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a great opportunity it learn about the candidates you vote completes begin. >> we'll start with opening statement and go alphabet california please introduce yourself and why you're running for the community college board and start with alex funk. >> a you know what forgotten san franciscan i give formed to help to my family thank you for doing this work i'll allen wong and born and raised in san francisco and my inspire family is in college an aide for more and more and passing the free city college and san francisco i advocate for childcare and to help to reach it's full

potential and the education block grant i i'm to support the young people if youth to adulthood. >> thank you for hosting this forum i'm ali and running for re-election to obtain the city college board and born and raised and go cardinals i'm running i believe in san francisco most important institution and the people that is serves and is an important role in the community and made progress in the last 4 years and time to make sure we continue to presiding municipal judge so i'm excited for the discussion tonight. thank you. >> thank you. we'll move on to ben. >> i'm ben kaplan a higher institution people and city college is a call center that takes a lot of resources instead

of a great, great asset and someone challenging the san franciscan problems we should have a strong city college used to be the crown jewel the city college system and absolutely postal service end up back at. >> thank you. we'll move on to handwriting mccarthy. thank you. for this i'm running with the board of education a former community college student and kindergarten to my ph.d from berkley and the magic of accessible affordable high education i wanted to daeb my career to help advance at i have been active in leadership in both if i faculty union hoping to save city college. thank

you. >> thank you. it next move on to julio. >> thank you for hosting this event lbe's i'm elected to the college board in 200 and 4 and raising a family city college grazed the budget that are causing injustice to the future of the city college of san francisco and needs people to advocate on behalf of the college and satellite level that's what i do for a living as an attorney and hopefully to do this november. >> thank you and next move on to - hi, i'm louise and community college graduate the first in my family and running for city college board to give back to the board and in my hay day i worked for the district

attorney's office and worked for the top law firms and worked for the state legislature and recently appointed to the board of trustees by mayor london breed and hope to bring all my experience to the boards if re-elected in november. thank you. >> thank you. lastly ones - >> hi, i'm running for city college board because i know first hand how important and accessible and affordable community college is so families entire community my family's has been in city college 4 out of 5 people in my family are community college graduates and helped my girl into the university and working fulfillment in the california legislature work on public policy and running for city college board it to protect the resources to come. thank you.

>> thank you for your opening statements and let's move on to the first question. city college has faced clanlz in the last years day one was that the most important issue and how will i address that and the right person to resolve this start with o leaving. >> thank you for the question so day one of the most important thing to make sure we reaffirm our constitution before have to print a report and started that work i called for be an ad hoc committee to receive the policies and make sure we addressed the recommendation from them to continue if work and a lot of improvements needed in the boards governing structure so i've been happy to work on that i believe i'm the best person a masters and served as a legislature on the board of

supervisors and organize the free city college person i'm representing as trustee for the last few years seen the issues in the governing and working to improve that and confident we'll reaffirm that dedication. thank you. >> thank you. let's move on to benefiting kaplan. >> well certainly the accreditation issue is important but more functional that city college board if have good relationships that the states because if you for example, the california which will said we want two months of reserves for all community colleges if i range from one to 72 on the outcome of reserves beyond that first one to have better relationships across the state ate the best way to support

students and faculty and all the stakeholders that city colleges board member morales for 25 years i've been about college and ongoing enrollment the fastest the community colleges are growing at to 40 percent we should eliminate the colleges problems i focus on enrollment growth and the immediate action to be taken right now. >> thank you let's move on to heather. >> hi, thank you for the question um, i agree that actually accreditation is the first thing straight out of gate that college is no accreditation because the action and board and so part of paigd that a handling um, governance issues at the college one of the first thing on accreditation have their own

policies for the future and another 0 respect leadership with a long term focus an accreditation report that needs to be turned in on march 1irs tour them to handle the issues but need to be long term changes and i think i'm the right person for accreditation as berkley and the community colleges 18 years of working on the accreditation issues. thank you. >> thank you. let's move on to julio and the number one thing i'll do on the board really establish a policy and focus on students housing currently the state of california is allocating funds to my community colleges and real nearby san mateo is one example they're building tons of the community housing for students we're not doing that at city college we're not in line for the funding

that's the number one thing in san francisco no one is addressing that an accident city clique that's my number one, policy to make that happen and plenty of facilities that can can be constructed there for student housing we're currently not doing from a future stand point debate addressed discussion about student housing, aye. >> establishing student housing have the capacity to do that and its state of california is providing funding for that and city college of san francisco is no where to be seen on that issue. >> thank you let's move on to lewis. >> a yeah, and seeing as my first day and few weeks ago i met with the interim which will to go over the budget that was past but many questions for him

