Agendas for meetings of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees are composed of a variety of agenda items. In general, Agenda items are proposed by administrators of City College of San Francisco.

Agenda available on:

https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public

If you have any questions pertaining to the Board Agenda(s), please contact the Chancellor's Office at (415)239-3556. For more information, please contact Mary Esteban.

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
bit.ly/ZOOM1001
(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

Agendas for meetings of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees are composed of a variety of agenda items. In general, Agenda items are proposed by administrators of City College of San Francisco.

Agenda available on:

https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public

If you have any questions pertaining to the Board Agenda(s), please contact the Chancellor's Office at (415)239-3556. For more information, please contact Mary Esteban.

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
bit.ly/ZOOM1001
(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
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(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

HEAT CCSF The ACCJC and FCMAT Attack On Community Colleges & Public Education

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) has been empowered to determine the accreditation of colleges such as City College of San Francisco. Once again, it is assaulting City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and the diverse programs it offers its largely working-class students of color. 

What is the ACCJC and The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) that joins it in its attack on public education throughout California?

This question, the latest assault on CCSF, and other issues will be addressed by participants in a panel with audience participation over ZOOM on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00-9:00pm Pacific Time to which you are invited.  

To register and receive the Zoom link, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcO2uqzovEtG424UJcss3AMU8LVzJkSa- 

Panel participants include:

Madeline Mueller, Chair of CCSF’s Music and Theatre Arts Department

George Wright, retired faculty member at both Chico State and Skyline College

Rick Baum, Part-time CCSF political science instructor and member of AFT 2121

Kathy Carroll—is an attorney and expert on the California education system

Sponsored by CCSF HEAT (Higher Education Action Team)

Find the event flyer here.

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
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All who care about CCSF Welcome!

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
bit.ly/ZOOM1001
(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
bit.ly/ZOOM1001
(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

Agendas for meetings of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees are composed of a variety of agenda items. In general, Agenda items are proposed by administrators of City College of San Francisco.

Agenda available on:

https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public

If you have any questions pertaining to the Board Agenda(s), please contact the Chancellor's Office at (415)239-3556. For more information, please contact Mary Esteban.

HEAT meetings: Fridays, 4 PM on Zoom

Join Meeting:
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(passcode 131457 if you need it)

All who care about CCSF Welcome!

Give public comment at the upcoming online SFMTA Engineering Meeting on Friday, February 16 at 10 am.

Agenda Items 12 (a)-(s)  Access the meeting link and agenda here

Join Online Teams Meeting: SFMTA.com/EngHearing

Click on the Raise your hand icon. When you are prompted to unmute, click on the microphone icon to speak. 

Join by telephone: Dial (415) 523-2709 and enter conference ID 396 848 05 #

    
Dial *5 to be placed in the queue for public comment. When prompted dial *6 to unmute yourself. 

When speaking:

•    Ensure you are in a quiet location
•    Turn off any TVs or radios around you
•    Speak Clearly

Submit your written comments to the project staff listed with “Public Hearing” in the subject line or by mail to SFMTA, 1 South Van Ness, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Friday Kahlo Quick Build Project

The following items have been environmentally cleared by the Planning Department on September 28, 2023, Frida Kahlo Quick-Build Project (Case 2023-008167ENV):

Frida Kahlo Way and Judson Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Foerster Street - Rescind Class II Bikeway, Add Motorcycle Parking and Bikeshare
12(a).    ESTABLISH – CLASS IV BIKEWAY (TWO-WAY) 
Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from Cloud Circle (south) to Judson Avenue 
(establishes two-way protected bikeway, replaces general parking and motorcycle parking) 
Judson Avenue, south side, from Frida Kahlo Way to Foerster Street 
(establishes two-way protected bikeway, replaces some general parking) 
 
12(b).    ESTABLISH – CLASS IV BIKEWAY (ONE-WAY) 
Frida Kahlo Way, northbound, from Ocean Avenue to Cloud Circle (South)  
(establishes one-way protected bikeway on east side of street, replaces general parking)
 
