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City College Faces $22.5 Million Budget Deficit and Threat of State Take Over

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, john rizzo, HEERF, academic senate, COVID-19, California Community College Chancellor’s Office, pandemic, cantonese, ESL, English as a Second Language, Other Post-Employment Benefits Retiree Trust, shanell williams, Aliya Chisti, AFT2121, Wynd Kaufman, Wise, Erin Blackwell, Sarah Berjan, CARES Act, Tom Temprano, OPEB, Tom Boegel, John al-Amin, board of trustees, Alan Wong

State auditors in early April warned the California Community College Chancellor’s office to act quickly in order to remain independent, deeming the college “not currently stable,” citing its ineffective attempts at reducing its costs necessary to supplement the 35% enrollment decline over the past eight years, which resulted in the college tapping into its reserves.

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Interim Chancellor’s 12-Month Contract Comes to a Close

May 12, 2021August 31, 2021 The Guardsman Dr. Rajen Vurdien, chancellor, Emily Trinh, interim chancellor, Annette Mullaney, immigration, multi-year budget plan, ESL, faculty cuts, community college, financial crisis, AFT2121, budget reconciliation, fall schedule, public forum, teacher union, JohnTaylor Wildfeuer, board of trustees, English as a Second Language, san francisco

The Interim Chancellor, who came out of retirement to take on the position, has referred to addressing City College’s financial crisis as “righting the ship”. As he prepares to leave the helm, students and faculty continue to work to reconcile salaries and employment with his administration’s Multi-Year Budget Plan.

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Student Activist Groups Coming for City Supervisors

September 9, 2020September 19, 2020 The Guardsman Olivia Lewman, Older Adult Learners, city college, English as a Second Language, protest, Older Adult Learning, budget cuts, Black Student Union, ESL, African American Studies Department, Fort Mason, Equity for Older Students Group, CCSF Collective, summer reporting, BSU, OLAD

City College faculty, students, and student groups organized a protest at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center on June 22. Protesters expressed their anger regarding the recent decision to forgo the lease for the college’s Fort Mason campus, the removal of ESL and OLAD programs, and the disinvestment in its Black students.