SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO OCEAN AVENUE CAMPUS 50 PHELAN AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPORTED BY: MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 4 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 6 DR. NATATLIE BERG 7 DR. ANITA GRIER 8 STEVE NGO 9 JOHN RIZZO 10 11 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 12 SCOTT DICKEY, GENERAL COUNSEL 13 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOVEMBER 17, 2011 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2 2011, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 6:30 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY 3 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 50 PHELAN AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, 4 CALIFORNIA, BEFORE ME, MICHELE M. SHEA, A CERTIFIED 5 SHORTHAND REPORTER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 6 FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOVEMBER 17, 2011 4 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF 2 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 3 CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT JOHN RIZZO. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS 7 JACKSON. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. NATALIE BERG. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE MILTON MARKS. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE LAWRENCE WONG. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 20 FANG. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: HERE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 23 CAN WE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 24 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. TRUSTEE BERG NEEDS TO NOVEMBER 17, 2011 5 1 LEAVE SOON SO WE ARE GOING TO HOLD ITEM III, PUBLIC 2 COMMENT, UNTIL LATER. WE ARE GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO SOME 3 OF THE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, WHICH 4 I GUESS WE WILL START WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS 5 AGENDA. 6 ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA? 7 COUNSEL DICKEY: PRESIDENT RIZZO, THERE IS ONE 8 CHANGE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 COUNSEL DICKEY: AND THAT IS TO RESOLUTION B2 11 CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT WITH OMNIPRO 12 SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE DESKTOP/LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND RELATED 13 DEVICES FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD WITH A POSSIBILITY OF TWO 14 TWO-YEAR EXTENSIONS UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IS YOUR MIKE ON BECAUSE I 17 DON'T KNOW IF THEY COULD HERE YOU. 18 COUNSEL DICKEY: YEAH, IT'S NOT ON. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF 20 THESE MIKES ARE ON. 21 SPEAKER UNKNOWN: THEY ARE ON. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE THEY, OKAY. WE JUST DON'T 23 HEAR THEM. 24 ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION -- LET'S SEE, 25 WHERE ARE WE? NOVEMBER 17, 2011 6 1 IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS 2 AGENDA? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE 4 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 7 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 8 ANY DISCUSSION? 9 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 10 TRUSTEE FANG. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 22 CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE B RESOLUTIONS. WE 23 HAVE B1-B5. 24 COULD -- WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THOSE? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE THEM. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 7 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 3 BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 4 I SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE ROOM OR THE 5 BOARD WANTS TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THIS. 6 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN 9 FAVOR? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 14 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 18 OKAY, B1-B5. 19 C1, C2, AND C3, WOULD ANYONE IN THE ROOM OR ON 20 THE BOARD LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 21 OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WILL TAKE A MOTION. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 8 1 TRUSTEE FANG. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 C1, C2, AND C3 ARE APPROVED. 13 G1-G3 -- I'M SORRY. G1-13, ACADEMIC 14 EMPLOYEES -- 15 COUNSEL DICKEY: THE SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE G1-13 AND SO FORTH. 17 DOES ANYONE WANT TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE? 18 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, BUT WHY IS -- IS THIS JUST A 19 TYPO? 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NO. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: THE NO. 2? 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, THAT'S NOT A TYPO. THAT 23 ONE IS NOT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY, OH, I SEE. OKAY, YEAH. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: YEAH. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 9 1 TRUSTEE BERG: ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE THAT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 WE HAVE G1-13 APPROVED. 18 H1-3. 19 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE FROM 20 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 21 HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE H1-3. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND IT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 25 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 10 1 TRUSTEE FANG. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: H1 THROUGH -- 12 OPPOSED? 13 I'M SORRY. H1-3 ARE APPROVED. 14 OKAY, THAT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO LET'S 15 MOVE ON TO SOME OF THESE ITEMS. 16 B6. 17 COUNSEL, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS HAVING THE 18 COUNSEL READ THE AGENDA TITLE INTO THE RECORD FOR THE 19 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. 20 COUNSEL DICKEY: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 21 ITEM B6 IS FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE NEW 22 CONTRACTS AND MODIFY EXISTING CONTRACTS. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 24 IS THERE A MOTION FOR B6? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: MOVE B6. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 11 1 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 3 BY TRUSTEE BERG. 4 IS THERE DISCUSSION? 5 I WILL JUST NOTE THAT -- 6 OKAY, SO WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES? 7 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON B6? 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 15 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 19 B6 IS APPROVED. 20 I THINK WE CAN NOW MOVE TO S1, COUNSEL. 21 COUNSEL DICKEY: F1. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S1. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: F. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, S. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, S. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 12 1 COUNSEL DICKEY: OKAY. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: IS THERE A REASON WHY? 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. LET'S HAVE COUNSEL READ 4 THE TITLE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I 7 REQUESTED THAT WE MOVE THE S RESOLUTIONS OUT OF ORDER 8 BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO BE HERE, AND I THINK THESE ARE 9 THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR VOTES. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I MOVE S1. 12 COUNSEL DICKEY: OKAY, ITEM S1 IS PRESENTING THE 13 INITIAL PROPOSALS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS 14 LOCAL 2121 AND OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 15 DISTRICT FOR A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, 16 AND PLACING A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA FOR 17 A PUBLIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IN DECEMBER 2011 FOR 18 PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL PROPOSALS. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, I HEARD TRUSTEE BERG 20 MOVE THAT. 21 IS THERE A SECOND? 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND IT. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 24 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON S1? 25 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 13 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS 2 ONE? 3 OKAY, STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 S1 IS APPROVED. 15 S3, COUNSEL. 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: S3 IS TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF 17 THE ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 2011-2012. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 20 IS THERE A MOTION FOR S3? 21 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. I MOVE S3. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND IT. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 25 ANY DISCUSSION? NOVEMBER 17, 2011 14 1 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 13 OKAY, S3 IS APPROVED. 14 S2, WHILE THAT WASN'T A -- I WANTED TO DO ALL 15 THE MONEY ONES FIRST -- 16 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE REQUIRED ONES. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DO YOU WANT TO DO F1? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: F1, YEAH. 21 WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO -- 22 COUNSEL, NUMBER F1? 23 COUNSEL DICKEY: NUMBER F1 IS RECOMMEND ADOPTION 24 REVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY FOR ADMINISTRATORS 25 AT STEP 13 OF THE 2010-2011 SALARY. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 15 1 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 3 IS THERE A SECOND? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 7 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, QUICK COMMENT ON THIS. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WE HAD ASKED 10 THE ADMINISTRATION TO BRING FORWARD AS PART OF OUR BUDGET 11 RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED IN JUNE AND IN SEPTEMBER. 