12(c).    RESCIND – CLASS II BIKEWAY 
A.    Frida Kahlo Way, northbound, from Cloud Circle (South) to Judson Avenue 
B.    Judson Avenue, eastbound, from Frida Kahlo Way to Gennessee Avenue  
(existing bike lane on these segments to be replaced by two-way protected bikeway) 
C.    Frida Kahlo Way, southbound, from Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk to North Access Road 
12(d).    ESTABLISH – TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING ANY TIME 
A.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from Ocean Avenue to Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk 
B.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from Cloud Circle (South) to 139 feet northerly 
C.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from 301 feet to 361 feet north of Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk 
D.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from North Access Road to 511 feet southerly 
E.    Judson Avenue, south side, from 130 feet to 160 feet west of Gennessee Street 
F.    Judson Avenue, south side, from Gennessee Street to 74 feet easterly 
G.    Judson Avenue, south side, from 298 feet to 330 feet west of Foerster Street 
(removes general parking to accommodate protected bikeway) 
H.    Judson Avenue, south side, from Foerster Street to 122 feet westerly 
(removes general parking to accommodate left turn lane) 
I.    Judson Avenue, north side, from Foerster Street to 10 feet easterly 
J.    Foerster Street, west side, from Judson Avenue to 10 feet northerly 
K.    Judson Avenue, north side, from Gennessee Street to 10 feet easterly 
L.    Judson Avenue, north side, from Frida Kahlo Way to 30 feet easterly 
(removes general parking for daylighting purposes) 
 
12(e).    RESCIND – TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING ANY TIME 
Frida Kahlo Way, west side, from 460 feet to 490 feet south of North Access Road  
(replaces thirty feet of existing red zone with general parking; twenty feet of red zone remain) 
 
12(f).    ESTABLISH – BUS STOP 
Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk to 125 feet southerly (shifts existing bus stop to accommodate Class IV bikeway and will be replaced by transit boarding island)  

12(g).    ESTABLISH – BUS STOP  
ESTABLISH – TRANSIT BOARDING ISLAND 
A.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk to 65 feet southerly 
B.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from North Access Road to 87 feet southerly 
C.    Judson Avenue, south side, from Gennessee Street to 50 feet westerly 
(establishes transit boarding islands adjacent to the new protected bikeway for three existing bus zones/bus flag stops) 

12(h).    RESCIND – BUS STOP 
A.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from 400 to 512 feet south of North Access Road 
(removes existing bus stop at CCSF main steps, replaced by TANSAT) 
B.    Frida Kahlo Way, west side, from 586 to 686 feet south of North Access Road 
(removes existing bus stop at CCSF main steps, reverts to general parking) 
C.    Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from 142 to 240 feet south of Judson Avenue 
(removes existing curbside bus stop at Frida Kahlo/Judson, replaced by transit
boarding island south of North Access Road)

 
12(i).    ESTABLISH – BUS FLAG STOP 
Gennessee Avenue, northwest corner of Gennessee Street and Judson Avenue 
(establishes new OB flag stop, replacing existing flag stop around the corner on Judson Avenue) 
 
12(j).    RESCIND – BUS FLAG STOP 
Judson Avenue, northwest corner of Judson Avenue and Gennessee Street 
(removes existing OB flag stop, to be replaced by a bus flag stop on Gennessee) 
Judson Avenue, southwest corner of Judson Avenue and Gennessee Street 
(removes existing IB flag stop, to be replaced by a bus stop and boarding island) 

12(k).    ESTABLISH – NO STOPPING EXCEPT BICYCLES 
ESTABLISH – BIKE SHARE STATION 
Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from 361 feet to 513 feet north of Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk (establishes floating bike-share station in bikeway buffer) 
Judson Avenue, south side, from 50 feet to 130 feet west of Gennessee Street 
(establishes floating bikeshare stations adjacent to proposed boarding islands) 
 
12(l).    RESCIND – NO STOPPING EXCEPT BICYCLES 
RESCIND – BIKE SHARE STATION 
Frida Kahlo Way, west side, from 400 to 463 feet south of North Access Road 
Judson Avenue, south side, from 180 feet to 252 feet east of Gennessee Street 
(removes two existing bikeshare stations, reverting them to general parking) 
 
12(m).    ESTABLISH – MOTORCYCLE PARKING 
Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from 139 feet to 301 feet north of Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk (establishes floating motorcycle parking in the bikeway buffer)  

12(n).    RESCIND – MOTORCYCLE PARKING  
Frida Kahlo Way, west side, from 63 feet to 115 feet north of Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk (removes existing motorcycle parking on the west side of Frida Kahlo, to be replaced on the east side) 
 
12(o).    RESCIND – TOW-AWAY NO STOPPING, YELLOW METERED COMMERCIAL LOADING ONLY, 30-MINUTE TIME LIMIT, 7AM to 4PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 
Frida Kahlo Way, west side, from 20 feet to 63 feet north of Cloud Circle (South) crosswalk (removes existing yellow zone at the old City College bookstore location) 

12(p).    ESTABLISH – SPEED CUSHION 
Judson Avenue, westbound, between Gennessee Street and Frida Kahlo Way (one three-lump cushion) 

