology officer is 238 thousand 503
dollars with health and welfare
benefits consistent with
administrators of the district.
>> thank you.
are we now ready to move to item 6c?
>> president martinez, is there a way
for us to just jump to 8a first, I
think members of the public even
though we can cannot share with
things, perhaps they have something to
say to us.
>> for members of the public and the
onuses that are outside, trustee chung
has suggested that we move item 8,
public comments, up to this point in
the agenda.
is there any objection?
>> sorry, really quickly, chair, I had
my hand up regarding the current item
we're on.
>> sorry, say it again.
>> I had my hand up.
>> yes, I see you.
>> okay, thank you, my apologies, so I
think before moving if I can speak, is
that okay?
>> what are you going to speak on?
>> current item we're on, 6b.
>> 6 become, -- 6b, we're going to
move the order of the agenda to item
8, public comments at which time
members of the audience can make
public comment on tenses not on the
agenda but at this point, student
trustee brandt has comments she would
like the make.
is that correct?
>> yeah, we just
voted on 6b but then information was
provided.
I don't know if that changes anything
or if we need to vote again, at least
when I click on 6b, the contract only
shows a template, it doesn't have the
titles or the dollar figures has were
mentioned by dr. Cooper wilkins, so I
don't know if we need to revote on not.
>> counsel, can you share an opinion.
>> yes, thank you, student trustee
brandt, I had my hand up for the same
reason is the brown act does not
require that oral summary to occur
before the board vote, so
now the acting chancellor has reported
out, we should take an additional vote
on item 6b.
>> thank you, ms. Esteban, will you
take that vote once again please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> we are now moving to item 8, we
will come back to item 6c.
item 8 is public comments.
we will take public comments on items
not on the agenda
received, we will listen to public
comment but cannot respond or act on
these items because they are not on
the agenda.
there's a two limit time limit, ms.
esteban, are there any pub luck
comment for items not on the agenda.
>> yes, we do.
the first one is ramona coltz.
>> can you hear me?
>> a little louder.
>> I can be loud, let me turn my
volume up.
grand evening, my name is dr. Ramona
coltz, a part time faculty member, on
october 22, 2020, our strand stroud
awardee and I came before the board of
trustees asking that the women's
resource center being located in the
new student success center.
you responded, you heard us and many
students including from the black
student union.
we had several meetings with the
company kitchell, they made changes to
the floor plan and added square
footage for the aarc, for the african
american resource center and the wrc
to have dedicated space in the new
student success center, thank you.
the new student success center is the
new front and center face of the
college.
there are pansies not to put the aarc,
african american resource center, in the
new student success center.
the african resource center is part of
the associated students, not an
academic program, counseling or
retention center.
there's a difference between retention
sent and he iser resource centers.
the aarc should not be merged with
other programs or centers tucked away
in mub with two other programs.
it's not what students want.
more support is needed to keep the
faculty advisory position molded dell
which provides supervisory support and
allows students to have the autonomy
in their student led space for student
meet-ups.
the african american resource
center has not had a formal roll out
for students to know about it nor has
it been included in
ccsf publications or print materials
for students to find as other centers
have.
at a time when black history is being
erased for revision history, dei and
the critical race theory disked, we
need to stand firm on our commitment
to black students and all students.
their educational safe haven is the
city college of san francisco.
listen to students, listen to student
readers, please, let's wait for the
[inaudible].
thank you.
>> next is jing shi.
>> if I may take a moment, I want to
read to those in person, if I may,
president martinez, in person requests
for public comment on this item here,
please submit a written request to
address the board using the form
supplied by the board liaison, if you
would like to make public comment.
>> who is the next person.
>> next is emily farson.
>> who's next after that?
>> next is charlie kooey.
next is brianna smith.
>> thank you so much.
my name is brianna smith, I am the
current president of the black student
union here at ccsf I'm also a student
worker with project survive.
I'm also a student worker at the
african american resource center, I'm
a student leader here on campus, I'm
here the request that the african
american resource center still be put
in the student success center as was
promised and agreed to by the board
back in 2020.
I think it's important as though this
idea of putting all of the things that
are black things in one space is
problematic because she should be
expanding student faces especially
from marginalized students.
the board did also make a commitment
back in the february to support
marginalized students against the
attacks that were coming in from the
administration, the trump
administration, I think this is
inclusive of that support that was
promised.
and when we take away resources and
spaces, we're not supporting students,
so, as a black student, as a black
leader here on campus, as a student
parent, I think it's important we have
more spaces spread out throughout
campus, autonomy spaces that are
student led that help promote student
leadership.
if you think about the history of
ccsf, our student leaders come from
the resource centers, these are people
who come and become student trustees,
these are people who come and be on
the board, these are people who come
back and teach at the college.
and as we're talking about
enrollment and we need to make our
school look attractive to those who
already feel like they are ousted from
the city of san francisco.
those are our black students, those
are our marginalized students to
putting us in spaces where we are in
one would've is similar to the model
happening in the city for us rather
than a new model we're supposed to
stand as an innovative college,
promoting global leaders and citizens
and having the next generation of
board members that may be here.
as we talk about that, I think it's
important as we talk about expansion,
it means spreading our wings, having
voices in the student success center
representing all of the diverse
students on campus.
thank you very much.
>> next is abigail bornstein.
>> so, I wanted to talk about opeb.
this is a follow-up from a discussion
back in september 12, so, in the
budget, there was a request made on
september 12th and there just hasn't
been the follow-up which was basically
that on page 18 of the budget after
the 1% payroll notation of 2020, an
additional sentence stating "in
october 2023, the board of trustees
were presented four scenarios and
voted to pay the service cost from
this point forward".
so, that was requested in september, I
believe trustee chisti asked about
that as well because all we had was
what happened in 2020 but the board
had taken a different vote in 2023 and
so that should be noted on page 18 and
especially since we keep having
different administrators come in and
out, I think it's really important
that we include that in the actual
wording and it was supposed to come
back in january and it just -- it
didn't come back, that's what we were
told, it's okay, we're bringing this
back in january and it didn't come
back.
I'm reminding that language needs to
go back in if we're going to talk
about that.
thank you.
>> next is harry bernstein.
>> good evening.
I'm just reminding you that last year,
I think it was I'm pretty sure
it was april of 2024.
you had an interesting presentation, I
believe then vice-president martinez
had asked for information to be
parented about the older adults
department.
so, you had dean kedae, the department
chair, calvin young and faculty member
judy hubble were here and they made
their presentation for 30-40 minutes
and it went on for another 20 minutes
of your questions and the public
comments.
the one thing that they made very
clear was the program had been
literally decimated losing 90% of its
programs and faculty, which way
forward.
they needed a needs assessment to find
out how many people in the general
public do they serve, city college
serves the entire adult population of
san francisco.
what do they need?
so, in fact, there was even a
follow-up question from a member of
the board to see that that happened.
now, I can't be here for that but
later in program, 14c I think is --
there's a needs assessment, a contract
that was for almost 100 thousand
dollars from west ed consulting
research services for the adult
education program needs assessment.
I am just encouraging, I know that
david yee is interested in something
like this but it seems that there
should be a possibility of doing a
needs assessment for this tiny
fraction of the programs that serve
the older adult program and not just
what survives for sacramento as adult
education.
thank you.
>> next is mary bravewoman.
>> thank you, trustee chung, for
reminding us to put in our comment
cards when you have already heard
from us.
this college community and the number
of people that are standing back
there, multiply them by tens, they
represent the entire college community
and we waiting for months, this is an
embarrassment.
I don't understand what the hold-up is.
I know you're going to tell us you
can't tell us anything and I'm not
directing this at all of you, that
you're not going to tell us anything
that came out of closed session but
this is a travesty and I don't
understand why there is a lack of
leadership and direction.
we have a clear choice in front of us.
I'm going to refrain from swearing
right now, everybody right here, each
one of those people back there
represent the voters of the city.
we voted to put you in this seat to
help lead your college in a good
direction.
you heard from the community.
you heard from students, you heard
from faculty, what the actual fuck is
the hold-up?
this is an embarrassment, you guys can
have the rest of your meeting, we're
done.
>> that concludes public comments.
>> thank you.
we now return to the regular order of
the agenda.
action items 6a, adoption of
resolution number 2025-08 in
recognition of asian american pacific
islander month.
who will move the resolution?
>> I will move 6c.
>> second.
>> moved by vice-president zamora,
seconded by trustee chung.
acting chancellor, is there any
comment from the chancellor's office
on this one?
>> I think just the importance of
recognizing, you know, important
members of our college community and
this opportunity that we have to offer
this celebration and support.
>> thank you.
are there any trustee questions or
comments?
trustee chung?
>> I think I've mentioned this in
previous resolutions and I appreciate
that the same way that we make land
acknowledgment statements every
meeting, the same way that we take the
time to pass a resolution during that
time of month to celebrate, to be
present, to remember the struggles of
marginalized communities in the past,
I think what I hope for is -- and we
will see this in later resolutions
where we improved on it, added more
substantial information especially
information that is local to our
college, to our city as well as things
that are substantive of the time.
I know I didn't have a ton of capacity
-- I know we talk about this concept
about just because you're a member of
the community doesn't mean the
burden's on you to do the work.
I hope there's allies, but I
understand when allies feel the need
that they're like, I can't -- I need
to make space for the person in that
community to speak but I'm hoping
because we're going to have a whole
year between now and the next time we
pass this resolution if we can give
ample time to our asian american
studies faculty who are experts in
this topic and the history especially
local to city college to write a
resolution that is even more
meaningful.
thank you.
>> are there any other trustee
comments?
student trustee brandt?
>> thank you so much.
as is often the case when resolutions
are drafted, I was just curious
who was spoken with or how this
resolution was drafted.
there's particular individuals that
come to mind for me when I think about
the asian american pacific islander
community, particularly dr. Palita,
and I know the college has previously
had vasa conferences which did not
take place for the first time this
year in I don't know how long.
I hope the resolved would include
while we're recognizing our asian and
pacific islander students and
community intentionality about putting
funds towards supporting a vasa
conference.
>> thank you the.
any other trustee comments?
is there any public comment?
>> we don't have.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> yeah, just, I think this has been
mentioned before in prior meetings,
but -- and I know it's difficult with
the administration's bandwidth but
having these types of resolutions at
the beginning of the actual month as
opposed to the end of the month would
be helpful and frankly would allow us
to celebrate it much earlier and be
intentional around that.
>> thank you.
I've made this request before that
they not come at the end of the month
which means they have to come at the
end of the prior month in order for us
to celebrate them.
trustee solomon?
>> right, and as trustees, we can
request that, it's also our
responsible to do it, it's really not
the administrator's responsibility
only, they are a month ahead.
>> are there any public comments on
this?
okay, ms. Esteban, roll call vote,
please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you, we move to action item
6d, adoption of resolution 2025-09,
supporting the recommendations of the
free city college oversight committee.
who will move the resolution?
moved by trustee wong, seconded by
trustee solomon, any trustee comments
or questions?
>> trustee chung?