and i was very happy to see a lot of the changes i've been advocating for in this um, adopted budget. one six those was more transparent around the whole department funding the state has provided that $7 million in that funding for students city attorney serve we have a one $.6 million surplus a thriving change million dollars deficit we need to focus on i want to focus on those in order to addressed accreditation warning letter. >> thank you let's move on to ruth. >> great. so, i mean accreditation absolutely is a short-term concern. i'm acknowledge to talk about another short term concern that is enrollment um, enrollment at city college has deported community colleges across the

country have faced challenges over the past 10 years a half of million dollar like 18 years old and islander community college students are removed vrmgz this as challenge but some great things looking at dual internal pipelines within sfusd i'm a dual enrollment students took classes ms. an equity banked method of increasing enforcement and the reason i think i'm a goodwill person i'm the person you could e should length to the board for accreditation and enrollment and public policy i understand how to use data to look at issues and find interventions to address that. >> thank you let's move on to allen. >> thigh be the most important

issues for the long-term at accreditation issues as the board president i worked in budget ad hoc a ad hoc policy committee to help trustees look at the issues that and get together by mayor march to bring back to report to move forward with the accreditation process meetings on at job when i was elected trustee one of the things the budgetary updates every meeting to see the actions that every single meeting during the budget process and other things as a budget committee i have a 5-year budget planning to plan and projecting the budget many years out to for see post budget year after year and trustees to reemploy our reserves and many more changes

and i'm here for that. thank you. >> and responses will now move on to question two, how will you advance the city college with a need to collaborate as supervisors the mayor not to mention state and federal both sides to make meaningful process start with ben. >> actually that's a great question. the connections between city hall and city college is not in city college is on the front line of challenges a great example after george floyd ab 89 said starting in this course all police officers have a minimum of associates degree the critical srpmic of well-trained ovens have to come into city college and a good example last year the

u.s. city court made in the u.s. department of education said do most important connection for equitable and social ability is the city college have to focus on community college to get the different we have to connect city college to state and other issues to make relevant. >> thank you would you repeat the question. >> yep to how will i advance the goals 6 city college with a need to collaborate with supervisors, the mayor not to mention state and federal people to make meaningful progress. >> yeah. a lot of ways to collaborate with city, state, and federal both sides for me, too i think that is important to continue it is strong relationships to the providers

an amazing program that offers opportunity for the students and residents to continue to center the relationships with the board of supervisors and the mayor, so we can continue to center support for had i think or consider a groundbreaking program the the other thing is we need to be involved in with the lobbyists one of the things at the college the child's office challenges this in 2018 and the formula and it is based on that metrics and city college is not doing well under the formula model and more urban colleges i know they current college i reach out to the children to try to change the formula peculiarity for city college to be joining those statewide effort to lobby thank you move on to julio. >> that's an important question one of the things not

mentioned in the issues objective san francisco unified school district. i think city college in san francisco is not doing a good job in connecting the county crises the sfusd impacts city colleges direct ape indirectly and oneself things that is important understand that city college of san francisco most of students come from saufd and the declining enrollment directly impacts san francisco one of the main things that needs to take place for us current enrollment program to make sure those students eligible to do in the less intrusive way as possible that is important that is discussed about increasing enforcement and step number one, objective we need to retake that back. >> thank you. we'll move on to

alisa. >> thank you i spent most of my career being collaborative whether state that legislature or the city government but we really should be leveraging mo more of our relationships that we've built over the years for example, many of our state elected leaders like scott wiener and haney on the future the person in district 19 need to be working with them to help with funding and need to work with the people on the frill level. um, i personally are worked with nancy pelosi office to vaccine for private city build in san francisco to help city colleges as well we need to push forward those lobbying efforts and that is what i'm do if elected in november.

>> thank you. we'll move on to ruth ferguson. >> collaboration especially in the moment for the college is critical and i a lot of experience working with levels of government one levels of government to achieve the changes at the state and local level i mentioned a staffer in the california legislature and i worked with community colleges shortly after the implementations of student the new students funding formula and to side questions and i'm familiar with that sort of relationship with um, legislature staff and community colleges and with the whistleblowers i was working in the legislature and worked for a long time with legislatures with the leadership and made critical changes in um, the labor rights in the legislature by coming to the table and negotiating and

explaining some of the adverse in finding common ground that's something to protect the free city to make sure that we're all working together. >> thank you and move on to apn we're on track you funding for education is broken we need to fix proposition 13 he commissioner hwang the formula supports the community colleges and other statewide and proud to be support by the california institutions to reform prop 13 as an aide i worked to expand the classrooms into the community placing them into high schools and as a supervisor legislative aid with dcwf and as a board trustees i considered with phil to pass is legislative to allow all community colleges