12(q).    ESTABLISH – NO U-TURN 
Frida Kahlo Way, northbound, at Judson Avenue 
(prohibits U-turns at this location to reduce conflicts and congestion near Riordan High School)  
 
12(r).    ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN 
Gennessee Street, northbound, at Judson Avenue 
Foerster Street, northbound, at Judson Avenue 
(establishes stop control for new northbound bike movement from Class IV bikeway along southern curb at these intersections) 
(Supervisor District 7) (Requires approval by the SFMTA Board) Pallavi Panyam, pallavi.panyam@sfmta.com

12(s).    ESTABLISH – TOW AWAY NO STOPPING ANY TIME:
Frida Kahlo Way, east side, from North Access Road to Judson Avenue

The Frida Kahlo Quick-Build Project aims to improve safety for people walking and bicycling on Frida Kahlo Way and Judson Avenue west of Foerster Street. The project will upgrade pedestrian crossings, add a protected bikeway, consolidate bus stops, add bus boarding islands, and adjust curb management.

TOWN HALL: Stop City College Layoffs and Class Cuts

We Demand a Zero Covid Policy for Safe Return To Campus

Thursday, January 20, Noon

Zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2880330680?pwd=VXlSdVBERFM3OFVuVGdrampVQkovUT09

Zoom ID  288 033 0680   Password 131457

*The Jan. 20 event will not be in person, but over zoom. It was changed from an in person rally to a rally/town hall over zoom due to the upsurge in covid infections.

Let’s unite to stop layoffs, demand the hiring of more classified staff and faculty, put COLA money in the pockets of employees, build the PAEC and protect people at our college and in the community with a Zero COVID Policy. The time has come to expand educational opportunities of students--not to further reduce them.

More layoffs result in the further destruction of student educational opportunities and further diminish what the college offers the community.

The administration is using the threat of layoffs and claims of budget deficits to gain further concessions that erode the standard of living of employees. These highly paid administrators, with their supporters on the board, openly advocate this tactic.

We Demand:

No Layoffs of CCSF Classified Staff and Faculty employees. Rehire student employees. Cut the number of administrators and consultants, and stop privatization of public education.

Schedule more classes to meet the needs of students and to encourage enrollment growth. Restore programs that have been reduced.

Use the COLA for employee pay as is done at other colleges--not for the hiring of more consultants and lawyers, some of whom are being paid to help institute more layoffs.

Build The Performing Arts Education Center (PAEC) Immediately--No More Stalling—The PAEC is a building the people of San Francisco have voted to fund three times starting in 2001, and it has still not been built!

Support a Zero COVID Policy to protect the health and well-being

of our Students, Faculty and Staff

We demand that there be full protection from COVID with policies that include:  

1.  Mass testing protocol for all students, staff & faculty & free N-95 masks.

2.  A vaccine mandate with an exception for medical exemptions. Vaccines available on demand.

3.  Proper ventilation of all rooms and facilities before return to work. Inspections by industrial hygienist to certify that the ventilation is proper. Use approved detailed checklists to certify safe rooms and facilities.

4.  Full pay for all faculty, staff, and student employees if infected or quarantined.

5.  Assistance for students who test positive for COVID-19.

6.  Establish a Billionaire Wealth Tax in San Francisco & State to fund unified pandemic protocols with oversight by committee of faculty, staff & students.

Emergency Statewide Action on September 20 During California Community College Board of Governors Meeting in Sacramento

Monday September 20th, 12:00 Noon mask required

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE

Location: 1102 Q Street, 6th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95811

Community College students, faculty and staff are facing a deadly threat to their health and safety.

We call on the Community College Board of Governors to do its part to help shut down the spread of Covid. We demand a statewide set of policies in all community colleges that include a vaccine requirement for everyone on campus (with an exception made for those with medical conditions verified by a physician who recommends against the person being vaccinated), masking with N95 masks provided for all, proper ventilation in all buildings, weekly testing for all, the provision of sanitation supplies, and regular cleaning to minimize risks to peoples’ health and well-being.

A failure to implement these policies will cost lives and harm the health of community college students, faculty, staff and that of the people in the wider community.