>> sure, I'll present, so student
trustee brandt and I are on the free
city college overside committee and so
I think folks know about my history of
working on the legislation in 2019 at
city hall for free city, so last year,
there was the change in the city
budget that reduced funding for free
city college from I think it was about
16.9 million dollars to 9.3 and then
this coming fiscal year as was
budgeted in the previous budget, 7.2
million dollars.
and that proposal would undermine the
principal of free city college in
providing tuition, free enrollment
regardless of their background, income
or basically having education as a
fundamental right.
and during that time when we had a
meeting with then mayor's office, we
were informed that their intent was to
take any surplus money that we had and
also further reduce the program in
future years, so that only some
classes would be covered by tuition
free enrollment, so this is a meeting
between interim chancellor bailey and
I and the chief of staff for the
mayor's office.
so, since then, the budget cuts kind
of caught us off guard and we weren't
able to advocate on that this coming
year, the budget for the mayor's
office is combining out either friday
or monday and we want to see a budget
that restores the free city college
program.
and so our oversight committee, this
is a little bit behind, I wish we got
this earlier and we're working to
establish processes where we're on a
regular basis providing
recommendations and reviewing what's
-- yeah, reviewing and providing
recommendations sooner, so this was a
proposal offered by supervisor chan
who's also the budget committee at the
board of supervisors, so she offered
most of the language from this motion
that was adopted by our free city
college oversight committee.
and so she mentioned that we needed to
consider after the audits for previous
fiscal years, then they would be
willing to consider the addition of
indirect expenses from prior 2025-2026
fiscal year and then one of the most
important ones for me, number 2, was
bringing back our funding to
approximately 16 million dollars and
then compounded by cpi and future
years as opposed to 9.3 this year and
7.2 as originally budgeted and then to
consider students also made a
proposal, there were folks from smack
and other groups that came and
presented us a proposal on how to
potentially spend some of the surplus
dollars that had been provided by --
that had been there until it was taken
out from the free city college program.
so, we support that in years where the
city doesn't have budget deficit and
also to -- for point number 4, a
desire to change the language so that
there's a deficit trigger, so right
now there's flexibility for the city
when they want to reduce funding for
the free city college program, kind of
at their whim.
in a lot of the set asides we have at
the city level, there's a deficit
trigger where if the city's budget
goes below a certain amount, then that
the's when they may pause increases or
something to that effect and so
supervisor chan mentioned including
something like that instead of giving
more discretion to the city to have
that in there, and then for the city
to consider to reimburse student fees
and tuition both retroactively and
moving forward but not limited to
ongoing student debt fee, covering
health care, existing session in mou
appendix a, students who withdraw from
courses because students that have
withdrawn in past, they've ended up
having money that they owe to the
college.
so, if we get rid of that, we don't
have to do this retroactive
reimbursement of I guess unpaid fees
if they withdraw from their classes
and for number 6, for the city and all
entities involved in the
implementation for mou evaluation and
amend the language of use of punds and
adjustments in mou's, so going
forward, having an open conversation
how we want to do this, and I just
want to note, kind of throw the ball
at our -- dr. Lisa cooper wilkins was
there along with student trustee
brandt, so I want to if possible, if
trustee chung wouldn't mind allowing
more context to be added in case I
missed some stuff and I'm sure I did.
>> okay.
no, I think you were very thorough.
there's a smaller group, a subgroup
from the oversight committee that had
been meeting as a small equity I guess
group to look at equity -- potential
equity goals for the program to expand
its impact for other citizens in the
city and so there were also
recommendations that sort of aligned
with item 5 around other ways that
student support could be extended
through basic needs, addressing basic
needs.
also thinking about ways to offer
maybe more structures that with
programmatic elements to free city
similar to other promise programs at
other institutions but essentially the
item said -- trustee wong covered 1-6
are things that were discussed in
those subcommittees and brought
forward and discussed holistically as
an oversight committee so those are
the recommendations that are being
brought forward to this board to
support as well.
>> are there any trustee comments or
questions?
okay, trustee chung?
>> yes.
I wanted to take the time and again
echo the gratitude -- the underlying
gratitude to trustees historically and
as well as administrators working on
this, I want to thank supervisor chan
for her leadership in this.
I mean, as far as allies who
understand the importance of city
college, thank you so much, supervisor
chan.
I also want to thank the grass root
non-profit coalition that has also
advocated for this, particularly the
students.
I think trustee wong had touched on
this but the students, the historical
courage of coleman advocates and
the fellows that they recently brought on.
I mean, I only heard second hand how
incredible and how moving they were
and how effective they were, so thank
you so much, please, if there's anyone
else to also relay that to them.
and I want to take the time to
thank vito mendes who was the mentor
for those students and supported
them and the overarching idea of
empowering but holistically caring for
them and seeing over them, thank you,
vito, for doing that.
>> trustee chisti?
>> I want to echo some of those
statements, thank you, trustee wong,
and I'm grateful to supervisor chan
for bringing us to where we are.
I am specifically interested in number
6 and I guess I had a follow-up
question for the deficit trigger too.
what is the amount where that trigger
happens in general?
because think -- they're projecting
a deficit right now.
>> I think the intent was to keep the
motion broad so that there's space to
have the conversation between dcyf and
our administrators so have that
operational discussion and bring it
back to the larger bodies for final
say or recommendation or feedback.
>> and I think the other thing and you
started to allude to this, trustee
wong, is that already plans have been
made to have meetings align better
with the city's budget process because
we're obviously well behind the curve
this year in making some of these
recommendations but recognizing that
they're going to be critical periods
in the year where they'll have to be
oversight meetings to, one, monitor
where the budget is and then to be
able to make recommendations that will
have impact before the budget is
formulated.
>> and then for number 6, is there a
timeline that was identified for this?
because I think it alludes to
modifications around changes to the
use of funds, so is that within a
year, is that -- was there a proposed
timeline for has?
>> so, there is a new timeline for
dates for this upcoming year that
better align with the budget
formulation process.
also there is a set of recommendations
that are sort of scaled I guess is the
word I want to use so -- I don't know
that it matches whatever the city's
trigger point is but there are sort of
baseline budgetary needs that have
been outlined plus some additional
considerations for some of these other
recommended uses of the funds that are
based -- aligned also with our
enrollment growth projections, both
our most I guess ambitious growth foes
versus what we think will be baseline
that also help to think about how
funding at various levels could be
utilized.
so, I think it is meant to offer some
flexibility with what the city's
budgetary challenges are as well, so
washes we can think about skillfully
funding our students but also offering
additional support.
>> and then what about the money in
the reserve, was there any discussion
about that, has that been clawed back?
>> that is a very still unclear
discussion until I think the final
audits are finished.
there still isn't a lot of clarity yet
around both unspent funds and what if
any is left in the reserve.
>> okay, thank you for that.
I wanted to again offer the more we
can be in loop with some of these
discussions that -- and just from my
own experience of previously working
at dcyf and overseeing the free city
program, if I can help with this
process in any way, I wanted to
reiterate that.
>> any further trustee comments or
questions?
any public comments?
>> yes, we do.
first is alyssa messier.
>> next is mary lee hearn.
>> good evening, earlier today, I was
with our students, a good number of
them in front of city hall protesting
against the fact that this program,
free city, has not been fully funded.
the students are very aware and feel
that they've been ripped off which
they have been with greater than 50%
of what had been promised being
withdrawn.
now, most of the stories today had to
do with students coming into an
academic situation who thought that
they never would have had that
experience had it not been for free
city.
other students talking about the fact
that they couldn't afford to take, you
know, more than x amount of classes
because of the cost.
so, I would like to thank all those
who have been working on this.
I appreciate that.
they appreciate it I'm sure, but what
I would like to see happen is that you
keep students informed as you go
along, that what is being done and
that you are definitely working on it
because they are very concerned right
now and we need to shore up our
students, we need to the say we're
right there behind you and we're
trying to get this done, so
anything that can be done to expedite
it would I'm sure be very -- students
would be very grateful, but please be
aware that there are many students who
are very concerned right now.
thank you.
>> next is michael adams.
>> hello, everyone, thank you for your
patience.
I too was at city hall with students
and some of you passed through I'm
sure.
I won't repeat everything you've heard
about the anxiety, the uncertainty,
the questioning projecting the worst
case scenario so folks are preparing
themselves for not being able to come
to school.
and they're wise enough to anticipate
potential in the process that it will
fail.
we just sat through you all going to a
closed meeting and coming back with
for us nothing but questions and not
an answer to what we thouk you were
going -- so, things happen
and we appreciate your perseverance and
your courage to sticking together when
stuff happens.
it's sometimes unexpected.
the thing that keeps coming to mind to
me is and what else.
free city is one source of potential
support but I think I've mentioned
before, I come from midwest colleges
and I get mail every month from the
foundations asking for money.
I don't hear anything about the city
college of san francisco foundation as
a potential source along with free
city.
if we put all of our hopes in one
basket and there's another one kind of
waiting out there by the curb that
hasn't been stimulated to participate
and the last time I looked online, the
last two years of reports of the
foundation are missing.
the information is old, so I would
plead with you all to use free city as
a core but think about other pathways
to raising money for this institution.
it just makes sense and we're all
subject to those mailers that go out
very friendly, hi, alumni, send us
some money, you know.
and the stories that we hear about at
city hall from the stories are
powerful stories to deliver a message,
not just to free city, but to the
foundation and any other sources that
we can think about, so thank you for
what you're doing and we're here to
help.
>> that concludes public comment.
>> thank you very much.
okay.
ms. Esteban, roll call vote, please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you.
we now move to the adoption of 6e, the
adoption of resolution 2025-10 in
recognition of pride month.
I believe the resolution is being
moved by trustee chung and seconded by
trustee solomon.
would you like to address this
resolution before we take questions or
comments?
>> yes, do you want to move in and
then I'll reverse.
>> I wanted to move it but with some
amendments that supplement and take
nothing away with what's very good and
what's there.
so, if I could proceed, hopefully what
I sent to ms. Esteban was easy enough
to follow but I can walk through it as
well.
so, the first -- just in order from
the top of the resolution to the bottom
of the resolution, in the -- okay.
in the 7th whereas, in whereas that
starts with whereas city college a hah
a proud tradition of combining culture
and education and I think there's an
extra in there, and sorry, in 1989, the
addition is lgbt, studies faculty jack
collins created the first freestanding
lgbt studies department in the nature,
it's in addition of those five words,
lgbt studies faculty jack
collins, everything else stays the
same.
the next amendment is to add a
whereas, after the whereas that's
about -- that starts with the whereas
the college's queer resource centers
empowers and unites lgtqia+
students, an additional whereas
that is taken from the resolution that
we passed on june 22, 2023, and I
thought it was important to put that
in there because what we said back
then is we're going to do this every
year, just as a reminder to us of what
we did make a commitment to two years
ago.
the next amendment is to delete the
next whereas and just to replace it
with whereas the first annual flag
raising -- pride flag raising ceremony
was held in 2024, the new whereas
includes that we voted on that.
so, just to cut out a little
repetition.
and then the final one which came from
trustee chung is -- sorry, trustee
chung gave us the jack collins
language.
then a final resolved, finally
the board of
trustees of city college of san
francisco strongly reaffirms its
commitments as resolved in its june
22, 2023 resolution, honorees the city
college of san francisco's lgbtqia+
community for their ongoing courage
and compassion and offers its
profound thanks for to them for making
our world a better place.
>> trustee chung, do you have anything
to add?
>> I just want to thank trustee
solomon for being a wonderful ally to
our community and dinging all these
amendments and letting me second it.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> I would like to thank both trustee
chung and trustee solomon for bringing
this forward.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> and I would like the thank them for
bringing it forward the month before
so we can have this for the full month.
>> any other trustee comments?
trustee chisti?
>> I think we worked on it together
in 2023, so thank you so much for
bringing this forward and I'm excited
for our flagging raising ceremony
which was beautiful last year and I'm
excited for it for this year.
