one different w difference is fr respondents of colour, the number one reason that ccsf should exist, according to communities of colour was to support studentses to transfer to four-year institutions. south so wwe think, we have alih the administrators, hearing from students that this is something they value, that they have a visuavision to transfer to and beyond, right? but what we're seeing, what their other responses show us is that some of the decisions being made by the administration are serving to under-mine some of the goals. they say the uncertainty at city college affects my ain' abilityo succeed in college so 67% of these respondentses said this is impacting them. so whether that be psychologically, whether that be introducing doubt in their ability to think they can, you know, succeed and meet some of their educational goals. so these class cuts are affecting particularly our students of colour. additionally 19% of our respondents affirmed that i cannot fulfill a major requirement for transfer as a result of these class cuts. so we're hearing different things. the adminis

ccsf can take common sense and administration to reduce these cannations ancathcancellations g classes that meet the students minimum of 20, even if the cap is not met. so this point, the administration has been treating the cap as the floor and not the ceiling, which is what it's intended to be. at the state level, we can advocate for the resources needed to keep our community in community college and combat the chronic under-funding of public education. at the city level, we can create a community higher education fund to support critical threatened courses, classes and programmes. and we believe the board of supervisors can play and important role bringing stakeholders together to design this kind of a policy. so what would a community higher education fund look like? in 2004, proposition h was passed and it creates a template for a partnership between the city and its expect college to ensure that ccsf continues to provide quality higher education services to our diverse san francisco communities. using that kind of a model, the city has an opportunity to dedicate annual funding in

today graduating ccsf students celebrate at davies hall. some students may already be celebrating after yesterday's announcement to extend the free city college program. it allows free tuition for those who live in san francisco. the new funding covers the next decade. the pilot program had been set to expire next month >>> speaking of graduations in the south bay. san jose state commencement ceremony continues today. the college of social sciences and engineering will hold their ceremonies. they started on wednesday. the university class of 2019 has 5,800 students. >>> the bottle rock music festival starts today. thousands are expected to head to the three-day concert in napa. the lineup includes santana, imagine dragons, mumford and sons and neil young. they are all sold out. >> sounds like fun. coming up on "today in the bay", good news for people in the market to buy a home. what is calling rates to drop. >>> a live look at the bay bridge. a beautiful start to this friday morning here. kari will have a look with the forecast. mike with

i was looking at hearts at ccsf, and there i saw firsthand how my peers were suffering because they didn't have a place to live, couldn't afford a place to live. a lot of them were living in shelters. now i'm at causa justa, and landlords are converting their apartments for techies that will pay more rent. all the money that's being flushed in is only going to increase our rent, is only going to make the lives of people living here harder, and people are going to get d displaced. it's obvious that more demand for housing and a population that's willing to pay more is going to increase the rents, so i'm asking you to please -- >> supervisor mar: thank you. thank you so much. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is tom hartford, and i'm here to speak for some of my members who are unable to live in the city that we actually work and take pride in working. many of us have lived in the city from an early time and got apartments that are affordable, and they cannot move and will not move because it benefits them. the rest of us that are coming in as younger members have to travel from great

. >>> well, today graduating ccsf students will celebrate with a commencement ceremony at davis hall. but some students may already be celebrating. that's after yesterday's announcement to extend the free city college program that allows free tuition for students who live in san francisco. the mayor's office says the new funding covers the next decade at about $15 million per year. the pilot program has been set to expire next month. >>> and speaking of graduation, in the south bay san jose state ceremonies continues today, and it's the last day of graduations for the university. the college of social science as well as engineering will hold ceremonies at avaya stadium. they started wednesday. the university's class of 2019 has about 6,800 students. congratulations to all of them. >>> okay. look at this. are you seeking a thrill ride this weekend? i want you to check this out right here. the batman roller coaster in vallejo. it is the first of its kind on the west coast. riders will flip head over heels there at least six times while still experiencing the unexpected drops, the vertic

this hearing, but also, we want to also share and acknowledge the urgency in supporting funding for ccsf. it comes to the conclusion that we need a community still enstated within the college and part of defending the community across all campuses, across all communities is supporting city college and so, with all of the class cuts that have been happening, a lot of student's lives are destabilized, you know, and it's some arguments that we want to highlight is that it does jeopardize our vision to fulfill our dreams. we're a demographic that is very, very diverse. we have very marginalized organizations that depend on the institution for support. the classes and sections that we need are not just for transferring, you know, the majority of people that need them are gun, like immigrants, folks that don't envision on the 18 to 24-year-old demographic to transfer. it's holding our vision and remaining that students and the community deserves, you know. we have nine different campuses. one in each historic neighborhood and 63,000 students. one class cut is one too many. each class, every cl

today graduating ccsf students displayed with a commencement ceremony at davies hall. some may be celebrating already after yesterday they extended the free city college program, allowing free tuition for students who live in san francisco. the mayor's office said the new funding coughs the next decade at the cost of $15 million per year. the pilot program had been set to expire next month. >>> speaking of graduations in the south bay, san jose state ceremonies will continue today. it is the last day of graduations for the university. the colleges of social sciences and engineering will hold their commencement at avaya. >>> if you're looking for sweet tunes, the bottlerock music festival starts. thousands are expected to head there for the three-day concert in napament the lineup includes great acts, santana, imagine dragons, mumford and sons, and neil young. sad news if you don't have your tickets just yet. well, they're all sold out. >>> yeah. that's the bad news there. it looks like it will be exciting. sold-out tickets. >> if you want to, even if you don't have tic