In addition, we demand the following changes to provide people with the educational opportunities they deserve:

1. Use the multi-billion state surplus to provide full funding for public education.

2. Fire State Community College Chancellor Eloy Oakley for championing the downsizing & privatizing community colleges.

3. End student success funding formula and keep community in community colleges—end the no repeat of classes provision.

4. Immediately close the online community college named Calbright. 

5. Implement the California Master Plan for Higher Education—Full funding for Free Higher Education

6. Support Labor and teacher unions. Stop union busting!

7. Bring back lifelong learning for the entire community college system.

Initiated by: CCSF Higher Education Action Team (HEAT)

HEAT https://www.ccsfheat.org SFCityCollegeHEAT@gmail.com

If unable to attend, make a public comment, scroll down: https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Board-of-Governors

Additional information:

CFT 2019 Resolution expressing no confidence in State Chancellor Oakley

https://www.cft.org/resolution/vote-no-confidence-community-college-chancellor

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) pass no confidence in Oakley resolution. https://edsource.org/2019/california-community-college-faculty-group-votes-no-confidence-in-chancellor/612474  

http://www.worldhealthnetwork.global

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, the Tragic Misinformed Battle Over Masks While Covid-19 Pandemic Rages On

Covid-19

The Delta Variant is one of the most contagious viruses according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) director; it is as contagious as Chickenpox, which is known to infect 90% of those in a household. “The Delta is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause more severe disease than all other known versions of the virus, according to an internal presentation circulated within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” https://www.nytimes.com/.../covid-cdc-delta-masks.html

Chickenpox, Measles and Covid-19 are spread by aerosols and the virus can remain infectious in the air of a room for an hour or more. This is why Infection control authorities around the world recommend that protection from these infectious viruses is provided by an n95 Respirator, NOT a mask. An n95 respirator, such as a half-face respirator which has been seal checked and tested by NIOSH,(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) to prevent any entry of aerosols. This is CDC standard PPE (personal protective equipment) for respiratory infectious agents. https://www.cdc.gov/infecti.../guidelines/measles/index.html

Only these respirators can prevent people in the same room from being infected by a contagious individual. This fact was highlighted by the recent CDC report about school infections in the New York Times on Aug 31, 2021. An infected elementary school teacher taught for two days before testing positive for Covid-19. The teachers and students were mandated to wear masks, doors, and windows to the classroom were open and there was an air filter in the room of 24 children. Half the students tested positive for Covid-19 which then spread into the community. https://www.nytimes.com/.../coronavirus-schools-children....

The Journal of the American Medical Association notes that masks are only associated with a decline in infections, when combined with public health mandates---“Mask wearing policies have been associated with reductions in the number or rate of infections and deaths… This association is strengthened because, in many cases, other mitigation strategies (school and workplace closures, recommendations for social distancing, hand hygiene) had already been deployed before enactment of mask wearing policies, after which the reductions were observed.” https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536

Masks alone are not very effective in protecting children from an infected individual in the same room. Only n95 respirators are protective. The CDC knows, without the shadow of a doubt, that masks do not prevent students from becoming infected with the Delta variant, yet they say that students can safely return to in-person learning in schools. Aug 5 2021 the CDC posted online the following update:

“When teachers, staff, and students consistently and correctly wear a mask, they protect others as well as themselves. Consistent and correct mask use is especially important indoors and in crowded settings, when physical distancing cannot be maintained.” https://www.cdc.gov/.../schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html

This is clearly a false statement for an infectious viral aerosol. Given that a huge amount of viral transmission exists nationwide, occurring as a result of the lifting all social distancing mandates in June 2021, returning children to schools will endanger the unvaccinated children and accelerate the pandemic. Children and their families will be neither protected nor safe. Dr. Fauci said the US could see another 100,000 preventable deaths by December 2021. https://www.marketwatch.com/.../who-warns-of-possible-236...

Fighting over masks is a tragic, misdirected battle. We should be fighting to stop the chain of viral transmission with a plan for ZERO Covid-19. This starts with a 5 week paid stay at home for all but emergency services and the closing of all schools and worksites combined with mass testing, tracking, and isolation, quarantine, vaccinations, and travel restrictions. https://covidactiongroup.net/ This is the national strategy for Covid-19 elimination followed by other countries around the world—from New Zealand, to Taiwan, and from China to Iceland, over one billion people now live free of Covid0-19. Let us become part of the struggle to bring Zero-Covid to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

9/3/2021, Dr. Nayvin Gordon, gordonnayvin@yahoo.com

UESF RALLY FOR SAFE AIR & safe sites. Tues Aug 31. 5 p.m. @ City Hall

Demands: Air Purifiers for Every Room

High Quality Masks For All

Universal Weekly Testing

The spike in COVID-19 coupled with the onset of what looks to be the most destructive wildfire season yet is causing great anxiety for educators, families, and our communities. We know more can be done than is being done and that it is up to us to mobilize for what is needed. Because we love our communities and care for our students, educators are demanding more for our schools from city and district leadership. The primary mode of ventilation is open windows yet educators are being advised to shut windows as the air quality index begins to teeter into dangerous levels. Where are the air purifiers, HVAC systems and high quality masks (KN95/KN94) that will help us stay safe during the wildfire pandemic season? Let’s put the federal and state resources to work getting what we need for our schools: air purifiers for all our classrooms, high quality masks for all students and workers, and universal weekly testing for safe air and safe sites!