>> any other trustee comments?
I would like to thank you for adding
the name of jack collins who
originated the lgbtq studies.
I had the privilege of also working
with him as did many of us at that
time and so it's good to see him
finally acknowledged, a lot of hard
work, thank you very much.
are there any public comments?
ms. Esteban, can you take the vote
please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> we now move to the approval of the
minutes, are there any corrections to
any of the minutes, if so, please
specify the meeting date and
corrections.
seeing none, is there a motion to
approve the minutes of april 24, 2025.
>> we have one public comment,
abigail bornstein.
>> thank you, sorry.
>> so, for the umpteenth time, one of
my written public comments was left
off, which one this time, it was the
april 24th 10a budget update, at this
point, this leaving off of my written
comment feels intentional and I will
read it back into the record and ask
the board to approve the april 24th
minute with the addition of my written
comment which was left off.
so, item 10a budget update, 137 words,
when did the board receive the slides
with the draft budget assumptions, this
was not posted for the
public until sometime today.
on occasion, this last minute upload
may happen but it has now become
common place.
as either madeline or harry states a
place holder agenda is released on
monday but only shortly before the
actual meeting on thursday do the
attachments appear.
if these assumptions were shown at the
pgc budget committee on tuesday, why
weren't they posted on tuesday instead
of last minute today.
you state that you receive bead
feedback from the pgc budget committee
but provide no insight into that
feedback.
were they supportive of the
assumptions, asked for change, we never
share the actual feedback with the
board which would be educational.
what was the position of the pgc budget
committee on the assumptions?
again, I ask that the minutes be seconded
and my written comment included in the
minutes, thank you.
>> that concludes public comments.
>> with that amendments, is there a
motion to approve all three of the
sets of minutes?
>> so moved.
>> is there a second?
>> second, but if I may add to the
discussion.
>> yes.
>> I wonder, and again, I completely
understand, all our staff are so
overworked, they're so overworked, we
don't have enough staffing.
I can relate, I'm in workers comp,
we're two secretaries short and I'm so
tired, but I hope perhaps maybe we can
just double check to make sure if
there are any other written public
comment tobies make sure they're added
if we can conditionally approve these
minutes, that would be wonderful,
thank you.
>> and if with that, that would be
delegated to interim chancellor
bailey, thank you.
alright.
are we ready for the roll call vote?
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> we're now at the constituent group
report, the first one is the student
chancellor's report, malinalli
villalobos.
I know that -- is he here?
thank you.
mr. Villalobos is also an the encore
convention so it's understandable.
>> can you hear me?
>> there you are, thank you.
>> yes, thank you.
saludos, good evening, ccsf community,
especially our amazing ccsf students,
I hope you're doing well this evening.
as student chancellor, I would like to
report on behalf of the associated
students this evening, I do want to
let you know that it's very
troublesome, it's very troublesome
wherein when we have student voices
not being heard.
it has been a very upsetting and
emotional night as far as with our
contract with the incoming chancellor,
dr. Cortez.
as stated earlier in public comment,
students overwhelmingly have shown
their support for dr. Cortez, and dr.
cortez, if you can hear us, be patient
with us as we're trying to figure
this out.
when you come in, there's a lot of
work to be done and students, don't
lose any hope.
our voices are strong and we will be
heard.
when we're not heard, we're going
to go ahead and take action.
every board member there was elected,
was elected with the support of
students during campaigns and we have
to restructure that and go back to the
drawing board and question board
members, if they deserve to be in
their elected positions, we'll go
ahead and do that.
as stated earlier in the public comment
, the advocacy for the african
american resource center needs to be
present by action and the action is
having the african american resource
center be moved to the new student
success center, there are no ands, ifs
or buts about it, the students have
spoken, the workers within those
spaces have spoken.
this has been years in the making.
we have to make sure we have the space
for the african american resource
center.
we have to make sure we have the space
for city dream
to be able to conduct the amazing they
do in their those spaces, we have to
make sure the resource center have
ample spaces to serve student/parent
needs and children as well.
as I'm finishing up my last few days
as student chancellor, I want to
congratulate the incoming executive
student council for this new academic
year, congratulations to angelica pam
poes for becoming our new student
trustee, heather brandt for becoming
our student chancellor and myself as
student vice chancellor.
I do want to finish up, I know I'm out
of time, I want to finish up with a
few seconds to share.
on behalf of the students of the san
francisco community college district,
I want to extend a heartfelt
appreciation to heather brandt, your
leadership, advocacy and unwavering
commitment to representing the student
voice have made a lasting impact.
these last few years, you brought
thoughtfulness, energy and integrity
to every discussion in your
contributions will continue to inspire
students throughout the many years to
come.
gracias, thank you for your dedicated
service, you truly made a difference in
students' lives, that is the work that
the students have been putting forward
for the last two years, thank you, I
appreciate you, even when the board
does not get it together, you have
been one of the only people there that
students can count on, so I appreciate
you and with that, I leave my hat to
the next student chancellor, heather
brandt, thank you, everybody, thank
you, all the students for being able
to support me these last two years as
student chancellor and as
student trustee previously.
thank you.
>> very good.
we now turn to the student trustee's
report.
student trustee brandt, you're muted.
>> I'm trying to unmute, are you able
to hear me?
>> yes.
>> I'm going to try to keep it within
time, this is my last and
final report.
I was trying not to get emotional.
well, I apologize for
coming in late tonight, I was
experiencing audio challenges earlier
and hopefully those have since been
involved, I too am in new york and
encore and I wish I could be in person
with you all.
I sit here tonight having recently
wrapped up the 2024-25 academic year
and my second and final term as your
student trustee and want to express my
deepest gratitude for the honor of
serving students at the city college
of san francisco representing a
vibrant, diverse and resilient student
body has been one of the humbling and
transformative experiences of my life.
over the paster two years, I have
advocated for student needs on a
number of issues and make no mistake,
there's so much more to be done as we
have heard from city dream, the family
resource center and the african
american resource center with regard
to the use of space.
I did not, have not and will not ever
shy away from speaking truth to power
including calling out
atrocities that continue to take
place in palestine, I thank this board
for their support which came in the
form of a cease fire resolution.
my voice at this table has come from a
place of lived experience, a deep love
for ccsf and our community college
system as well as a recognition that
equity and access are not abstract
ideals but urgent necessities.
this journey has not been without lots
of struggle and personal hardship.
I want to share in the hopes of
building understanding of what life is
and can be like for our students, over
the course of the last two years, my
mother was placed on hospice as her
alzheimer's advanced, my siblings and
spouse were diagnosed with different
stages and forms of cancer and have
has had to go radiation, chemotherapy
and various procedures, I lost two of
my first cousins who were in their
30's, the one to brain kans and her
the other to khakis, if you know
anything about coming from latino
family, our cousins is like our
siblings too.
I mourn the ongoing loss of palestine
where many of my loved onuses continue
the fight for survival.
all of this while navigating
the demands of life while I work to
raise my three children holding down
two part time job, attending school
full time to help ot with our ftes
numbers, there were times the weight
felt unbearable and I questioned
whether I could carry the
responsibilities of this role and
still show up fully for my family and
community but with the support of my
peers and the ccsf family, I kept
showing up, I leave this role
proud, not just of accomplished but
the persistence and heart that it took
the get here and to carry me through
through.
as I prepare to step away from the
seat, I await what lays ahead for me,
it is a great pleasure the introduce
your incoming student trustee for the
25-26 academic year angel koe campos,
she brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience in community advocacy,
coalition bid, having previously
served as associated student council
of ocean president, student
chancellor, a current representative
within participatory governance, a
former member of the free city
oversight committee as well as having
held various roles other the years
within the student senate for
community colleges, ultimately
concludes her time in the organization
as president.
she currently serves on the boards of
san francisco young dams and the
harvey milk club, her background is
deeply engaged in justice and
inclusion.
I have full confidence she will lead
with integrity, compassion and advice,
please welcome her with the same
encouragement and collaboration that I
have been so fortunate to receive.
to student, I hope you never forget
your voice matters, you belong in
every room where decisions are made.
to those who continue this work, thank
you, thank you for believing in
student leadership and for your
commitment to keeping ccsf a place
where opportunity begins and futures
are transformed.
thank you.
>> thank you very much.
and now we come to the academic senate
president's report.
>> good evening, everyone, exactly one
week ago today, we came together to
celebrate the achievement of our
students at our annual commencement
ceremony, this year our student peek
speaker was especially moving,
commencement reminds us why we have
been here for 90 years and why it is
critical we continue to be here for
decades to come.
also last week as happens every year,
the academic senate seated a new
council.
we were glad to see some new faces and
welcome back some familiar ones and
grateful to those who cycled off the
council this year.
the academic senate represents faculty
voice in all matters concerning the 10
plus 1 and I would like to underscore
the value of the campus that would
like to step up to run for executive
council.
as we continue to navigate a series of
complex realities in the coming year,
the work of the academic senate will
remain as important as ever.
my name is katia fuchs, a math faculty
and I stand before you today again as
the newly elected academic senate
president.
during my time serving in the academic
senate and now as senate president, I
am very conscious of the purpose and
value of open and inclusive processes.
when we honor the process, we create a
culture of accountability and trust.
this is crucial to the work of any
successful team and that's what we are
here, a team.
tonight you could have closed the loop
on a crucial process, one that would
have put us on a path to credible and
stable leadership, a key facet of
providing an excellent learning
environment for each and every one of
our students and maintaining our
accreditation.
I thought I would fill you in on some
important business that the executive
council has done since our last
meeting.
we endorsed an enrollment philosophy
we are proud of.
it prioritizes a holistic student
centered approach towards enrollment
management and program support.
the adult education program through
your plan and an updated two year
comprehensive program review process
which will provide tools and support
to reflect on the way we currently
serve our students and collectively
plan for a future centering student
success.
as a body, we feel these tenses move
our institution forward in servicing
our students and our broader community.
our meeting also featured a budget
update from bc dr. Ligoso which came
directly on the heels of a budget
flavored report from robin pew from
aft, it highlighted the importance of
ongoing dialogue and constructive
engagement to get to a place of mutual
understanding and consensus.
and thus I conclude my first ever
report before you, though summer is a
relatively quiet time on our campus,
there is work to be done as we're
recharging getting ready for the full
steam of the academic year.
I will continue to come before you to
speak to and celebrate the faculty in
my role as senate president this year.
>> will michael snider be making a
report?
thank you.
>> michael asked me to deliver his
report for him.
I would like to thank -- I would like
to begin by thanking interim chancellor
bailey for his leadership and support
over the past year.
his presence at classified senate
meetings, his encouragement of
classified voices in governance and
his participation in events like the
holiday breakfast, toy drive and
graduation ceremonies have been
greatly appreciated.
and most of all, we thank him for
leading the college through difficult
times.
we wish him all the best in his next
chapter.
I'll skip over michael's next comments
which were welcoming dr. Cortez.
at our may meeting, our final session
before the fall, we certified the
results of the classified senate
elections, a heartfelt thank you to the
election committee for their time and
effort.
I also want to acknowledge and thank
all our outgoing senators, your
commitment over the past two years
made a real and lasting impact and we
sincerely hope to welcome you back in
the future.
congratulations to our newly elected
senators for the 25-27 term, blane
augustine and jeffrey kelley and
congratulations to suzanne, maria and
tanya who will continue her role for a
second term.
finally thank you to all classified
professionals if for your continued
support and confidence in re-electing
me as classified senate president for
a second term.
it is an honor to serve and advocate
for our community.
as we head into summer, here's a
reminder ore seize candy fundraiser
will continue through december supporting
the classified senate development
and the toy drive.
this month's classified governance
spotlight award goes to cecilia,
educational credential training in
human resources, an active member of
the pgc member, it contributes
manfully to the work of the college,
we thank her for her dedication and
service.
thank you, michael snider, classified
senate president.
