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Budget Crisis News

City College’s Finances Looking ‘Stable,’ According to Moody’s Investors Service

November 23, 2022 The Guardsman Accrediting Commision for Community and Junior Colleges, Alan Wong, bonds, finances, Staff layoffs, Ann Marie Galvan, budget cuts, Cindy Chan, john rizzo, Moody’s investors service, aft 2121, Moody’s, accreditation, default, ACCJC, credit rating, Brigitte Davila

The financial outlook rating from Moody’s is good news for City College’s upcoming accreditation assessment, according to trustees.

Survey Opinions & Editorials

Survey For You: Are Your Classes Being Cut?

August 31, 2022September 4, 2022 The Guardsman AFT2121, Survey, Onyx Hunter, cuts, budget cuts, union, class cuts

If anything unexpected has happened to your student schedule, those experiences are welcome, as well as those of any students who are in crowded ESL classes.

Faculty, Staff and Students Protest Layoffs with Day of Action Rally at City College

March 29, 2022May 3, 2022 The Guardsman protest, budget cuts, class cuts

The in-person rally, followed by a virtual press-conference attended by more than 400 people, featured lively call-and-response chants and testimonials from faculty, staff and students who addressed the importance of retaining class offerings for the most underserved students in the Bay Area.

Budget Crisis Chancellor News

Classified Staff Bear Brunt of City College Layoff Notices

November 24, 2021January 4, 2022 The Guardsman Maria Salazar-Colón, Akiyo Mineo-Aldis, Jody Wirt, Layoffs, Athena Steff, Harry Bernstein, city college, Emily Margaretten, budget cuts, Classified Staff, seiu 1021, Union Negotiation, Dianna Gonzales, Labor Rights, Alan Wong

City College sent out 42 pink slips to classified staff Nov. 2, even as they recruit replacement workers, a breach of faith denounced by SEIU 1021.

Budget Crisis News Board of Trustees

Salary Cuts Buy Time for Fiscal Solution

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman Layoffs, board of trustees, Hilary Ronen, budget cuts, WERF, Board of Supervisors, Max Hollinger, AFT2121, Tom Temprano, Gordon Mar, Alan Wong, Annette Mullaney, Malaika Finkelstein

The faculty’s salary concessions will save jobs and classes for the 2021-22 academic year. However, the agreement may only delay cuts.

Frontpage Display News

Art Instructor Questions Her Pink Slip

March 24, 2021 The Guardsman City College of San Francisco, Erin Blackwell, CCSF, Layoffs, administration, Stephanie MacAller, Leslie Simon, Rebuild City College, Fort Mason Campus, Amy Diaz-Infante, Art department, pink slip, Tom Boegel, printmaking, Anna Asabedo, board of trustees, Rajen Vurdien, faculty cuts, the guardsman, equity, Michael Needhan, budget cuts, Daina Medveder Koziot

“Is there someone here who doesn’t want a City College? That doesn’t want free education? Is the focus just churning out degrees? And certainly, getting degrees and certificates is part of our mission. Also part of our mission has been to provide education for lifelong learning.”

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Budget Deficit’s Impact on Equity

February 23, 2021March 26, 2021 The Guardsman deficit, TULAY, VASA, harts, LSN, retention, Tom Boegel, Kim Wise, Chris Fong, Higher Education Action Team, Serena Sacharoff, Rick Baum, English Second Language, multi-year budget plan, equity, austerity, eops, Annette Mullaney, Corwin Cooley, budget cuts, MRSD, petition, ESL, AASP, underrepresented students, class cuts, APASS, Marlboro Aleonar

Cuts to staff and classes may increase demands on City College’s counseling services and retention programs that largely serve underrepresented students, yet the programs themselves may not be fully spared.

COVID19 Opinions & Editorials

California’s Boiling Point: The Cost of Covid-19

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 The Guardsman environment, COVID-19, Manon Cadenaule, Angela Greco, california, Environmental Cuts, budget cuts, budget proposal, Gavin Newsom, City College of San Francisco, state budget, climate change

Don’t let the numbers fool you — Although promising, California’s latest state budget proposal of $227 billion underwent major cuts which could impact the future of the state’s fragile climate and environmental issues.

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ESL Department Works to Increase Program Enrollment Amidst Steep Budget Cuts

January 27, 2021February 10, 2021 The Guardsman Remote Instruction, English Second Language, Seamus Geoghegan, Spring, board of trustees, Erin Blackwell, budget cuts, City College of San Francisco, class cuts, Non-Credit, Greg Keech

City College stated during their November board meeting that cuts were the result of under-enrolled programs, but department Chair Keech said he never got an explanation. He thinks maybe other programs simply fit into the school’s funding formula better.

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Metal Arts Program Reborn Despite Cuts, Pandemic

October 12, 2020October 16, 2020 The Guardsman Jack da Silva, Alison Antelman, Danielle Jackson, budget cuts, Metal Arts, remote learning, tobin jones, Anna Asebedo, Metal Arts program, Mark La Rocha

The Metal Arts Program at City College has persevered, despite class cuts and the challenges of remote instruction.

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Student Activist Groups Coming for City Supervisors

September 9, 2020September 19, 2020 The Guardsman Equity for Older Students Group, CCSF Collective, summer reporting, BSU, OLAD, 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

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.

Opinions & Editorials Editorials

Up a creek and without transparency

April 26, 2017February 25, 2020 The Guardsman CCSF Journalism, Teresa Villicana, ccsf opinion, CCSF Solidarity Committee, Fort Mason, student activist groups, guns, Multi-Use building (MUB), mission campus, opinion, The Associated Students Executive Council, the guardsman, staff editorial, budget cuts, campus police, City College of San Francisco, elena stuart, armed, CCSF, diversity studies, Ardel Thomas, racial profiling

By Elena Stuart Between budget cuts, free tuition and the potential of an armed campus police- the City College community

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The Fight for Fort Mason

April 17, 2017February 25, 2020 The Guardsman Susan Lamb, ceramics, City College of San Francisco, figure drawing, CCSF, art, CCSF journalism, The Guardsman, news, budget cuts, Elena Stuart, town hall, Claire Brees, Fort Mason, Olivero Quezada, Diane Olivier, campus closure

By Elena Stuart City College administration has not been transparent about the possible closure of the Fort Mason campus next

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