Lowell High School: Student Journalism Under Siege
Over the past year, student journalists across four California campuses have faced serious threats and retaliation for their work.
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Have Your Say: Free City Program At Risk
We asked students: How should Mayor Lurie and the Supervisors support City College?
Free City Funding Chopped in Half: Students Left to Question Their Fate Under Lurie’s Reign
When Board of Trustees president Alan Wong sat down at Mayor London Breed’s desk with the newly appointed Interim Chancellor Mitchell Bailey, they were there for what they thought would be a straightforward meeting to introduce the new chancellor. It was a calm, clear day in June after the spring semester had ended, and it was sprung on the college representatives that the mayor’s office intended to drastically reduce contributions to the Free City program.
Salary Cuts Buy Time for Fiscal Solution
The faculty’s salary concessions will save jobs and classes for the 2021-22 academic year. However, the agreement may only delay cuts.
Administration Asks City for $30 Million in Emergency Aid
The request asks San Francisco for $15 million a year for the next two years and could be introduced to the Board of Supervisors as early as April 27.
Indigenous Peoples of the Bay Area: A History of Survival
Given the massive diversity in languages, family groups, customs, and cultures, the native people of the northern and central California coasts likely would not have seen themselves as belonging to any single common group prior to the arrival of the Spanish. To some degree, this persists today, with many local Indigenous people self-identifying primarily as members of one or more of approximately 58 distinct regional cultures that are grouped under the umbrella-term “Ohlone.”
Drastic cuts across the board to address College’s “dire fiscal emergency” in approved Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan
Facing budget constraints and continued accreditation pressures, the College’s Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan outlines steep cuts, including at least 600 fewer class sections.
Mayor Breed Moves Forward with Balboa Reservoir Development Despite Objections from City College Board, Faculty, and Community
The City College community objects to Mayor London Breed’s efforts to push through a controversial proposal to build 1,100 units of privately held housing on public land in use by the college that would create ongoing traffic congestion and parking issues.
HEAT Rallies with Bay Area Labor Chorus for Bridge Funding
Students and faculty rallied on the steps of City Hall in a last-minute effort to urge the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor to support $2.7 million in emergency funding from San Francisco’s General Fund, to restore classes at City College.
Bridge Funding Falls Short of Veto-Proof Majority
The Board of Supervisors meeting held January 28 at City Hall resulted in passing the emergency bridge funding to restore the city college’s 288 abruptly cut classes — but did not reach the veto-proof majority that many in the faculty were hoping for.
Extension for Free City program added to November Ballot
by Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com In a step toward making City College’s Free City program more permanent, the San Francisco Board…
Board endorces Frida Way rename
NEWS BRIEF By Bethaney Lee blee@theguardsman.com The board of trustees voted unanimously at their Feb. 22 meeting to…