>> thank you.
we now move to the service employees
international union local 1021
president's report.
>> hi, can you hear me?
>> yes.
>> okay, good.
evening, board of trustees, seiu is
pleased to see we have finally got our
tentative agreement regarding our wage
for the fiscal year 24-25 on the
agenda for your approval.
however, it is concerning that the
process has taken this long.
>> it doesn't make sense to me that so
much excessive money is being spent on
the law firm and we still are not
completely done with negotiations on
our full reopener.
so that's that.
now with the stuff that went on
tonight which is don't understand
what's going on, a what on earth is
happening here.
you've published your choice for
a permanent chancellor, seiu has been
trusting your process, hasn't had
conversations with you all, letting
you go ahead and do your thing for
once, right, and not interfering.
but now we have some doubt.
after you went into closed session
tonight for the third time, we
expected a brief discussion but it
lasted much longer without any
explanation.
it's clear you could have sought some
of that expensive legal advice to
provide us with information that is
sharable.
labor is not a mood for your bullshit
and you are pissing us all off in a
bad way.
this does not look good, you guys, it
doesn't.
so, figure out from the law firm what
you can share and get a message out
there.
good night.
>> thank you.
american federation of teachers local
2121 president's report.
administrator's association co-chair's
report?
the department chair council
president's report and I understand
that madeline mueller will be
reporting.
>> [inaudible].
you didn't want to hear that anyway.
darlene at the last minute said she
couldn't make it, she had a speech but
she wanted to give her speech next
time, she said improvise, okay.
but to keep a few issues as we started
the meeting a year ago, grades were
due and I don't know if you noticed
out here, a lot of us were getting --
making sure that all those thousands
of grades went in today absolutely no
later than 5:00 because wilbur said
so, this has taken a lot of energy
from a lot of faculty and grades are
very difficult because students as we
know tonight, life happens, things
happen and they want extensions and
it's just very hard to make these kind
of judgments.
it's a crucial time for all the
faculty.
but we got them, I think we got
everything in by 5:00.
also will
wilbur had another way of looking
at ghost students, but our real
student would are online and then stop
coming and we have to be careful in
the future not to confuse the bots and
the fakes and the cabals that are out
with students who really start and
want to conclude, then as you get
closer, then life happens and people
stress and so forth so we have to make
sure we don't intermingle our real
students have a hard time and need to
get fresh starts with the absolute
fake folk.
but I'm glad we're having that
conversation and we are, the chaises
are all having that conversation right
now.
then I wanted to thank whoever really
put this wonderful booklet together
for the graduation ceremony.
I've been on the committee for many
years and I designed the process in
the 70's, but it's -- this is
spectacular and especially about the
90th anniversary.
you maybe all were there and, yeah,
you were, but try to get people that
you know to look over this booklet
because it has some really wonderful
history in it going back the to 90
years, before my time barely.
and then I wanted to share with you
this evening a booklet, raise your
hands, how many of you have this?
nobody?
good.
then I'm going to give you one
if we ever have another break, I have
one with you and you'll have to look
at page 90, I won't tell you why, it
is an normative book that was written
for our 70's anniversary, very
complete, lots of pictures.
you know, any time we have these tense
meetings, I think we have to recollect
the school has a long history and
there's been interesting moments, so I
want to have a chance maybe now or a
little later that you all get a copy
of this.
>> chair mueller, if you can stay here
for a moment, does it have anything in
that book about charter day?
>> [inaudible].
>> but is it included in the history so
when we have it, we can remember
that it's a commemoration we need to
celebrate?
>> [inaudible]
>> thank you.
>> [inaudible].
>> thank you.
>> pardon my ignorance, what is
charter day?
>> can you come to the microphone.
>> we have -- I have to go back into
my boxes and we're reading some
materials about it but we still don't
have the exact charter language.
uc berkeley was the first charter
school way back and subsequently when
the schools became real, they had a
charter and we used to have charter
days, april 17th which we haven't had
for a while.
so, maybe we can resurrect that for
the 90th, I don't know.
>> it's kind of like a birthday.
>> yes, but anyway, as I say, I don't
want the interrupt the meeting but
I'll let you one of these, these are
very informative.
>> and now we turn to item 10,
chancellor's report.
do you have a report?
>> I know it's late, I wanted to take
a moment to again thank everyone who
was a part of last week's commencement.
there was an incredible commencement
committee working really hard behind
the scenes, more than 65 volunteers
and I was just reminded after
madeline's comments that we even
engaged one of our librarians to help
with the archival information and
photostats that appear in the
commencement booklet.
there were a number of fobs who were a
a part of the platform party and
everyone has an interesting role and a
very diverse real to play, but all of
that came together to celebrate an
incredible milestone for our students,
many of whom it can take many years
for them to reach that incredible
achievement, we awarded almost 3
thousand certificates at this time and
graduated a little over 500 students
on thursday and so many thanks again
to all the folks who played a really
pivotal role in that.
it's not just an achievement for the
students but many of us walk alongside
those students a long time before
they're students and until they reach
this milestone, so it's an achievement
for the community as well as the
students, I want to thank everyone for
that and I also just want to -- I
don't know if reassure is the right
word, I'm definitely hearing the
voices that are speaking about student
spaces and trying to engage as many
folks in conversation to address those
concerns, the thoughts, the ideas that
are coming forward, so I just wanted
to again reassure folks that their
voices are being heard and doing our
very best to incorporate everyone's
perspectives as we make
decisions about moving forward.
thank you.
>> thank you.
>> we're now at presentations and
discussions, accreditation update a,
would you lead us off please.
>> we have avc charles here to prepare
some details but I know she is not
feeling well so I have a few
comments from her if she is not still
online.
she wanted to -- is she?
>> I am.
>> thank you, avc charles.
>> you do have my written report but I
would like to highlight that the
commission is meeting next wednesday
and thursday, the time has come, it
felt like forever and now it is almost
here.
we are receive their determination
regarding our sanction within 30 days
of that meeting, so we will know soon.
and then I would also like to
highlight that whatever the commission
decides as we all know, we need to
base our budget decisions on realistic
assumptions about enrollment, revenue
and expenditures to ensure that we
have solid financial footing from here
on out and I know -- we all know that
but it's worth saying again and again.
happy to answer any questions,
otherwise, also happy to have you move
on so you can finish your meeting soon.
>> thank you, trustees, any questions?
I don't see any questions.
thank you for signing on when you're
not feeling well.
we all wish you good health.
>> thank you so much.
I really appreciate that.
>> and let's move now to the budget
update.
item 12.
>> thank you, president martinez,
trustees, colleagues, here and online,
the first item is our 311q which is
the third quarter report that we file
with the state and it's really an
alignment of what you previously saw
in our monthly financials.
the revenues are tracking as expected.
a little bit low because this is for
the month ended march so we don't see
all of our property taxes as well as
parcel taxes in there which you will
see in the next report which is the
april monthly.
the expenditures and we're trying
to align that, the current process as
it's employed here at city college is
that we don't do the adjustments for
the parcel tax until the end of the
year, so hence the quarterly reports
we send to the chancellor's office
include the parcel tax expense which
at the end of the year, we transfer to
the parcel tax.
in the future, we're going to set it
up right from the beginning of the
fiscal year so that the 311 will align
with the monthly reports.
everything is tracking as you will see
will also occur in the april monthly
financials.
>> shall we take all the reports and
then --
>> yes, that would be good.
the next item is the monthly
financials, so the end of april, and
here we do include and have received
the second portion of our property
taxes, so generally we receive about
50 plus percent in december, another
45% in april and then about 5% in
close-outs in june timeframe.
so, you see that our revenues are up,
you'll see that we also received the
second half of our parcel tax and so
when you then compare the revenues to
our expenditures, we see a sizable
difference between what we brought in
versus what we're paying out.
that of course -- the bulk of our
property taxes of the local monies
just came in and, you know, we'll now
just be seining revenues from the
apportionment so that we'll now just
be seining revenues from the
apportionment so that will slow down
we expect to receive our revenues
because in the may revise, the
governor noted he will fully fund the
scff and then our expenditures will
continue at the same pace so we still
expect to be at a surplus which you'll
see in the following report.
and so then I'll transition to the
budget update.
thank you, shawn.
or the second slide first, please,
number 2.
and this is just to provide some
context.
we are presenting to you as per board
policy what the shape of the tentative
budge will look like, so this will be
a very, very preliminary draft report
just to kind of show where we expect
to be.
we will bring a more in-depth
analysis and discussion and reports to
you at the june committee of the whole
meeting and then of course at the
end of june present to you the
tentative budget for
acceptance which will allow them to
begin spending july 1, what I'll be
presenting is various scenarios for us
as an institution to really understand
the types of decisions we will have to
make and the potential impact those
decisions will have in the out years.
slide number 12 please.
I'm going to start from the back with
the assumptions and then walk you
through the scenarios.
and so I listed the major assumptions
here and tried to compile it into one
sheet rather than listing assumptions
for each scenario because some of the
varian -- variance is in those yellow
line items, we're assuming cola, 2.3%
of course for upcoming year as per the
governor's may revise, the following
numbers are really the statutory
increases for the department of finance
which also was adopted by school
services and employed by the
chancellor's office.
so, I put those in there and they'll
affect the calculations in the out
years.
hold harmless funding will remain at
the 166.7 million over the next four
years.
we will also continue to have to pay
back that 1.8 million, so we have I
think five more years, it's going to
take us 13 years to repay the
overpayment from
8 years ago.
for 25-26, we did not include the
deficit factor because that's also was
outlined in the governor's may revise
he will fully fund the scff.
the state of the state, the state of
the nation and of course we'll have a
new governor in the next 18 months, so
it's unclear -- I guess there's quite
a bit of uncertainty so I built a 1.6%
deficit factor in 26-27 and then the
following two years as well.
on the enrollment growth, I examined
various factors from 3% to 3% year
over year, to 6% and then 9% and the
intention really was to see how we
might be able to optimize the
restoration authority that ends in
25-26 and then of course in the
following year of 26-27 is when the
growth authority kicks in that limits
really the amount of ftes that will be
counted towards the scff for us and
anything over and above that would be
unfunded ftes.
based on the scenarios, I estimated on
a productivity ratio of 15 which is
very high for this institution, the
number of faculty positions required
to achieve the ftes goals at those
varying ranges and then I used an
average adjunct faculty or
compensation base of 20 thousand, I
previously talked about 150 thousand
for full timers but I ratcheted that
down and to calculate what the
increased cost might be to really
achieve the ftes target, additional
ftes targets.
15 is probably pretty high and I say
that because historically our
institution at least this the last few
years has only achieved about 13.3.
so, if I were to bring that down to
13.5 for example from 15, that would
add an additional 11% ftef and/or
result in cost so this is an
optimistic picture, even with the
optimistic picture, you can see in the
scenarios we have a lot of work to do.
we need to engage in a lot of
discussions with colleagues in the
college community to see how we might
be able to not only optimize
restoration but of course ultimately
get us back to more solid financial
footing.