12 THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WOULD SAVE IN THE OUT YEARS 13 A DECENT SUM OF MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE ELIMINATED THE TOP 14 STEP, BUT IT GRANDFATHERS IN A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY 15 THERE. 16 AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THOSE -- 17 LONG-TERM SAVINGS ESTIMATES ARE. 18 IF PETER IS HERE OR IF SOMEBODY -- I THINK IT 19 WAS LIKE 1.8 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 20 DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT? 21 DO YOU DO YOU REMEMBER, PETER, YOU TOLD ME IT 22 WAS -- WE HAD A -- THERE WAS A CHART THAT LISTED 23 ANTICIPATED MOVES UP THE STEPS. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, IF YOU -- I GUESS YOU 25 COULD DO A QUICK ESTIMATE. IF YOU LOOK AT S -- THE TABLE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 16 1 ON S. WITH THE CURRENT GROUP OF ADMINISTRATORS, WE 2 HAVE -- IF WE ASSUME THE SIZE STAYS ABOUT THE SAME, ABOUT 3 40 WITH THE DISTANCE IN BETWEEN STEPS OF $6,000. 4 IF I'M ELIMINATING THE TOP STEP, WHICH WOULD BE 5 A $6,000 INCREMENT, A PERSON WOULD NEVER REACH ACROSS THE 6 40 PEOPLE. IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAR AND THE TIME THEY 7 PROJECT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WOULD COME UP WITH. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK YOU GAVE ME A TEN-YEAR 9 ESTIMATE. I THINK IT WAS LIKE MAYBE 1 POINT SOMETHING 10 MILLION DOLLARS. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 13 EVERYONE WAS CLEAR ON -- IT WAS PART OF THE BOARD 14 DIRECTIVE IN JUNE TO CONTROL THAT COST IN OBTAINING THAT 15 STEM. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT 17 OUT. THANK YOU FOR REFRESHING MY MEMORY. 18 OKAY, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 19 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 20 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) NOVEMBER 17, 2011 17 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 6 F1 APPROVED. 7 OKAY, SO WE ARE GETTING THROUGH THESE AT A 8 PRETTY GOOD PACE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: G1-13 FROM LAST MONTH FROM LAST 10 MONTH. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHY DON'T WE DO S2 FIRST. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BECAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 14 ABOUT IT. 15 COUNSEL. 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: ITEM S2 IS A RESOLUTION TO 17 HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE OF MARIANNINA "NINA" MOGAR 18 ON HER RETIREMENT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION? 20 TRUSTEE BERG: I'LL MOVE IT. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER: 25 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOVEMBER 17, 2011 18 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: IS IT TIME FOR COMMENT OR -- 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, YEAH, PLEASE. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 4 I WANT YOU TO KNOW JUST HOW VALUABLE OUR 5 EMPLOYEES ARE TO US. AND I AM SAYING THIS PERSONALLY 6 BECAUSE I WAS A STUDENT OF MS. MOGAR AT THE SOUTHEAST 7 CAMPUS. AND IT WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE CAMPUS FLOURISHED. 8 I COULD ALWAYS -- I TOOK SEVERAL CLASSES FROM HER. I ALSO 9 TOOK CLASSES FROM OTHER INSTRUCTORS OR FACULTY MEMBERS AS 10 WELL, BUT SHE WAS VERY SPECIAL. 11 AS I WAS CLEANING MY HOUSE, I FOUND A FINAL 12 PAPER THAT I HAD WRITTEN. AND SHE WAS ALWAYS PROMPT IN 13 MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU LEFT AN ENVELOPE, AND I THINK SHE 14 PROVIDED THE STAMP, SHE WOULD SEND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR 15 GRADES, AND SHE WOULD CORRECT YOUR TEST PAPER. AND I 16 FOUND THAT THIS SUMMER. AND I WAS JUST MOVED. 17 AND I ALSO SAW HER ONE TIME ON CAMPUS. BUT 18 ALWAYS ENERGETIC, ALWAYS JUST A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. 19 AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS HER. HER RETIREMENT IS WELL 20 DESERVED. AND SO SHE GOES ON WITH ALL OF THE OTHER 21 FACULTY MEMBERS WHO DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB IN HELPING 22 STUDENTS TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND AND JUST GO IN THE 23 RIGHT DIRECTION. 24 SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR HELPING ME TO 25 BECOME AN EDUCATOR AND JUST STARTING OUT MY LIFE JUST NOVEMBER 17, 2011 19 1 HAPPY AT CITY COLLEGE. AND SO I THANK PROFESSOR MOGAR. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OTHER COMMENTS? 5 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: I WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE TO SECOND 8 IT. I USED TO WATCH THE KIDS WHEN I WAS AT JOHN ADAMS, 9 AND SHE'S AN AMAZING FACULTY MEMBER, IF I HAVE THE RIGHT 10 TEACHER IN THE RIGHT PLACE. SHE HAS DONE A LOT, AND WE 11 ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS AS THOUGHTFUL 12 AND AS DEDICATED AND MARIANNINA WAS, AND WE ARE HAPPY FOR 13 HER SERVICE AND HAPPY FOR HER RETIREMENT BECAUSE I AM SURE 14 IT WILL BE -- IT WILL BE WELL-EARNED AND WELL-DESERVED, 15 AND YOU WILL TOO HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO GOOD LUCK. AND 16 CONGRATULATIONS. 17 (MUSIC INTERRUPTION.) 