Fill out the form below to help us gain an understanding of who has access to air purifiers and let us know if you can join us for the rally! Educators, students, families and community supporters welcome!

RALLY
Tuesday, Aug 31st
5pm
City Hall
Bring your masks and signs!

www.uesf.org

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1bEXixK635L7IPIscrlgNUlIvHlhnGmAwmXchWXR73BwqSQ/viewform

This is endorsed by HEAT.

HEAT Demands City College of SF Administration Adopt and Share COVID Safety Rules.

With increased concern over the highly infectious COVID delta variant and the August 2 re-imposition of mandatory COVID precautions, HEAT demands that the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Administration adopt two COVID Safety Rules outlined in the attached .

HEAT, “Higher Education Action Team,” was formed two years ago to keep City College of San Francisco as a Community College and to expand educational opportunities especially for working-class and lower middle class communities and for those interested in life-long learning.

HEAT demands a vaccine mandate for CCSF, as 29 other Community Colleges have done, including Los Angeles and Sacramento. (See attached documentation at bit.ly/HEAT-COVID) On June 15, and again on July 25, CCSF Administrators said they did not intend to impose a student or employee vaccination requirement. On July 27, CCSF’s Interim Chancellor Dianna Gonzales emailed the CCSF Trustees that they would receive an update “including the possibility of a vaccine mandate” on August 26. August 26 is two weeks after classes begin, and two months late for students who could have been fully protected before classes begin. Instead, Administrators have said students and employees will require facial coverings and social distancing. But as HEAT's Madeline Mueller wrote, "Yes, CCSF is implementing mask mandates, and with monitors at every building checking masks, as the Administration has proposed, could they also check vaccination status? A reasonable vaccination mandate should be do-able. There are three Walgreens within a mile of the CCSF main campus where students quickly could get free walk-in COVID vaccinations. Or perhaps the Mayor's newly-announced vaccination team could visit CCSF sites as classes begin?"

HEAT demands safe buildings for CCSF. Details on CCSF's compliance with CDC mandates have not been released to the faculty, students or staff, including ventilation and physical plant issues which have been problematic for years, like painted-shut windows and heavily-used rooms that are frequently too cold or too hot. Few have been able to enter buildings. This lack of transparency is of significant concern since school is starting on August 14th and there is a surge in COVID cases.

HEAT is concerned that the lack of adequate COVID safety rules and clear, open discussion of safety preparations will discourage some potential students from returning to in-person classes this Fall. As HEAT's Rick Baum asked CCSF Trustees, "Would you be comfortable going home to loved ones whose health and well-being might unnecessarily be put at risk because of a failure of CCSF Administration to institute reasonable policies that minimize threats to peoples' health?"

Money should not be an issue since the college received over $50 million in COVID relief funds and has access to $845 million in facilities bond funds.

CCSF has a mask requirement, but current expert opinion is that non-vented N95s are really necessary for safety from the Delta variant. CCSF's building monitors could provide them with COVID funds.

The COVID safety controversy occurs in the context of 10 years of attacks on City College budgets and operations by the State and CCSF’s Trustees and top administration. This year the proposed elimination of over 160 full-time faculty positions (on top of the hundreds of part-time positions already cut) and reductions in many programs were averted only by substantial cuts to faculty salaries and the scheduling of over 25% fewer classes than before the pandemic.
HEAT
https://www.ccsfheat.org

SFCityCollegeHEAT@gmail.com

The Destruction and Privatization of San Francisco’s Working Class College: City College of San Francisco (CCSF)

The panel will discuss the downsizing of City College of San Francisco that includes the dismantling of numerous programs that result in diminishing student educational opportunities; the closure of campuses; and the faculty enduring massive layoffs and pay cuts.

The panel will also look at who is responsible for these changes that harm the community and what could be done.

Panels:
Edgar Torres, chair of Latin American and Latinx Studies, Department Chair, City College of San Francisco
Muriel Parenteau, past chair for disabled students and services at CCSF
Rick Baum, CCSF Lecturer AFT 2121  & HEAT Member
Steve Zeltzer, WORKWEEK
Stephen Brady, AFT 2121 Member &  Automotive Instructor

https://laborfest.net/event/privatization-union-busting-the-destruction-of-san-franciso-city-college-what-to-do-about-it/

Murals Under Attack

San Francisco is world famous for its historic murals, yet there is now a struggle to defend them from destruction, being covered over or hidden from the public.