I listed for 26-27 the -- at least
calculated loss incentive funding,
about 7.3 million, and that will of
course factor into the minimum funding
that the state provides us,
essentially that gap, the hold
harmless gap.
the adult education program committed
1.2 million in additional funding for
us to put on non-credit courses and
the 400 thousand is the unrestricted
match required for us to be able to
take advantage of categorical funds
and ftes.
at this point in time, I have a tbd
there for seiu non-represented and
administrative salary increases for
25-26.
aft and dcc have settled, this is the
year of the contract, that's 2% for
25-26.
in the out years, I didn't put any
salary increases to again highlight
the impact of certain decisions we're
going to make, obviously we'll be
working on that in the out years,
particularly since we know the
contracts are going to renew next year.
I listed again some of the major
increases, health and welfare, we have
a rate of about 5.8% and that's sort
of like a combo rate because our
health plans renew calendar year
based, so half the rate is associated
with the previous year and then the
second half is with the new year or
new rate increase.
the biggest item was the increases in
the utility, it's stepping down to
just under 16 to get back to 11, I
think that was the attempt of sfpuc to
get us in alignment institutional
rates back in alignment with
commercial rates.
last year for example, we benefited
from about a 5.8% rate increase.
it's still high but -- I listed
elections every other cycle here and
the next cycle, you know, there's
three trustees, three of you going up
for re-election and two years later,
four.
all other operating expenses, we
pegged at about 2%.
we did build in contingency for
retirement incentive and you'll see
that in some of the scenarios.
slide number 10 please.
so, this scenario here, so I'm
starting really sort of like worst
case if you will in terms of
financial picture but perhaps the
highest case in terms of increasing
ftes, so this scenario assumes a 9%
increase for 25-26 to be able to take
advantage of the restoration.
we have approximately as of the last
report from the chancellor's office,
we had about almost 6 thousand ftes in
restoration of which about 4300 is in
the credit side, about 1100 in cdcp
and about 500 in non-credit and about
100 in the special admin, so 6
thousand, the value is about 35 million.
so, meaning that even if we could do
9%, that's still a far cry from
taking advantage of the
restoration of 6 thousand.
so, you can see if we were to do that
in 25-26.
while that might increase the 01:47:09
base,
depending on where the ftes falsest,
if it's credit, if it's non-credit, we
will get the full value, but you can
see that because of the cost, it would
drive us into a deficit in 25-26 and
that's at the 15% -- at the 15
productivity level.
you know, again, if I were to ratchet
it down to 13.5 which is more in
alignment with how we have achieved
efficiencies, that would add another
11% to the cost.
it would be 12 million in additional
adjunct salary costs.
and then you can see that by 28-29, we
will have totally wiped out the
reserves.
understand that at this point in time,
the surplus for 24-25 and the result
in reserve levels are the best they've
ever been in the last ten years.
the flip side of that of course is
that means that it took us ten years
to re-establish that.
so, it wasn't just a few years ago
that the reserves were so low that the
district had to take back some of the
opeb contributions, 21 million, to
even get above the state chancellor's
required reserve balance revenue or
reserves.
and I mention that because we want to
be very careful as we step through
this.
frankly I think 9% additional growth
might be very difficult to attain for
a host of reasons including what's
happening at sfusd.
of course besides the additional costs
and then there may be facilities needs
that we may not be able to have.
when I look at our schedule, we are
completely full between the hours of
8-1, so, that's the highest demands
for both faculty and students.
we have white space if you will after
1:00 until we begin evening classes,
but -- so we need the carefully
examine our schedule to see how we
might be able to take advantage of the
time slots and then besides that, are
we able to attract enough faculty or
maybe even increase the load for
adjunct, carefully monitoring that so
we don't go over 67% and/or maybe
overload to be able to achieve that.
this 9% is a very optimistic target
that has some very serious cost
consequences.
slide number 8, please.
and this one I'm looking at a 6%
increase in ftes and so that would
mean about -- on the 15 thousand,
about 900 ftes.
the associated cost with that is about
7.2 million on the adjunct.
and you could see again that by year
4, 28-29, if everything else stays the
same, that again the fund balance will
be wiped out.
one of the discussion items at the
budget committee was, well, perhaps we
can bump it one time in 25-26 to take
advantage of the restoration meaning
that you're going to put on classes
in 25-26, but then reduce them in
26-27 just to be able to take
advantage of the restoration, 01:51:48
but
there are serious consequences for
that, there are ped gsh pedagogical
impact, if we have to hire people that
we only hire them basically for one
fiscal year and then they have to go
away.
then you're looking at what is the
impact on students, so if I have
additional let's say 900 ftes, let's
say that translates to 30 section, it
will be more than that, that's quite
a number of sessions, if we bump them
up like that and take them away the
next year, what's that going to do to
student completions, to the success
and for them to be able to attain
their goal.
we have to have discussions and
collaborative kind of discussions and
be thoughtful on how we're going to
deploy our resorts so we don't find
ourselves in three, four years having
to tap the opeb funds if we can even
do that at this point in time because
the opeb funds have grown again but I
think the trust may not allow us to do
that in the future.
I think that was a one-time event last
time.
slide 6, please.
this one just displays what a year
over year increase -- how that might
impact our finance system.
this is 3%, so that's roughly 350 to
500 every year over the next five
years and you can see that too
will wipe out the reserves in four
years, so again I know that through
enrollment management, they're working
up on what the future targets might
be, ftes goals.
they're looking at how productivity
might be increased by assigning
classes with students to larger
classrooms rather than putting them
into classrooms that limit the seats.
there's also -- we're looking at for
example as I mentioned using
categorical funds.
the chancellor's office is beginning
-- yeah, they have begun to mandate
the change in the methodology as to
how we account for our ftes and it is
going to be required by next year.
my estimate is just by us changing
that, that we might be able increase
our ftes by maybe 1 to maybe 1.5
percent, when you look at a whole
host of these things, we might be able
to -- at least in this coming year,
25-26, not only meet the 3% but
perhaps meet the stretch goal of 5%.
certainly as we go into the out years,
you want to seriously consider how we
continue that, it can't be just ftes
growth, it has to be a combination of
things but also a lot of focus on
expenditure reductions to be able to
maintain that fiscal stability.
slide 4, please.
and this slide 4 is the 3% growth
that we built into the budget for
25-26, that's also in alignment with
enrollment management targets for
25-26.
when implemented and this is really
the one that we propose to move
forward with, with this particular
one, at least in the preliminary draft
is a small surplus but even with this,
you know, we project that if
everything else stays even, because
our top line revenues will stay the
same, we're going to see column
movement, we're going to see increases
in major accounts like health and
welfare, increases in utilities, that
by next year, it's going to drive us
negative, 2.2 million deficit and then
of course the number gets larger in
the out years.
so, we have a lot of work to do and
that factors in that contingency for a
retirement incentive where we budgeted
approximately 25 thousand dollars for
about 50 positions, we're going to be
able to attract 50 retirees, it's
really not certain at this point.
I think traditionally we've seen about
20-25 positions or so retire from the
college on an annual basis.
if that's the case, we might be able
to take advantage of that and then
hopefully take that contingent forward
into the out years to then again try
to attract additional retirements.
if we can lower the head counts
through attrition like that, I think
that would certainly help us in terms
of someone made a comment earlier that
I think -- was it early, maybe it was
the budget committee that we have fo
structural deficit.
that's far from it.
when you look for example and I define
the structural imbalance or really as
our percentage of compensation to
either expenditure or revenues, and I
think I shared these statistics
before, the chancellor's office did a
study just for us where they compared
our compensation on the unrestricted
general fund to the general fund in
comparison to statewide averages, so
in the unrestricted, we're running
about 88-89%, statewide average is about
87%.
when it comes to the general fund,
we're running about 90 and the
statewide average is about in the low
80's, like 80 -- I think it was 82-83,
so that's not sustainable.
we need to be able to shift from
really the compensation area into the
non-personnel area to effect a lower
percentage of compensation to total
expense and/or total revenues.
so, this scenario here is what we
would likely come back with in more
details at the june committee of the
whole meeting and go over this in
depth and I would like to at that time
discuss in further detail the
restoration versus growth authority
and the impact on our budgets and then
of course then bring to you a
tentative budget for acceptance at the
end of the june meeting.
so, really this is sort of the next
steps placed in the context early on,
right, that's meet with not only --
well, begin the meeting with our budge
committee, we have a special meeting
set for tuesday the 10th, so two days
prior to the meeting -- the committee
meeting of the whole, so that they
will have additional input.
we scheduled two additional meetings
so they could continue to participate
in the budget development.
I know last year the meetings were
cancelled.
I don't think that served us well as
an institution, we want to highly
encourage our budget committee members
to meet during the summer.
during the committee of the whole
meeting, we'll hopefully be able to
flush out in much greater detail this
framework of going towards fiscal
stability and it will be closely tied
to our program review including
vitalization or revitalization
criteria.
and then as I said, we'll hopefully be
able to finalize that and bring to you
at the end of june the tentative
budget.
with that, I'm certainly open to your
questions.
>> it's 11:00, we need a motion to
extend the meeting.
I move we extend the meeting until
midnight.
>> thank you, is there a second?
>> second.
>> moved by trustee -- vice-president
zamora, seconded by trustee chung.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> sure.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you.
>> so, we are now at the point where
we can have trustee questions or
comments.
trustee, any questions or comments?
trustee chung?
>> I want to thank vc ligoso for
taking on our input and also the work
that obviously got us to the plan
of the collective vision of growing
and thank you for hearing us out on
the idea of taking advantage the
restoration authority.
I think the piece that I imagine all
our trustees are agreeing to is we
want a balanced budge so the matter
is, you know, and I think this was
somewhat flushed out in a little bit
more detail in the enrollment packet,
the strategic enrollment management
scenario for how to do this but I
think there is -- you know, -- there
has to be a way for us, we've been
doing it for a long time, there has to
be a way for us still to be
innovative, for example, when you
joined our college, you corrected
something that we've been banging our
heads on the wall about, about how so
much of the funding -- so much of the
expenditures that came out of
unexpended fund didn't need to come
out of there, they come out of
uncategorical funds, we have to bolster
revenue for the college, we have
to do it through free city, through
fundraising because it's not okay to
balance our budget on the backs of our
workers.
I understand the rationale behind
using the percentage to -- as one
method of seining whether or not we
are sustainable, but it is very -- it
is a lens has doesn't lend to, one,
the cost of living here in the city,
it doesn't lend to what other
expenditures other districts are
spending on.
you know, are they spending it on
rent, I don't know, I don't know how
they're getting the percentage they're
getting to average out to around 80%
of their expenditures going to
personnel.
but I'm hoping
the plan -- I hope the pgc
budget committee can meet and
recommend a plan that is a little bit
more detailed and bridges that
strategic enrollment plan and helping
us understand how we're going to
balance the budget and as you had
mentioned where we're relying on the
academic senate to understand we're
not compromising on the able for the
students to complete or to interrupt
their educational plan but rather in
the vision of what is -- what are
those few sections that will help them
that we can add for that one year,
which specific strategic sections that
will have high productivity but will
also help students finally fulfill the
rimers they need to continue along
their educational plan.
so, thank you for providing these
scenarios and I look forward to the
balanced budget we're going to vote on.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> thank you.
just some feedback, thank you, I
really appreciated seeing the
different scenarios,
that was helpful to
envision some options.
kind of to trustee chung's point, and
it just came to me, but the
restoration authority, I've heard in
the past that sometimes we plan for a
particular course for students and
this is just me repeating what I heard.
but we don't think out the next class
so they can't complete whatever it is
they're trying to do and I'm almost
wondering if there is a possibility in
this restoration authority option to
see if there are particular classes
that need, maybe not need, but that
students need to
complete a certain track and whether
maybe that's a narrowing of that
particular option.