to have - i think for me that speaks to me record of working with different parties across the city and state to advance legislation and, you know, need to fix the broken system. thank you. >> thank you. and we'll lastly go with ali. >> i think the most important thing we hire a physician to help us with the state and legislation that's a full-time job that tracks the legislation on the local and federal advising the board how we can advocate or sign a letter of support and the second most important thing to show progress our board of supervisors have to see progress fillmore for city college we have made that showing that and i think the outlet thing that is important is that our students our

students conceiving advocated at the congressional level so passes i can't take credit but the advocacy came to the committee and signed the letter to support the students they're important advocates and working with them and also presenting the data of who we serve at city college and students of color. thank you. >> thank you. we're going to move on to questions. >> was our plan to support recruiting and retaining talented educators to city college start with heather. >> [off mic.] and recruiting talented educators part of that is about findings ways to celebrate the things happening at city college it is

an incredible institution a place where students from all, all the city come to improve their lives and we have some amazing programs at the city college and martin that is kind to helping to nonetheless attract but retain quality educators and that is important to have a collaborative relationship between the board and all the stakeholders at the college folks hired can decide they have and access to an avenue for their voice to be heard and that is something and something is working with the h.r. department to make sure we are beginning our hiring processes we are keeping in mind for the best practices around devastate diverse hiring practices to make sure we're outreaching and wooefk to move on to julio.

>> the most important thing to create stability no employee administrator wants to go to a place to work where they think the next day may not their paycheck for the state of california and not having funding in the future staifsh the expenditures is the number one thing and unfortunate speaking of voters in san francisco people are frustrated city college of san francisco from one countries to another mind to another to another. >> so for the last ten years been in a crisis and having a stable funding formula attempting to work with the system and not trying to create is if scratch is essential to create it atmosphere and nobody want to go somewhere they this they'll not have a job the next day or a future at the school so

establishing the fauvend that is stable is objective most important. >> thank you let's see - move on to lewis. >> yeah. i'm in complete agreement we definitely need stable community college i will say we just need more housing commanders for the facility and housing for the workers and housing for everyone, everyone deserves to live where they work. and deserve to work where necessary go to college i'll be absolutely supportive of the future effort to build facility and students housing and mr. chair in of our real estate portfolio to expand that a little bit more i know that efforts have been made i applaud but not sequoia at the city college across the bayview the things we need to support those

efforts and i hope that everyone here joins me in the effort. >> thank you let's more importantly to ruth ferguson. >> so i think to making sure that you have a workforce you can recruit and retain a workforce that is um, diverse and productive and happy you need to make sure the college itself and the board is productive and alcoholic and stable. um, i think this means yeah increasing enrollment stabilizing the budget and the college to make sure the faculty can remain on the champions for years to come and hiv a permanent which will the college has had 10 child's in 10 years this is the decision when people try to decide to work at a community college what the leadership looks like and what will yeah will that leadership

look like and productivity of the board and of the college um, as a whole and yeah. i think that that really takes everybody working together to make sure that faculty at the city college is a great place to work. >> thank you move on to allen. >> i believe one way to retain the faculty and motorcyclists to have a collaborative approach and dignity and respect for the workers i wants trustee and up and coming not by the way, i don't think the issues are fiscal issues we could have done that alcoholic in the past our staff working with the past administrators for the longest tenure to the explicitly decided not to take the cost of living adjustment to protect all at the city college and our faculty decided to take up to this

percent pay decreases to support the city college we needed to respect all the workers on the job and the way we do that they need to know stability at the college for all of our members at the college. >> thank you let's move on to ali. >> thank you and i'm proud to have provided our faculty and staff with 14 percent raise were lesson overdue um, i think that employee morale is important and brought in the accomodation to have meetings we can restoration of the work of our amazing facility and to the point of the educator i have connected the union leadership with others providing educators and continue to advocate for those efforts we

have the most amazing faculty as city college dedicated to the students to every board meeting owe acknowledged folks that decided to retire after 40 or 50 years serving the students so folks that come to city college and want to teach at city college building in the constitution so i support that. thank you. >> thank you. let's finish off with ben kaplan. >> it is great question i think that start with like a vision of getting city college back in the right direction or other stakeholders want to be part of something why and to get city college on the right track one is taking a child who has a vision and has characteristics like be strong but have the backs of people in the community