This panel will look at the effort to destroy or remove the Arnautoff murals in George Washington High, the Bernard Zackheim murals at UCSF, the murals at SF Art Institute and the San Francisco City College Diego Rivera mural.

Speakers:
Professor Bob Cherney, Author of the  Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art – A political biography of the great California muralist
Harvey Smith, Living New Deal Project Adviser
Madeline Mueller, chair of CCSF Music Department

https://laborfest.net/event/murals-under-attack/

Billionaires & The Sell-Off of San Francisco-From CCSF To The Parks & City Services

The sell off San Francisco is transforming the city completely run and controlled by the billionaires and banks.
The destruction of San Francisco City College with the closure of campuses and privatization of the PUC Balboa Reservoir to the Golden Gate Pars which have been turned over to “non-profits” run for and by billionaires will be the focus of this panel.

Speakers:
Dayton D. Andrews, United Front Against Displacement
https://theunitedfrontagainstdisplacement.org
Dave Romano, San Franciscans For Urban Nature
Harry S. Pariser, advocate against the privatization of the commons
https://commonsprotector.medium.com/
Madeline Mueller, CCSF Chair Music Department City College
Kim Tolbert, SEIU 1021 member, City & County of DPH Accounting Dep.
John Wadsworth, SEIU General Hospital Chapter VP

https://laborfest.net/event/billionaires-the-sell-off-of-san-francisco-from-ccsf-to-the-parks-city-services/

On May 24 at 12:00 noon rally at the State Community College Board of Trustees on May 24th State Community College Board of Trustees 1102 Q Street, 6th Floor Sacramento

Stop the Attacks On Our Community Colleges

DEMANDS  
1. Use the multi-billion dollar surplus to provide full funding for public education.

2. Replace State Community College Chancellor Eloy Oakley with a chancellor who would:

  A. End the student centered funding formula to keep community in community colleges and end the no repeat of classes provision.

  B. Immediately close Calbright College,  the state's online community college. The money for it should be shared among our California community colleges.  

  C. Fully implement the California Master Plan for Higher Education—Full funding for Higher Education.

  D. Support Labor and teacher unions. Stop union busting.

  E. Bring back lifelong learning for the entire community college system.     

  F. Oppose the common course numbering that limits courses available to students. 

There are many resolutions expressing no confidence in State Chancellor Oakley including this one issued by the California Federation of Teachers at:

https://www.cft.org/resolution/vote-no-confidence-community-college-chancellor

Others include: Faculty Association of California Community Colleges article: https://edsource.org/2019/california-community-college-faculty-group-votes-no-confidence-in-chancellor/612474

Alan Hancock College Academic Senate: https://www.hancockcollege.edu/senate/documents/Final%20Resolution%20on%20CCCCO%205.15.18.pdf

Santa Rosa CC Academic Senate cademicsenate.santarosa.edu/sites/academicsenate.santarosa.edu/files/2018%2010%203%20SRJC%20Resolution%20of%20No%20Confidence%20in%20Chancellor%20Oakley.pdf

College of the Canyons Academic Senate https://www.canyons.edu/_resources/documents/administration/academicsenate/VoteOfNoConfidenceOakley.pdf

Information on Board of Governors

Board of Governors: https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/cccchan/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C2FLHM56785B#

Meeting:

Monday, 05-24-2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Closed Session from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.*, and
Tuesday, 05-25-2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.*

Chancellor's Office | Zoom Webinar
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Board of Governors Live Webinar

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Public Comment Submission Process

Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on a specific board item or during the public forum may do so in advance or during the live board of governors meeting. All comments will be limited to three minutes and the following policies:

1. You may submit your comment in advance via email to boardcomments@cccco.edu. In the email subject line, specify the item number you wish to comment on or indicate “Public Forum.” You may identify yourself or specify that you wish to remain anonymous at the top of your email. All written public comments must be received by the end of business on May 19, 2021. Comments meeting the deadline will be provided to the Board of Governors and posted for public viewing.

2. During the live board of governors meeting, you may use the Raise Hand feature on the Zoom platform to make a verbal public comment to the Board. A Chancellor’s Office employee will announce your name and grant you the ability to speak to the Board. You are requested to identify yourself and present your public comment at that time.

Public comments are at the end of the meeting.