I don't know, I'm just kind of spit
balling here but it kind of came to
you as you were mentioning that.
maybe something that you could look
into.
>> other trustees?
and we'll go to public comments in
just a moment.
you mentioned that the pgc budget
committee will meet in the summer.
>> yes.
>> is it possible -- the board usually
does not meet in the summer in the month
of july.
would you let us know as you go
through this with the pgc committee if
there are times that it might be
helpful for the board to meet so we
can plan our time away efficiently and
effectively, just in case we need --
or even in june if we need another
meeting or two in june, I'm recalling
how important the budget workshops
were in our understanding and the
community's understanding about the
budget but this is a different
dimension, this is a dimension about
how do you do educational planning,
classes, student support services, so
that they meet with the budget, so
that there's an integration of those
two and I like this because this is a
first start but that may be something
that really needs to be flushed out
so we know that when you're talking
about ftef, what the strategies are
that are being talked about in terms
of the assignment of those
to certain places because perhaps they
present more opportunities for growth
with a lower cost for example, so I'm
glad this is beginning to happen.
one of the things that was presented
to us in a prior presentation was the
possibility of the district
reorganization as a cost saving -- to
find some efficiencies.
if that is something that is being
worked on, it would be helpful if as
the conversations are proceeding, that
we are kept informed so that we have a
better understanding and are more
prepared when things come to us for a
final recommendation if you would.
anyone else?
is there any public comment?
>> yes, we do, the first one is
abigail bornstein.
>> so, when I look at the multiyear
budget assumptions, I find them
offensive, I can't describe the
feeling I have when I look at them, we
have 380 full time faculty when you
count this year's resignations and
retirements, the assumption here will
bring that count down on to roughly
300 full time faculty.
well, at the same bringing the head
count from roughly 600 to possibly
over 800 or more, the committee
work does not decrease, the curriculum
work does not decrease for full time
faculty, the workload increases in
the remaining full time faculty,
pretending that you can change out a
full time faculty for two or three
part time faculty is so very offensive.
the lack of recognition of the work
that full time faculty do is out right
offensive.
on top of that, full time faculty are
currently working ot a non-except tif
wages which are 1500 to 2 thousand
dollars each mother non-competitive,
right now, no other employees at this
school are asked to work at such a
non-competitive wages.
then, then we put assumptions down
showing zero percent for salary
increases.
again, offensive.
if we cannot have all employees
working with competitive wages and
within 10-15% of a competitive range
with everyone, then we have a
structural problem.
as long as the spendable reserve
percentage above 5%, is that going
to be a passable multiyear budget?
is that all you're considering?
accjc is watching this, the state
financial office is watching this,
these assumptions cannot stand, we
cannot continue to treat the full time
faculty in this offensive,
disrespectful and a discounted labor
manner.
these assumptions are offensive.
thank you.
>> next is susana atwood.
>> susana atwood, there's going to be
lots of ongoing discussions on all
these scenarios I think, I think there
might be missing revenue at the top
two that's going to make these figures
look a little bit better, the part
time faculty, reimbursements and the
moving other of indirect cost from the
categorical, there are places that we
can make this look a little better
than it is, overall, what I tried to
do is look at which of the -- the
fifth scenario is the one that dr.
ligoso spoke to which is that you just
go up next year and then down after
that, back to where you were before,
there is an inverse relationship
between which scenario helps narrow
that gap we're trying to narrow and
which scenario looks better
financially.
that scenario at the back
of the napkin is the worst ones with
narrowing the gap but it is similar or
a bit better in making us look
financially well.
I would recommend if you have the time
and I know you folks have lots of
things to look at, when the recording
is up from the pgc budget that
happened on tuesday, there were
detailed assumptions for each of these
four scenarios and I found that more
helpful to be able to look at what
each one was but nonetheless, we're
going to have to have further
discussions and figure out if there's
places where we can't find more
revenue that would apply to all of the
scenarios.
after we close the year, we always
find a little bit, a couple of million
more, so it will be ongoing and pgc
budget will be talking about it.
>> that concludes public comment.
>> thank you very much.
are there any -- we went past that,
the consent items are next.
are there any public comments on the
consent items?
>> yes, we do.
first one is abigail bornstein.
>> so, I'm speaking on 15a.
and I wanted to say that I am
absolutely all for reopeners.
I think it's important to have
reopeners on contracts to maintain
competitive wages.
and to keep all the employees within a
10-15% competitive range of one
another.
I think that's important.
but if we're having reopeners, we're
making wage decisions based on well
they got this so we should get that,
this one got this so I should get
that, that is not how you handle
budgets.
that is not good -- financing, when I
looked at the chancellor's contract,
it was like if they get this, I get
that.
if they get that, I get this.
that is not how we should be budgeting.
we should be looking at competitive
wages.
we need tok to be looking at not just
competitive wages but also within the
whole school structure that everyone
has the competitive wages, whatever
that may be within a 10-15% range and
that is how we peg these wages.
I'm also concerned that we're going to
go into contract negotiations for
multiple years and we do not have a
multiyear plan.
I wanted to point this out is we
literally did a reopener to say they
got this so we should get that.
and we had some pretty big blinders
because the two years before, we had
0%, 0% so, the years we chose, but I'm
just saying in either way, I'm okay
with the reopener if it has to do with
competitive wages and also keeping
everyone within that same range.
we need to stop doing the this for
that, I got this, you got that.
we have to look at competitive wages
and within the same range.
thank you.
>> next is andre spear man.
>> can you hear me?
>> yes.
>> great.
my name is andre and I'm the field
representative with seiu, 1021
working closely with the employees urn
the leadership of maria salazar-colon.
we are very excited about the
possibility that you will follow
through on the hire og the chancellor
that everyone seem to be excited
about, chancellor cortez, I'm sure
there's things that happened many
closed session we're not privy too, we
hope that you will continue on the
path towards finding a conclusion of
that contract.
we are encouraging you to approve our
contract that's item 15a that's gone
through the process of negotiations,
the back and forth and the give and
take.
we also encourage the district to take
a closer look at who they may be using
as their lead negotiator, we spent
quite a bit of time explaining things
that were simple to understand bah the
lead negotiator seemed to not
understand it or drag us backwards, so
we're hoping you'll reconsider who may
lead you in your negotiations with
seiu 1021.
I'm not sure about the other labor
groups and who they had as their lead
negotiator.
we also encourage you to take a look
at -- as you look at your scenarios,
also remember that workers have costs
that are not simply static but are
subject to scenarios outside their
control and so we hope that you remain
competitive as we look at our 25-26
reopener in terms of the fiscal year
coming up, so we encourage you to
engage the classified employees also
in your scenarios and how best to
balance the budget and remain fiscally
responsible and you remain competitive.
thank you so much.
>> next is maria salazar colon.
>> can you guys hear me again?
>> yes.
>> so, I'm going to tell you guys
something, well, for that big mouth
that's always in there, I really wish
that colonizer, abigail dumbstein
will shut her damn mouth and not speak
on seiu items, we don't need her
permission when it comes to our
negotiations but as usual she doesn't
have a clue and is dumber than a bag
of rocks and has no place whatsoever
in our damn business.
but she continues to have a fixation
on stirring up her bullshit when it
comes to seiu, maybe she should go do
math or maybe shut the fuck up.
she needs to go focus on
[inaudible], I'm sick of her
shit.
shut the fuck up.
>> president martinez, we have to be
mindful of whatever comments are being
made.
>> you guys constantly let her and
other people go up there and attack
seiu all day every day when it comes
to these board meetings and nobody
stops her from saying anything, nobody
corrects her, I've had enough of it,
enough.
I'm serious.
so, until you guys put her in her
place or someone has a conversation
with her, don't tell me how to speak.
good-bye.
>> that concludes public comments.
>> thank you.
>> does any trustee wish to pull an
item for discussion and a separate
vote in the consent items.
>> president item, there is a an
item, 14d, that I believe trustee
wong wants to address.
>> for 14d, I need that for a
separate vote so that way I can
abstain on it, I'm not able to vote
for that one for obvious reasons.
>> is that 14d?
>> 14d.
>> approval of no contract extension
with west ed?
>> no, children's council.
14e?
>> 14d.
>> maybe it got updated because
sometimes there's a slight change.
I can move fast so I didn't get to
thank our finance staff for the
different scenarios that were
provided so that way we can see some
of the potential opportunities and
challenges that we may face going
forward and just give us a perspective
view on what may be forthcoming and
how we can potentially overcome some
of those things and I want to comment
a little bit about the sexier iu
reopener too, just glad as somebody
who used to be a field representative,
I'm glad we're able to have that give
and take and too bad the process
didn't move sooner.
I think a lot of times service sector
employees do get -- are not fully as
fully appreciated, when I worked at
hospitals in san francisco, a lot of
times the disparity between the
service sector workers and the other
staff at the hospital, so I think it
is important to recognize the
importance of getting cola increases
and appropriate cola increases and
adjustments to them especially as we
have rising costs of living in the
city.
I'll leave it at that.
>> does anyone wish to push any item
for a separate discussion and vote?
trustee chung?
>> I don't know if it's -- I'm going
to go in order to make it easier on me
if that's okay.
I think 14b, I want to make a comment
on it, so not a separate vote.
>> 14 -- say it again.
>>itis the approval of course and
program actions recommended by the
curriculum committee.
>> can you make that -- we agreed if
we just want to comment, it might be
good the put it in a report.
>> at the end of the meeting?
>> yeah.
>> okay, we can absolutely do that.
>> thank you.
>> I do want to point -- or I have
questions about -- sorry, just quickly
again I'm just scrolling in order, the
thing that we usually do for employees
that are retiring and are we also
doing that in reports?
we're going to do that in reports,
okay.
>> yes.
>> as usual, I have questions about
16a, I know you're so excited.
I also have questions about 17b.
that's the terracon consultants inc.
and I have -- 17e, I'm sorry I didn't
catch this earlier and again thank you
for avc vasquez for bringing this to
the committee as a whole by I didn't
catch it until now, the attachment
that's attached, the exhibits are
blank.
>> okay, are you asking to have these
pulled or just discussion?
>> well, I mean, unless we can see the
contract -- unless that can be pulled
up on to 17e, I imagine that would
have to be tabled.
>> okay.
well, then let's -- 17e, why don't we
pull that for discussion.
>> okay.
>> and separate vote.
>> okay.
>> and 17b, the terracon consultants,
is that just for --
>> I have questions, but yes, I'm
willing to pass it.
>> that's just for discussion?
>> yes.
>> I'm sorry, president martinez,
anything that -- the consent calendar,
anything that anyone has discussion or
questions about should be pulled from
the consent calendar.
>> okay, thank you.
>> the calendar approval is just a
pro forma approval of the items that
are there, but if a board member has
questions about any of those items,
they really should pull that off the
consent calendar.
>> thank you for that correction.
at one point when we were talking
about meeting efficiencies, perhaps
we were guided in the wrong direction
and being told this is one way of
doing a meeting efficiency, so we will
pull these tenses for discussion.
>> I think that when I hear trustee
chung saying is a couple of them she
has comments about which she can make
in the board report, but --
>> my pronouns are they/them.