and the experience of xrorlt a vision for where it goes i want to be part of this. secondly, is actually the board of trustees um, this year there was a great report on the existing board of trustees and the fact that many educators including the faculty gave them a c minus two point one out of 5 and so forth a vision from leadership we are doing something great and want to be part of it. >> did i guys all see the responses? >> city college provides referrals more affordable housing for students is there any plan to increase those referrals not only for for units but city college staff. any plans to xhefrlt the buildings to offer housing solutions for the students and staff start

with julio. >> that's a great question. i think i started off talking about students housing i believe that is the number one issue and worked together at fitness on ocean avenue and many of the students are homeless many don't have a place to live many used to live in campers in front of the college i know that is the most important issue currently the affordability crisis in san francisco and the housing is the number one issue in my opinion keeping enrollment and growing enrollment so with respect to referrals i'm aware of them. but i do know that san mateo county and that vanity community college districts are receiving that funding that needs to be

the foreground. >> thank you and move on to alleles. >> thank you i don't know there is an active current plan i believe that there is based on the of comments and in my last statement housing is what we need you know there or at least two properties within the city college portfolio not currently used as champions for students. that are worth mr. chair one of the administrative building and the other is the campus structured for quite a few of the some time improper those sites to see if they have an agreement with the city or developer to develop more housing mixed-use not just for faculties but students and the workers but for first responders and the like i think there

should is a whole new world and this is definitely in line for the importance of future. >> at the thank you and move on. >> one of the first pieces of legislation i worked on as a a staffer a bill that my boss authorized after an interim in our office was a community college student came to our office um, and asked my boos to create a piece of legislation will allow or would require community colleges to have saturate parking lot for their students because a high percent of the community college students who sleep in their cars and campers i think this is unacceptable this bill unfortunate didn't pass um, and i think the college should be doing everything we can to

identify spaces for affordable housing for students and faculty we know that fatal salaries don't cover the costs of living in san francisco and really overall looking at the high percent of the community college students housing insecure a tough issue. >> thank you and now move on to allen wong. >> the rent is too damn high for students we need to support our youngest and vulnerable students we recently proposed cuts to the free city college funding and 0 money was dedicated to city college we can have been supporting the basic needs for tech and to support some of the housing costs if winner able to protect that funding for the students i think we need to protect our free city college program and use that

money for basic nominees of students and also i think that housing yes is one of the most important things that are preventing the students for city housing and so many college students oh, go to city college for 4 to seven years but for me to push for more affordable housing in the city for the most needs and now move on to. >> leah. >> thank you i think solute awful students have to make tough decisions about going to school and the total costs um, free city great concept only for the administration didn't take a look at food and housing a big piece of that we need to expand that conversation one of the things i've done as a board

member supported a resolution for student housing bus student housing is in the conversation the community college is left out and the money that is available at the state level i have defended a resolution to directing the administration to apply for the grants mr. chair properties and the last thing board members we are in the community so i was at the event and connected with market street services that wanted to support housing and secure students. >> thank you and now move on to benefiting. >> instead of a student centered formula let's have students outcomes focus and a great example what we learn from that 12 rural community colleges in california they're lazer focused not a lot of job

opportunities in the area they make sure that students have great training for jobs, great opportunity for housing and great jobs after they graduated to city college is a way to get additional support and the second largest employer they're they need thousands of medical administrators those are great paying jobs with benefits and other cities colleges across the country that allow work study programs those companies and they're trained to take jobs aligned all the student outcomes and lazer focused. >> thank you we'll move on to. thank you. for that question that is an important question. my students every semester have

students coming out and students in cars and struggle on a daily basis with housing insecurity and food insecurities we have pitching with alameda and other entrepreneurial granted we're able to provide the wrap around services and provided in the middle of our housing development we have a developer we're working with and partnerships securing the state and federal - so those things are all possible and they are needed. that is the difference what will be the key piece students don't - thereby resources available we should be taping into them. thank you. >> thank you. as all your responses now move on to

questions. >> city college plays a big role in the eco system it helps us train firefighters, and law enforcement and healthcare professionals provides an adult school with english and second languages and gives high schoolers the opportunity to dual enroll and take classes all trying to decide certificates programs and serving as an four-year degree program how will you make sure that city college continues to provide those services start with lewis. >> yes. i think keeping city college a community college is unique we don't want to be a - not just focusing on resources to transfer but also focusing on life longer learns and people going to tech school i think and

need to invest more into the srpmic of nursing and firefighters but we also need to double down on enrollment particularly one around technology key techs that are highly successful with high school students to community colleges in scag and oregon i know we have replicate that here for free because o plans are made available to others institutions in the state child's office and we have be up lifting those efforts. >> great. yeah. okay so um, as i mentioned, i was a dual enrollment student in any second year of the community college i of the the president and this

man, i metra meat from from all walks of life we had over 1,000 students to utilize dual enrollment and interesting statistic in washington state about 88 percent of students before they exit the fenton street take one class and in california only 12 percent do that it is critical for students seeking academic degrees and vocational training we get into schools early and the students know those resources are available to them and we make sure that students take classes at sfusd before and exit high school and dual enrollment is proven to have really deep equity impacts one class before graduating or leaving high school more likely to finish high school and go to college. >> thank you move on to allen.