HEAT will be holding a panel on May 15 at 11 AM on what is happening to our community colleges Zoom information for meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85810173991?pwd=dExvZVBWbnZPZUd6WkgwNEJwYnJFQT09

Stop the Attacks on Our Community Colleges

Join Bay Area 2021 May Day Event in SF

Saturday, May 1 @ 10 am

Meet at the Embarcadero

Organizations should RSVP at www.bit.ly/mayday2021

Join us on May 1st as we recreate the famous 1934 May Day march up Market Street from the Embarcadero to Civic Center for a rally. Wear your union shirts and jackets!

Celebrations of International Workers’ Day, also called May Day, date back over 100 years to the fight for an eight-hour work day. In San Francisco, May 1 has also played host to a rich history of collective action by workers—and this year will be no different.

The triple-threat of rising income inequality, racial injustice, and COVID-19 has hit working families hard. In order for our communities to emerge from this crisis healthy and prosperous, we need a just and equitable recovery for all.

That means building support for key legislation like the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which will empower workers to exercise our freedom to organize and negotiate for better wages and working conditions. It also means uniting together—no matter who we are or where we come from—to #StopAsianHate, proclaim that #BlackLivesMatter, ensure immigrants are safe and welcome in our communities, and fight to ensure that

workers everywhere can live and work with the dignity and respect we all deserve. OPEIU 29 AFL-CIO 11

Stop the Destruction of Our Working Class College

City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Board of Trustees is Set to Vote on Pinkslips to Hundreds of Teachers in Early May

CCSF, San Francisco’s working class public college is being dramatically downsized. Educational opportunities for its students are vanishing. Mass unemployment in San Francisco and the US requires more public education not less.

The downsizing of CCSF is a racist attack. Most of the college’s students are people of color from the working and lower middle class--your family members, friends, colleagues, and neighbors.

At CCSF, plans have been put in place to greatly reduce class offerings and the number of faculty despite the college receiving some $50 million in Covid relief money and will soon be getting more money from the state.

When classes are cut, fewer students enroll. The decline in the number of students is then used as an excuse for more cuts and to justify making the college’s real estate available for private interests.

As an engine for its Post Pandemic Recovery, San Francisco needs City College more than ever to put people back to work.

Proposed cuts include an unbelievable 50% cut in the nursing program that puts the health of all of us at risk. Devastating cuts are planned in job training classes that workers take to learn new skills. English as a Second Language, Older Adult Education, and Services to Students with Disabilities are all on the chopping block.

The unions at CCSF are also under attack. When union workers are cut, the unions representing them are weakened. Additionally, taxpayer funds for the college are being used to benefit private interests—consultants and contractors—none of whom teach classes.

City College offers tuition-free classes for San Francisco residents. You might not know this because the overpaid administration does not see fit to produce a printed class schedule and distribute it throughout the city.

We join with education workers, students and supporters of public education here and. around the world against the dismantling of public education.

FIND STEPS TO STOP THE LAYOFFS AND CUTS ON THE FLIP SIDE

TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE LAYOFFS AND CUTS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES

HAVE YOUR UNION PASS RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE CUTS

Tell: The CCSF Board of Trustees not to lay off teachers and cut classes

https://www.ccsf.edu/about-ccsf/board-trustees

and

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Mayor to provide emergency city funding to CCSF to stop the cuts.

MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org and https://sfbos.org/roster-members

Sign:

HEAT’s (Higher Education Action Team) petition expressing no confidence in CCSF’s administration at HEAT’s website at CCSFHeat.org or http://chng.it/mkNrg8nx

HEAT will be holding a panel on May 15 at 11 AM on what is happening to our community colleges Zoom information for meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85810173991?pwd=dExvZVBWbnZPZUd6WkgwNEJwYnJFQT09

And on May 24 at 12:00 noon rally at the State Community College Board of Trustees on May 24th State Community College Board of Trustees 1102 Q Street, 6th Floor Sacramento

Statewide:

Write the Governor, Assemblymember Phil Ting and your state representatives to fully fund public education and impose higher taxes on billionaires.

Click and send letter templates are available at Rebuildcitycollege.wordpress.com

From the homepage click on NEWS/ACTIONS

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CCSF Regular Board of Trustees Meeting

To access Agenda Items, Actions, and Minutes, please visit https://www.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public.

The San Francisco Adult Education Consortium would like to invite you to a virtual business meeting that is open to the public on April 20 @ 3:30 pm. For more info: http://bit.ly/AdultEdApril20.

Consortium members will provide brief overviews of current funding and activities, and will discuss plans and budgets for the 2021-2022 program year.