>> I am so sorry, that was -- it's
just late and I made a mistake on that.
but what I heard trustee chung talk
about is if trustee chung has comments
about something but not questions, she
could -- I'm sorry, I'm going to stop
talking at this point.
comments could be made in the board
report but questions about a particular
item on consent calendar should be
taken off consent calendar to be
discussed separately.
>> so, for 14b, you have questions?
but you do not want to pull it for a
separate vote, is that accurate?
>> yes, that is correct.
well, no, 14b, I can hold to my report.
>> okay.
>> but 16a, 17b and 17e.
>> okay.
>> for discussion and I guess also a
separate vote is what I'm hearing from
counsel.
>> 16b for discussion and separate
vote.
>> 16a, 17b, 17e.
>> yeah, you're going a little fast,
sorry, 16a, discussion.
>> yes.
>> okay.
17b, you have questions.
>> yes.
>> okay.
and 16a -- let's go back, discussion
and separate vote or just discussion?
>> just discussion.
>> okay.
16b, you have just questions.
so we'll pull that --
>> no, I heard 16, so just -- so, 16a,
17b, 17e.
>> 16a, 17b and --
>> 17.
>> I know, 16a, 17b, then you listed
another one.
>> and then 17e.
>> okay.
so, on each one, let's go through
slowly, 16a, you want -- you don't
want a separate vote?
>> no, I just have questions.
counsel mentioned if we're discussing
it, we should pull it out separately
and vote on it as well.
>> so it's a discussion and separate vote
so we'll pull it.
17b.
>> correct.
>> same thing?
>> yes, let's just do that for all of
them to follow counsel.
>> anyone else have anything they want
to pull for discussion and separate
vote?
alright.
>> madam president, if I make a motion
that we approve the consent items that
have not been pulled for discussion, I
also would like to point out that
student trustee heather brandt has her
hand up.
>> thank you.
>> my apologies, I don't want to derail
what we're doing, I'm hoping at some
point we can take a bile break.
>> we have a half hour to go but let's
take a 10 minute bile break and then
we're going to have to extend.
is that okay with everybody?
alright.
ten minutes.
( meeting in recess ).
>> we are back in order.
hearing no other requests to either
pull for discussion and separate vote
or just report in your regular
reports, let's go ahead and move the
resolutions, is there a motion to
approve the resolutions we have not --
that we have not pulled?
>> so moved.
>> second.
>> thank you.
roll call vote.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> now we'll discuss item 16a,
trustee chung?
>> we're going to have a callback to the
tennis ballets conversation.
no, and maybe we might not have to
bother, I don't know if vc ligoso can
answer this.
for badminton, the shuttle cox, why
are they categorical?
aren't they included with tennis balls?
the equivalent to -- the shuttle cox
that badminton team uses or it's on
here, we can find this, one second.
yes, in line 54, why is it -- or line
55, I'm sorry, this is the trouble with --
it's one of those lines but it
says, yes, the shuttle cox are for
badminton team is a categorical, I
thought that was the whole point about
the tennis balls that had to be
unrestricted, the tennis nets were
categorical but the tennis balls were
not.
>> I think one was a supply item
whereas another one was the equipment
item, the one was an equipment item
where the tennis balls was a supply
item and these badminton items are
also supply items so they qualify as
restricted lottery funds and
instructional supply.
>> got it.
okay.
and then in the unrestricted funds for
the -- so, I noted a couple of these
hicks, I'm glad we get catering and we
feed employees, but there's one item
that was unrestricted but came
specifically for -- the catering for
the summer food program for the
financial aid office.
why was that unrestricted instead of
-- like, is it because the financial
aid office, nothing funded through the
financial aid office can be funded
through anything categorical?
>> I don't believe the financial aid
office has any categorical.
that's really sort of like indirect.
>> I see.
>> so, that's presumably why that was
funded like that.
>> I see, thank you for that.
>> I had one more, I should have
written this down but it will probably
come to me at the next purchase order,
thank you so much for answering my
questions.
>> yes, vice-president zamora?
>> I just want to take note that I did
notice the numbered line items and I
very much appreciate it, thank you.
>> yes, trustee chung?
>> sorry, president martinez, I
remember it now, it was -- I noticed,
so when it comes to copies, copying
paper, when it's a specific
department, it is able to fund through
categorical funding but when it's the
duplicating department, I assume all
duplications by the department are in
service to a specific department or
program, would it not be beneficial to
be specific and that way we can pay
for it through categorical funding?
>> so, generally the institutional
copying that comes to our copying
department is funded through u funds,
some of the categorical may have
special needs, so hence they purchase
their own plus there may be available
funds for them.
they want to ensure they spend down
the entire restricted allocation, so
we don't have any unspent that we have
to return.
sometimes they may be special kind of
paper needs, you know, that we don't
normally accommodate.
our general paper that we purchase for
copying is the 20 pound probably stark
white kind of paper and that's our
standard here just for straight
copying and that's what we supply to
our user departments but if there is
special needs and there's categorical
funds available, then likely they'll
use that to be able to purchase that.
>> so, are you ready to move the item?
>> yes, I'll move item 16a.
>> I second.
>> okay.
let's take the roll call vote on
that.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote, please.
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
item 17b, trustee chung?
>> yes, and excuse me if I missed any
detail on this, but there isn't quite
an explanation for why it's going to
take longer, why it was originally 22
months and then -- did I pull the
right agenda item?
>> I think the 22 month to additional
duration is for 17e.
that is completely correct.
I did not need to pull this item, I'm
sorry for that, trustees, my
colleagues.
can I move 17b.
>> is there a second.
>> second.
>> okay.
let's take the vote.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> aye.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> 17e.
>> returning to you, avc vasquez, so
--
>> go ahead, please ask your question.
>> yes, so I was wondering why the
construction -- the second piece of the
project is taking -- or I guess in
totally, the original contract was 22
months and now it's 30 months and
could you provide a little bit more of
an explanation for that.
>> yes, so, on the first part under
the bold authorization, there's a one
and a two, when we made the
selection rudolph and sletten, there
were two contracts we were going to
go into is, one was going to be a
preconstruction service agreement that
they were able to start soon
afterwards and give other
additional support to streamline the
design a little bit and that was just
997 thousand, they've been under that
contract and working with us and
getting pricing and estimates for that.
as part of that process, they were
given the item 2 which is -- what was
going to be the future construction
services agreement which is the
contract for them to build a project,
some of these parameters we
established because we wanted a fair
playing field and at the time, the
project was not designed in its
totality, so we made the item 2a, a
construction fee, we had the different
firms what 2a would be as a percentage
of a fee which is a cost of the
construction, item 2b which was base
on a consistent 22 month schedule that
all of them had so it would be about an
even playing field for everybody submitting
submitting on the 22 month schedule.
as part of -- and also item c which
was a rate of insurance would be
1.51% and item d, those will all be
consistent as they submitted as part
of this initial submittal for the
construction manager at risk.
what's changed from the 22 month to
the now revised 30 month is the
drawings, details, all that
information is now complete and in
their analysis of the construction
timeframe, they've shared with us that
the initial construction schedule that
was prepared was not adequate, so we
did a lot of review research
confirming of that schedule and
understanding how they were going to
build it.
the concrete walls as part the project
and we acknowledged that the
construction schedule that we
initially had without a complete set
of documents for fair, equal pricing
across the board for anybody
submitting the proposals was short 8
months and that's where we're coming
to the board to acknowledge that the
actual duration should have been 30
months at the time if we had a more
complete project pansies completed and
be able to have had our estimate give
us that analysis, so that's why we're
-- they prorated it at the same 22
month schedule for 30 months, a little
bit less, but we did acknowledge our
construction duration was short 8
months.
>> it does -- and I did do the
calculation, it is right, it should
have came out to 19 million 900
thousand or so, a little bit about
that number, it's a little bit
discounted in a way but it seems like
-- I'm just trying to understand
because if what they had designed is
leading to them having a contract that
now costs 4 million dollars more, I'm
trying to --
>> yeah, no, I can clarify.
they have not designed this project,
this is a different model
than our design build projects.
the steam and the student success
center was a different model where we
had procured a design build team that
they -- the builder and the designer,
and this example, our architect tef is
under our -- under a contract with us,
and at the time of this contract,
there were drawings but not complete
enough where we could get a full
contractibility and we have made some
sunsets through our internal team to
review and develop a 22 month
schedule but after the documents were
completed enough to get a more
complete estimate and construction
timeline, the rudolph and sletten came
back with a longer schedule, we then
had to review and confirm that and we
were able to confirm that it was a 30
month schedule, they did not design
the buildings they took a design we
did independently of them.
>> I see.
is there -- was there any manner in
which we would have had a better
estimate that it was 30 -- it would
have taken a 30 month duration to construct
so it was factored in, in the bidding
process?
>> so, the bidding process was just as
in the document, the 2a, b, c and d
items , those were all fixed numberers
early on.
we did not have a complete
architectural set to be able to bid
all the details we have now and this
information comes back from us from
earlier this year where they
acknowledged that the duration of the
all the details if building
infrastructure would be a 30 month
schedule.
at the time we put the original
request for cmr, we did not have the
level of detail needed to establish a
more accurate 30 month schedule we
have now, that's about two years
later.
>> and so I think I'll have to think
about this a little bit more to figure
out the if there is additional
questions I can throw at you for
another agenda item in the future, avc
vasquez, as far as the attachment, the
exhibits that are blank.
>> yeah, so I was looking at that
when I heard during the break time and
I'm not sure, this was kind of a
document that was put together.
I think the initial amendment too but
the main substance of it was that
duration cost and the contract will
obviously come to the board once we
get the plan approval from dsa and
we're able submit a full contract, all
of the items will be included at that
time.
>> I mean, I think since it's
substantively within the summary of
the board agenda, it will make it to
the contract, so I'm --
>> yes, salute.
>> I'm going to move the item.
>> is there a second?
>> second.
>> student roust brandt, your advisory
vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you, we're now
at the item committee reports.
>> I'm sorry, president martinez, item
14d.
>> item 14d, I appreciate the heads-up.
>> I have a procedural question.
>> yes.
>> thank you, trustee wong, for
identifying your abstention.
but I'm curious, does trustee wong
have to leave the room if there's
discussion or -- I just don't know
what that -- yeah.
>> that part might be addressed by
kathy.
I know that he can't participate in
the discussion but does he need to
also leave the room?
>> the proper -- I don't know whether
the source of the abstention or --
>> I can share, it's obvious, it is my
employer.
>> so, then you likely have a
financial interest in this particular
item and so, yes, the proper procedure
under the fppc is the recuse yourself
which is announce the financial
interest and leave the room while the
item is being voted upon and discussed.
>> I will leave the room right now,
somebody tell me when to come back in.
>> thank you.
>> before we move forward, I think it
would be appropriate for a motion to
extend the time of this meeting.
>> yes, I was going to ask for that
motion.
>> to I'm hoping 12:15.
>> second.
>> let's just put it to 12:30, we can
adjourn earlier.
>> I agree.
>> moved and seconded to adjourn the
meeting at 12:30, vice-president
zamora moved, seconded by trustee
chung.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> we will now -- is there any
discussion on this item?
will somebody move the item?
>> so moved.
>> second.
>> thank you.
will you call the roll, please.
>> sorry, please, we were extending
time, so not yet.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> the motion passes.
>> thank you.
we are now at committee reports and
can you pull it up.
item 20.
>> I think we're at 19.
>> informational items.
that's 19.
>> number 19a.