>> my family experienced all three of those situations and my dad is in the culinary program and worked in the hotels. both my parents took e s l classes and that improved their job perspectives and myself i took city college classes i graduated 23 san diego when i was 19 jerald with a bachelors degree i worked on the job to prom all those that things as well for the next generation of people when i working at city hall i worked on expanding classes for hopeful childcare that nonprofit it has you get off work and take classes and finally actually offering calculus classes for high school that was popular

youth were fighting to get to the classes. >> thank you let's move on to. >> leah. >> city within the things i love about community colleges 9 multiple missions it has but at the same time, i went workings about graduate schools that owning consumes the idea of education for society or for creating more informed citizens? what is the purpose of it or the joy of learning i think city college encompasses that anyone who wants to transfer to a 4-year or learn how to dance or want to change careers they can take a class at city college the board members finite number of resources we have to figure out what to prioritize i care about the students of color and low

income students but at the end of the day, our goal as trustees to make sure that they reach this goal and have a positive experience and get the support they need. >> thank you move on to benefiting. >> one of the things that is interesting when you look at the analysis that city community and community college having a diverse track of people the number one we have had at city college for example, a group of students enrolling in communities college students over the angel of 40 and number two, that it is growing group 6 multilingual duly enrolled students those who have slowed down are the transit students let's make city college stable and shore up the finances and do student outcomes all those things are supported by a very

diverse mission statement of education and all issues so grow enforcement to strengthen city college we need it to be a community college that's what those are. >> thank you let's move on to harvey. >> this is actually work i want to have a report the magic of the community college has a mission this is a place you go to learn and to redo or relearn new skills a place to go to if you want to complete our certificate or maybe transfer on or may be an art class darments this is the magic of the community mission and i actually decided to run when us community college was placed on the warning in january, i was worried about city college continues on this path we'll lose the magic from the city

comes in will change our mission and push us to an jefferson college that is happening. go so, yes to everything that was said but the way we protect and make sure this happens is in our budget we have to be financially stable or the state will get rid of our magic and we'll be just an institution. >> thank you finish off with. >> >> that's the question how we preserve the program of the city college of san francisco we're not going to have it governor gavin newsom but he himself alone created a process for the community college at the state of mind level one hundred and $90 million more that preserved the programs at city college but the awful, awful truth of the matter that the clique is on border time right now the whole

agreement the college is funded as if it had $30,000 students but only has 20 thousand the college has a future would the governor gavin newsom and without the harms agreement and without cost of living. so the cost of living adjustments are down and city college of san francisco didn't grasp the reality of the situation we will be confronted where the loss of accreditation that is the number one point wake up and let's deal with the issues. >> thank you let's move on to question 6. >> so as if sfusd announced school closures in october and the community knows that it is public schools and the community college board are not smaj but if elected are you keeping all

champions open with the community consent around chinatown and the mission senator parks start off with you. >> keeping the senator parks open i think we need to look at everything to consolidate in certain areas but those are vitality senator parks that the community relies on. um, i didn't think writing the budget to make sure we're financially stable looking at certain things think outside the box like our real estate portfolio not an act of senator parks right now to see if we can lurch that might have a property that is currently one hundred land lease one not leased this is untapped resources frankly, for the college we need to bring in new crimes working with the center

to provide new forces we or the a i capital of the nations we know many of the organizations a lot of city college and paid for and so why not start bringing in those resources that's what we can do. >> thank you now move on. >> yeah. so each city college senator parks is critical to the micro community and the senator parks to our entire community and, you know, that includes yeah includes the courses taught, you know, the specific e s l classes they chinatown senator parks different from the mission campus it is important to make sure we um, yeah, we hang open to those and continue to serve the communities yeah. i think that some of those spaces are underutilized at the moment i think there are many avenues to increasing that