Who should attend: Partners and stakeholders from San Francisco Unified School District, City College of San Francisco, workforce education, and community-based organizations.

Public comment on items on the agenda and items not on the agenda may be submitted in writing in advance to wlmiller@ccsf.edu. Comments will be read aloud during the meeting. Please limit comments to two minutes (roughly 250 words).

“‘Budget Forums’ starting this Wednesday, April 7 at 1 pm and Tuesday, April 13 at 4:30 pm, with Dr Dr. John ali-Amin who will review our budget structure, how higher education HEERF funds compare to those received by cities, and most importantly, he will answer your questions”.

Organized by the CCSF Student Coalition

From 24th Street BART to Dolores Park.

RSVP to SAVE CCSF! Zoom

“**Will also be livestreamed on Facebook.com/CCSFCollective. Visit linktr.ee/CCSFStudentCoalition for actions**
Join us in support to virtually voice out our fights against class cuts and defunding!
Hear from speakers about why we need Ethnic Studies, disability services, Womens, Gender, LGBTQ+ Studies, Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program, music and the arts, and to support undocumented students.
Our march starts at 1pm at 24th and Mission, with a rally and speakers at Mission High School steps.

Programming:
10 - 10:05: Introductions
THE FIGHT FOR ETHNIC STUDIES
10:05 - 10:10: Keli Lord (AFAM Studies Dept Ambassador)
10:10 - 10:15: Dr Ramona Coates (AFAM Studies Dept Chair)
10:15 - 10:20: Kiana, Guada, Jeff (We are Philippine Studies)
10:20 - 10:25: Dr Lily Ann Villaraza (Philippine Studies Dept Chair)
END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THE NEED FOR INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM
10:25 - 10:30: EK (Project SURVIVE, WGST, ASAM Studies student)
DISABILITY RIGHTS
10:30 - 10:35: Xianna Rodriguez (DSPS student)
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
10:35 - 10:40: Mo Lara (undocumented student)
MUSIC IN MOVEMENTS
10:40 - 10:45: Stephanie Woodford (Music Dept student who will perform)
INVEST IN EDUCATION
10:45 - 10:50: Leslie Simon (Rebuild City College campaign)
10:50 - 10:55: Tehmina Khan (AFT2121, faculty union)
REFUSE TO DOWNSIZE
10:55 - 11:00 Sebastian (Aircraft Maintenance Technology student)
CHANGE THE SYSTEM
11:00 - 11:05 Angelica Campos (Student Senate of California Community Colleges)
MARCH FORWARD
11:05 - 11:10 Information on the march.” - Courtesy of CCSF Student Coalition

Youth, Young Adult, and Families Committee Meeting

Members: Hillary Ronen, Ahsha Safai, Myrna Melgar

WATCH SF Cable Channel 26, 78 or 99 (depending on provider) WATCH www.sfgovtv.org

PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN 1 (415) 655-0001 / Meeting ID: 187 110 3715

Call in for Agenda Item 2.

[Hearing - Impacts of Proposed Cuts to Courses and Staff Layoffs at City College of San Francisco]

Sponsor: Ronen

Hearing to discuss the implications of the proposed cuts to City College of San Francisco’s (CCSF) staff and course offerings, and explore ways that the City and County of San Francisco could offer additional support to CCSF to address these challenges; and requesting the CCSF Administration, CCSF Board of Trustees, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 2121, and CCSF elected student leaders to report.

The Board of Trustees' Budget and Audit Committee will be meeting on Thursday, April 8 at 11am. Everyone is
encouraged to speak during the public comment to let the committee know that you are opposed to the layoffs and
program cuts. https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public#

“ Join SLASH at our rally Wednesday, April 7, 5:30 p.m. to demand that they rescind faculty layoffs and expand job training programs!
CCSF Wellness Center, 800 Ocean Ave., San Francisco

The City College of San Francisco administration has sent out lay-off notices to 163 full time faculty members,
claiming a budget shortfall. However, there are funds available to maintain programs and staffing as they are
currently. The threatened cuts are really about downsizing the college during a period when working people need
education and job retraining to recover from the pandemic.
The rally will feature CCSF faculty, students, graduates and community members who will share their experiences
about the importance of the college and demand that the layoffs be canceled and that job training programs,
community-based courses, and academic equity initiatives be expanded. All are welcome to voice their concerns at
an open mic after the scheduled speakers.

The Board of Trustees' Budget and Audit Committee will be meeting on Thursday, April 8 at 11am. Everyone is
encouraged to speak during the public comment to let the committee know that you are opposed to the layoffs and
program cuts. https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/ccsf/Board.nsf/Public# ”