>> yeah, so trustees, these are all
items that have been brought before
you previously for a first read I
believe at the most recent committee
of all meeting, so we can start with
item 19a if there are any additional
questions about ap6.36, the course
auditing and auditing fees.
>> trustees, are there any comments or
questions?
any public comments?
okay.
since this is an informational items,
I'm assuming we do not have to take a
vote.
okay, item 19b?
>> this one is regarding student
activities and including a name change
to the associated students
organization ap5.01.
>> trustee, any questions or comments?
thank you, number 19c?
>> ap5.08 regarding credit card
solicitation on campus.
>> trustees, any questions or comments?
thank you.
now we go to number 20, I was trying
to get the to this one because it
notes that there's supposed to be a
report today.
number 20.
vice-president zamora, do you have a
report today?
>> unless folks would like me to add
additional context, I feel like we
covered this at the committee of the
whole and nothing has changed since
then, so just for expediency.
>> okay, thank you.
I will ask interim chancellor bailey to
in the next consultation about the
agenda that we remove this item unless
we inform him there's a need to have
it on the agenda, thank you.
okay.
trustee reports.
trustees, any reports?
I'll defer and go last.
anybody have a report, yes?
>> public comments on?
>> reports.
>> on reports?
okay.
could we go ahead and take public
comments on reports.
>> abigail bornstein.
>> so, I wanted to take a moment to
address the board.
I wanted to remind the board about
board policy 1.12.
board policy 1.12 and let me read this
to you, it is the standards of
decorum, the following may be ruled
out of order by the president's offer,
by the presiding officer, profanity,
obscenity and other offensive
language, I think we very clearly
witnessed that and yet I didn't hear
-- I want to say thank you to trustee
chisti but I didn't hear an out of
order and this was something the
president should have jumped on.
it is not acceptable, it is disgusting
language and I want you to know
immediately after that was spoken, I
received another vial, nasty, bullying
and threatening e-mail.
that is going to be going to hr but
someone at this school, this school
has got to address it, you are now on
notice we have a problem here.
we have a big problem here.
I should not be bullied, I
should not be threatened or have
disgusting language directed at me or
anyone at the school.
this is not the first time we've heard
things like this.
we have it almost after every single
board meeting, the type of language
that is inappropriate, the bullying
behavior that we witness, when I say
we, I mean every single one of you
board members have witnessed it and I
want you to think for a moment what
did you witness and what did you do.
what action did you take while that
was happening?
you heard it, I have another e-mail,
the school has got a problem and it
has to be addressed and this isn't
just towards me, it's towards many but
I have very specific language in here
which is disgusting, vial.
and saying, oh, I'm sorry, having
people say, oh, I'm sorry you had to
hear, that is not enough, the school has
to do something about this.
>> thank you for your comment, I wish
to offer my personal apology and
acknowledge that I was wrong in not
stopping it and it won't happen again.
yes, student trustee brandt?
>> yeah, thank you, sorry.
I was just trying to better understand
process and procedure and what that
has to do with board member reports.
>> I think we needed to take that
public comment because it was
necessary given the situation and it
may have been slightly out of order
but I think it was a comment that we
had to hear.
>> understood.
>> and acknowledged.
>> I was just curious, thank you.
>> thank you, okay.
board reports?
okay, I see vice-president zamora?
>> I just wanted to take a brief
moment to congratulate katia fuchs on
her election and all the new and
returning academic senate leadership.
I also wanted to congratulate michael
snider and all the and rushing senate
leadership on their elections.
I wanted to take a moment to thank
student chancellor malinalli
villalobos for all of his work, his
blood, sweat, tear, his passion and
always bringing that everywhere he
goes including here to the board.
I wish him luck in his next role.
I also want to welcome and
congratulate an jael ka campos, I have
berated with angelica on a number of
occasions and every single time
angelica has been a ray of sunshine and
open to hearing every point of view,
so I look forward to working with
angelica but finally I wanted to
personally thank and appreciate
student trustee heather brandt for a
number of reasons, not just because of
your role as student trustee but
because whether or not you know this or
have been told this, there's very few
people I have met in my life that have
exhibited the strength that you have,
like, you're tougher than nails, not
as tough as nails, you're
tougher than nails and frankly you had
confided in me a lot of what you
shared publicly today and
juggling any of the challenges
that most students at ccsf have is very
common but I feel like you're kind of
forged in the fire and I feel like
you've gone above and beyond and I
just would like you to know that, so I
wish you were here.
you're being amazing over an encore
along with our other students and
faculty and administration but I just
personally wanted to say it's been
such a pleasure getting to know you
and working with you and I look
forward to your new role as student
chancellor which I believe either
begins at the beginning of next month
or at the adjournment of this meeting
so I wish you luck.
>> I saw trustee solomon.
>> thank you, and I would like to
thank you, dr. Lisa cooper wilkins for
all the work you did so we could have
a beautiful commencement ceremony, it
was the highlight of the week, not
just the day, so thank you.
just wanted to remind people that
we've received an e-mail on may 27
about pride events, city college will
be participating in the pride parade
which is on sunday june 29 and
reporting time will be announced soon.
also something new, city college will
be tabling at the pride celebration at
civic center plaza on saturday
june 28 and sunday june 29.
if you can look up that e-mail,
there's somewhere where you can sign
up to the table or the parade
contingent.
there also is going to be the annual
flag raising on a date to be decided.
I think it might be as early as the
first week of june, so stay tuned.
thank you.
>> thank you.
and any other trustee reports?
trustee chisti?
>> thank you, president martinez.
I think everything has been said but I
want to take a few moments and really
center student trustee brandt and just
really thank you for all of your work
and your advocacy.
I've especially enjoyed working on our
annual iftars that are going on right
now and you're a force to be wrecked
with and everyone that I have talked
to has also mentioned like the
magnitude of your support, your
compassion and I personally have
always really appreciated when there's
a student that's reached out to me and
they're looking for connections that I
could connect them with you, so thank
you for -- I know that you have a lot
that you've dealt with on a personal
level but you still show up, you're
present, super articulate and just
really, really appreciate you and want
to thank you for your service.
>> other board reports?
trustee chung?
>> well, student trustee brandt and
vice chancellor -- sorry, chancellor
elect, student chancellor elect, you
know that I have always felt like you
were more deserving of
being a student trustee than I was.
before I took a run for it, I thought
you should have run and I am so
honored that you have been a member of
this board for two years.
you have been -- are -- you have
spoken out on things when so many of
us across this nation have been silent
about it.
and I really wish you had a vote on
this board.
I think you would have -- I think you
really would have changed the
trajectory and the work we do on this
board if you had a vote.
and with that said, I also want to
still take the time and highlight some
hinges on our board agenda because I
just want to state that I'm really
excited about -- I know it took
a minute for me to be excited about
this but there's no course work on ai
and cloud and cyber security that's
really exciting because when we talk
about the future and it's still
balanced with the wholistic view of
social work and health care and dental
assisting, so it's so exciting, thank
you so much for the academic senate
for doing that work.
we also have a new credit program in
climate change and response, that's a
new certificate of achievement, that's
really exciting to know that we're
going to be training those who are
going to be trying to keep this earth
alive for many generations.
and trustee chisti, you usually do
this honor of reading out those who
are going to be retired but I don't
know if any other trustee would like
to do that honor tonight.
>> you're up.
>> okay.
thank you.
let's see if we can expand this.
to dominique valerie would is a
faculty member at esl who has worked
here for 31 years, I know we're having
harold brown iii come back from
retirement, thank you for already
servicing our college for 38 year and
is still coming back from
retirement to help out our athletics
department, bruce ingram, part time
faculty if mathematics, 20 years and
six months, jimel, full time faculty
in business, 34 years and five months,
loft house, full time faculty esl, 27
years and 4 months, a -- michelle,
full time faculty and nursing, 40
years.
steven robertson, apprenticeship, 24
years.
john, visual media design, 29 years
and 4 months.
and andreas, buildings and grounds, 17
years.
and him potter, student affairs
division, two years and 8 months.
thank you so much for your service.
>> any other trustee reports?
I have a brief one.
I want to add my thanks to you, acting
chancellor cooper wilkins for a
wonderful commencement.
I really appreciated the innovation
and I'm going to the give them the
wrong name of the two honor lines,
next year, maybe after we've had this
practice, we'll do them a little bit
better.
and just appreciate your patience with
those of us on the platform, thank
you, and learning our ways.
and then I will report -- I will
comment on 13a.
as noted in the commencement booklet,
I appreciate we're celebrating the
90th anniversary of city college from
the date it was founded in 1935.
it was still part of the k14 district.
and I appreciate the change language
in the fourth button on the mission
statements, our programs and services
lead to the attainment of other
educational goals including learning
english as a second language and high
school completion both part of our
commitment to adult education which
acknowledges that some of our roots
are older, leslie smith, a retired
administrator researched origins
sharing that bishop alemany
initiated san francisco's first post
secondary instruction for newcomers
arriving in san francisco during the
1849 gold rush.
john sweat officially inaugurated
public adult education in 1856 and was
its first principal.
adult ed was part of the k-12 district,
it was k-14 district when city college
was founded.
when san francisco's split into two
districts in 1970, the san francisco
community college was established and
included adult education forming city
college.
so, in 2026, we have a potential 170th
anniversary to celebrate.
fitting because the biggest pool of
student who is matriculate to credit
instruction are non-credit, santa
clara university known as california's
molest post secondary institution was
founded in 1851, just five years
before.
uc berkeley, in 1868, stanford, 1885
and lowell high school was established
in 1956, the same year as adult education,
so let's know about that.
I think the mission statement really
in acknowledging that we have two
parts of our college that are really
important and also notice that there
were two presidents because we had two
divisions for a long time and that's
why we have a title of chancellor and
I noted it's accurate missing just the
last few years.
graduate students interviewed me in
late april as part of san francisco's
state university's ethnic studies oral
histories project to collect mel ris
of the dwindling numbers of the
veterans of the five month long
student strike led by the bsu and the
twlf.
bsu, black student's union, twlf,
third world liberation front, those
were the rest of our students who are
not african american, it was
latinos, chinese, all
of the rest of us, the student strike,
the longest in u.s. History as well as
the most inclusive led to the
establishment of the school now
college of ethnic studies.
the first of its kind in the u.s..
that was the origin of all of our
ethnic studies and we at city college
accomplished our ethnic studies pretty
much shortly after that.
this was also and continues to be a
keystone event in bringing diversity,
equity and inclusion into public
higher education.
and my experience in learning as much
outside the classroom as inside has
informed my opinion about the critical
role that student life plays in
student achievement.
finally I learned recently city
college is officially an hsi, hispanic
serving institution.
faculty acquired because they wanted
to attend a haku conference at a
reduced registration rate for hsi
colleges.
we should remember this when a new
federal administration is elected in
case we can qualify and apply for
federal funding allocated to hsi's and
it's in the millions, it's quite
substantial but I didn't know we were
an hsi until a faculty member inquired
so I want to appreciate that faculty
member for checking it out.
that's all I have for my report.
is there a motion to adjourn?
>> moved.
>> moved by trustee chung.
>> second.
>> second by vice-president zamora.
roll call vote, please.
>> student trustee brandt, your
advisory vote?
>> aye.
>> president martinez?
>> yes.
>> vice-president zamora?
>> aye.
>> trustee chisti?
>> aye.
>> trustee wong?
>> yes.
>> trustee solomon?
>> yes.
>> trustee chung?
>> aye.
>> trustee mccarty?
>> aye.
>> motion passes
>> meeting is adjourned.
( meeting adjourned ).