utilization for example, looking at childcare and using some of the like the chinatown campus opened in 2012 and state of the art that serves this community is incredible. um, i think really through as julio said the college is on border time critical in the next term moyer u making sure we have people that will fight for the college. >> at the and move on to allen wong. >> i believe we have the right balance on the senator parks and i don't believe in selling or not utilizing now what i think we can do look at how the structures consolidating the resources and so we are able to get the best possibility able to attract the right students to senator parks may realign where

the goals i'm thinking about the cantonese classes at chinatown and students asking about why are they're not grants at the chinatown campus and got a - so there is all those tints that like we should be looking at resources strategically. also seeing how we work lion little resources at resolution no. 1106-23-230 senator parks as well we can support all of our students in different communities with diversity needs and to look at neighborhoods people want to get access. >> move on to. >> leah. >> thank you so much. >> preserving all our senator parks are incredibly important and if reelected i do think opportunities for strategic use of some of the spaces of as other candidates brought and

mccorner spot i'd like to see um, our amazing culinary students showcase that and provide it to the community so i think there is an opportunity for that as well. we can have all the ideas in the world but if we don't have actions to execute those we have currently one person that is close to the facilities having administrative support is interval so honor the - filling the vacancies at the administrative level i think taking those ideas to the next level is important for the next few years. thank you. and now move on to benefiting. >> i actually think we need a shift how we think about chinatown is a great example we view that as cost center instead of an asset an for example,

during the welcome back classes stop maybe sat 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock we actually the lesson for the facilitate growing community colleges one they invite the community into the campus the best way to support city college to 23450i69 groups to have at your next meeting and too community colleges go out to the community you have to participate city college by attending to go out into the chinatown. and go out into the region we have to view the physical and the presence in chinatown as an incredible asset we need to dbe confidence and quotes to be able to city college again not a cost center. >> thank you move on to harvey. >> thank you. >> um, yes. i commit to keeping out the senator parks open i think they serve specific

needs for specific communities i'm not interested in closing senator parks um, except my first class was at mission in the child program i taught parenting classes that was transitional one of the things at mission xhapsz i think what is really important to take a step back to do a facility assessment and figure out what, what i have where at different senator parks how those programs and students needs ben said why are the classes done at 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock and need to be doing a student community assessment we can actually be scolding and offering our programs in places where community wants those and needs those types of programs. >> thank you and now julio. >> how long he support the chinatown senator parks. willie brown liquidity me when ellis on

the board to not vote in favor of the college district exempting from local ordinances. in the chinatown construction phases were taken place. and i voted in favor of cpmc the costs for chinatown campus and mr. kyme probably that was not say best thing to do but as a policy manager and that was very important but the college needs to rapidly undertake a different approach to those senator parks those senator parks that allowed to see their own accreditation and in that way they can create they're on funding streams and as mentioned here energy them to fulfill their promise to the community and energy them to have enrollment they could have their dependant in the center.

>> thank you let's move on to questions. >> some community members are expressed frustration with the availability of the classes at the city senator parks or online especially, when it comes to prereq classes or can see a degree or certificate program. the main frustration for most people they're a lengthy process to finish their programs. what can you do to address those concerns. >> we'll start with are you talking about ferguson. >> thank you. >> yeah, so too things i think getting our of a in the door at city college can be difficult the number one issue from voters it is really hard to register online for classes and so even just getting in the pipeline it difficult and that's something we candidates for years talk about how they'll fix the online

system and remains the same so first of all, is that, and, secondly, make sure that students can access the critical courses they need in order to transfer or complete their degrees or programs is vital and at the same time there is students who are not able to get to the english one a session need to complete they're degrees and same thing making sure we are growing in enrollment there are faculties and sections available to take the required classes without the enrollment and the students we can't grow. thank you. moving on to allen. thank you. >> you know, there has been students have brought that oh, i started taking these classes and programs and now i can't get them they're not available or wait long time. that is something that very difficult to

hear as trustee because ever students deserves to finish the program and not stuck for years and waiting to finish it. very challenging and also the our english classes to take the basic classes they can move through and graduate with a degree to we need to work on our faculty prioritizing to make sure we get the right mix and using employee and i transition to realign our resources and seeing that we retirements where we can reallocate those resources at the schools. >> thank you. let's move on to. >> leah. >> thank you. >> um, i think yeah improving the register is something it is for the board will move on with the but because of financial

constraint have soto revisit and that is unfortunate and hoping the administration will make strides we can do doing everything we can but one trying to register it is pointless and enrollment a complicated process nuance it requires consultation with the administration department chairs and needs to be aligned with budget and so oftentimes, you know, maybe the class is offered at the certain time and didn't get filled some of the circulations we have to take into account especially with counts fiscal financial constraints as board members we can ask questions we can make sure the administrators are working with the students to make sure they have a plan or get into where they need to. >> thank you move on to benefiting. >> i think that comes back to vision and having a clear vision

a great example i'm a settle in a justice program want to look at it and couldn't enroll low priorities over the summer but the summer is actually the one season we must be in the reason the stats funding count twice and the reason the academic year and that is the enrollment and the future academics it is counting if we have a clear vision to grow city college we must win the summer and done the oig with the opposite. so we need to have a leadership and that shift in attitude that city college is clear vision a clear directions growing and has a great purpose where we're going with the so many of the stimulations are designed to limit the damage as opposed to maximize. >> thank you move on to harvey.

>> great. thank you, as other people mentioned it is great to have a conversation about how you get the classes in junior or at the college and getting into city college i'm glad to hear that is working on and in terms of courses one of the special things about the communicated colleges it is actually sheer governance an amazing partner with the faculties and they're the folks are not only for a programming and for curriculum and what have courses on two year cycles a program should know when they're going to offer the program on a would year circle in the catalog so never a question whether or not the class they need to complete their certificate she shock it is available it is pretty easier and invite them? as problem.

thank you. >> thank you. move on to julio. >> first of all, when on the boards we're going to audit the grants and research office they're responsible for the college assessing funding for non-traditional programs and currently the college is not assessing those clearly not that's why there is a constraint on the amount of a classes available the college is not inquiring all the available state funding a program called the legal packets program that provides students with see um, funding to access and become a lawyer. city college of san francisco doesn't participant in that. so we're losing a lot of opportunities. there is a lot of money and city college of san francisco grants research office

is not doing its job one of the key areas of college assessing that grants money vital for a lot of students. thank you, let's see - move on to lewis. >> repeat question. >> yes. >> some communities that members have traesz frustration with the availability of some classes of the city colleges senator parks openly especially with requisite courses the main frustration for more people that is a lengthy process to finish they're program what can you do to address organizing programs. >> i think that is already been mentioned but the registration process i've gotten that for me with a disaster and that times this is free federal dollars that is important because part of our student centered formula

is a percent of the funding that comes in because of students that use will it pell grants we want to make sure they filling out get free federal dallas the other thing is we need to make sure that start be responsibly bringing back some of the english teachers laid off a required course and students need it to graduate not enough sections to teach that course i believe objective had to make a tough decision in 2020 i don't know how they knew what was cut but we need to start doing that. >> thank you. >> we'll move on to the last question what will you do to make students and faculties feel

safe over the hampton's and israel clkt start with ruth. >> all right. well this is an issue i've spent thousands of hours on um, i'm generic i was raised in washington tea leave white sprecht activity when i went to diligently that was the first time in a jewish community and there were resolution on the campus and at the time i took classes on the conflicts and history of that. there is isn't a 60 second response i can see my experience i'm trained i have worked with stats across the country was dozens of faculty and staff and students leaders to bring more conversations on

this to understand the historic inequity and injustices and also to figure out where we're going in the future i don't know how to answer that in 60 it seconds that's who i am. >> if you move on to allen. >> brings me back to my captioners as national guard officer in the after market after the riots to make sure that there will be a balance between the safety of our folks in the capital and also the right of people to have they're free speaker i act take those ethics to my work and we have actually as board president i had settles reached out to me whether i the the connected them with our college police department had a good past richelle rae huizar with our predecessors in the faculties

and layoffs and worked guidelines so our students can conduct they're free speech and respect the safety of all individuals we have our shared values and will taitd imagine hansz the right to not naturally participate punch move open xhapsz ape move on to. >> leah. >> thank you. i think that is something that is important for the board to acknowledge so the board has dialogue and acknowledged to see issues could be expanding i think one of the things we've deposit so not only have a safe space busy a a brave space to set that tone at the board level part of conversations will happen but in the respectful way something the

board has been active been in making sure the students are supported and heel with all is things heaping in israel and gaza right now. thank you. move on to benefiting. >> one of the classes at city college on anti-semitism. and both sides if issue that is interestingly the compassion about all but the way the class is doefrn was a heard and a chaunsz the ideas we're in the class with the political small community of the city colleges one thing i learns actually the number one psychiatrist that you feel that your a part of no later than your background or whatever you feel you're part of community that cares about this

number one, predict for you're part of the place that cares i want everyone to feel like they've heard they're i cared about and part of the commissioner ann lazarus and we've got to do that everyone and need senator parks to fight for that. >> wooech to heather. >> when i think about those types of issues; right? - a

safe space i'm a graduate of the law school and protesting what was going on in the middle east and there a lot of lessons about how you the crises was handled. >> what happening in the

middle east is judiciously i believe that israel has a right to exist and people have a dialogue are respect to how policy in the country shaped is important and starts with the students students ultimately are live conscious of a in addition, we need to support the students right to protest and advises the board of trustees should support that. >> thank you now move on total - thank you. >> i very much support free speech. but i don't support hate and violence students are coming to the city college to for multiple reasons but needs to be i feel like, you know, we want to make sure not to cut off the freedom but we need to be investing in certain things like some people up higher mentioned grants i think that is a an

excellent way city college participates in events do a better job of investing but think we need to invest in providing for those who are willing to participant mental health services sometimes students just needing a time to tall one how they're feeling about something they've heard invest more in those areas as well. >> thank you was the last question. candidates time to share our closing statements with voters and go in reverse by first name 60 seconds foreclosing statements start with are you talking about ferguson. >> all right. thank you for giving us the opportunity to share but i'm so excited to be running for that city college

board because i have lived the experience as a community college student and leader and the proof experience as a staffer and someone with a masters in public policy and somebody worked with universities across the country. and worked with students for years and years. i have, you know, built and led a statewide collision to advocate for workers right as a whistleblowers i have staged working families during the pandemic and worked over the past 15 years on social justice issues and proud to be endorsed in san francisco my leaders know i know how to achieve real change and excited quo hoping do that on the board and. thank you for your time. >> such move on to allen and a

few i'm so glad to be here for me a expensive education polyp backward working with higher education and worked in whitworth drive and having served as a delete to the board of education having worked in all the san francisco caucus childcare c-2 my entire family city college is personal to me as i mentioned both my parents went to city college at the attended my own classes as high school student and my dad supported the family 40s for decades and that's why city college is personal to me and that's why i'm here to fight to make sure i continue to see a

long-term policy. thank you. >> thank you. move back to lewis. >> um, i'm excited to be running for city college i have a shared experience with many of the students my family didn't make enough money to afford college but enough with no federal grants opportunity but worked full-time and many colleges students are doing the same we need to continue i will say i'm a programmatic approach to the collaborative many folks are had multiple years to right the ship at city college and haven't done so, you know, we're at a point time for change on the leadership. um, some folks have that better than others i think our best days are ahead for the college and a number of

the folks running to actually with the long term that financial be budget and proud for enforces by nancy pelosi and the attorney general. thank you very much. >> thank you move on to julio. >> well, i do believe if san francisco is the encounter city in the world and do believe that san francisco city college is the best and unfortunately, there are problems at the school that are not being addressed and not acknowledged properly. >> he was so fortunate to work on the board from 20032008 the best experience of my life and building that the didn't community trustee will feel the same thing an empowering experience the college needs help in the sense that people

who are dedicated to improving the future sustainability of the college must be elected i have the experience being on the board at a time the college was fudging patrol were problems at the college and called for performance that's what we need someone with knowledge. thank you. >> thank you. move on to heather. >> i've dedicated my life to the climate education we believe that it is the best pathway for will economic and social uplifts what city college provides for everyone so i am running because i want to help protect that purpose for our college. for me when i think about city college i'm concerned about the financial health i decided to

they my hat in the ring city college got on that ground first put on a high risk for financials it is struggling i'm the former negotiator have a keen finding of the financial landscape and have experience navigating and dealing that with that i sdwisz studio they my hat in the ring i want to bring it to city college to help be here for generations to come. >> it thank you move on to benefiting. >> thank you league of women voters i have the lifetime mission when i started off as a student i component pay forever college and won two dozen scholarships so i got one million students in college and

figure out a way to give one billion dollars in scholarships the number one thing i'm running at city college we need focus on city college and it doesn't have to be this way it is the political process that has implemented what is an education focus students centered support the faculty and the heart of this process at least one commitment should be one not political and does have experience i helped groin through ucla we've got to do this now. >> thank you finish off are. >> leah. >> thank you for eco system tonight for those lvns and watch this video i want to thank you for caring who is running for city college of san francisco

and important institution i can speak to my voting record made hard decisions on the boarded and prioritized financial stability i believe one board member that is not a political player i'll make good decisions and mayor, wey firm our accreditation balancing the budget and appraiser itself students so thank you and hourpdz be to have your support on november 5th. >> on behalf of the league of women voters of san francisco thank you to the candidates the voters and the church for supporting that forum to everyone here tonight tuning in online thank you for participating in our democracy by learn about your choices the league of women voters will host

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excelsior this is goldenate adventures. >> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for

competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are

sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well.