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD YOU SWITCH THAT OFF, 19 PLEASE. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: I THINK HE IS TRYING. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PLEASE SWITCH IT OFF FOR THE 22 DURATION OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU. 23 OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BOARD COMMENT? 24 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION? 25 ALL RIGHT, STUDENT TRUSTEE. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 20 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 11 OKAY, S2 IS APPROVED. 12 G1-13, THE FIRST G1-13, COUNSEL. THE ONE THAT 13 WAS TABLED FROM OCTOBER. 14 COUNSEL DICKEY: YES, G1-13 IS ACADEMIC 15 EMPLOYEES FACULTY CREDIT PROGRAM/NON-CREDIT PROGRAM 16 DISTRICT FUNDED CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO TEMPORARY 17 HOURLY ASSIGNMENTS -- ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES, GENERAL FUND, 18 UNRESTRICTED AND AMENDING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED LEAVES OF 19 ABSENCE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 IS THERE A MOTION? 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND IT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 25 BY TRUSTEE BERG. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 21 1 I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE. THIS ONE 2 SEEMED VERY LONG. I JUST WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS 3 ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THESE G RESOLUTIONS. THEY SEEM TO BE 4 GROWING IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 5 TODAY'S G1-13 THAT WE ALREADY PASSED. THAT WAS NOT LARGE. 6 THIS ONE IS MUCH BIGGER. AND I AM JUST WONDERING WHY THAT 7 MIGHT BE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING LARGER AND WHERE 8 THESE COME FROM, MAYBE SOMEONE COULD TELL ME ABOUT THE 9 VARIOUS PARTS OF IT. 10 THE FIRST PART IS G1(A), FULL-TIME ACADEMIC 11 EMPLOYEES GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED. 12 IS THERE SOMEONE WHO COULD SAY WHAT THIS MEANS? 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT'S THE LAST -- 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT SAYS THAT THE FOLLOWING 15 PERSONS ARE APPOINTED TO BE TEMPORARY ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS 16 FOR THE SEMESTER AND THE DEPARTMENT SHOWN. AND THIS WAS 17 FOR OCTOBER, BUT EVERY MONTH WE SEEM TO HAVE THESE, AND SO 18 I AM WONDERING WHAT THAT MEANS. 19 G1? 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: G1? 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THESE ARE -- SOMEONE CAN 23 CORRECT ME IF I AM INCORRECT, BUT WHAT I BELIEVE THESE ARE 24 HOURLY ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN TO FACULTY AS OVERLOADS. SO IF 25 FACULTY COULD BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, AND WE MAY ASK THEM NOVEMBER 17, 2011 22 1 TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S OVER THEIR ASSIGNMENT. IT COULD BE 2 FOR TWO HOURS. IT COULD BE TEN HOURS. IT COULD BE FIVE 3 HOURS. AND WHATEVER NUMBER OF HOURS IT IS, IT STILL HAS 4 TO APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO -- OF THE 1700 OR SO 7 FACULTY FOR THAT MONTH, THESE 35 OR 40 PEOPLE RECEIVED AN 8 OVERLOAD ASSIGNMENT PROBABLY A TEACHING ASSIGNMENT, BUT IT 9 COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER TYPES OF ASSIGNMENT. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. IT DOESN'T SAY HOW MUCH 11 THESE ARE FOR, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN IT DOESN'T SAY 12 A NUMBER OF HOURS -- 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: RIGHT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- OR -- 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AT ONE POINT WE WERE GIVING 16 ALL THAT DETAIL TO THE BOARD. AT ONE POINT WE HAD STACKS 17 OF DETAIL THAT WE GAVE TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD DECIDED 18 THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE ALL THAT INFORMATION, THAT 19 IT IS ACCESSIBLE, AND THEY COULD SEE IT. BUT INSTEAD, WE 20 ARE JUST GIVING A SUMMARY OF THE PEOPLE'S NAMES AND THE 21 DEPARTMENTS, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL HOURS. AND I THINK THAT 22 WAS LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO THAT WE MADE THAT DECISION 23 TO DO THAT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THE REASON I ASK IS 25 BECAUSE NOW AT THIS TIME WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OF NOVEMBER 17, 2011 23 1 NON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY MONTHS. 2 AND IT SEEMS DIFFICULT TO FIND WHERE THE BORDER IS BETWEEN 3 THOSE NON INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND THIS G RESOLUTION. 4 AND THE FACT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE GROWING AT A 5 TIME WHEN WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SHRINK THE NON 6 INSTRUCTIONAL. I MEAN I HOPE THE NON INSTRUCTIONAL IS NOT 7 SHRINKING BY MOVING THINGS INTO HERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M -- 8 THAT'S WHY SEEING WHAT THESE ARE MIGHT BE USEFUL, BUT 9 THAT'S MY CONCERN ANYWAY. 10 TRUSTEE NGO. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I ASSUME THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS 12 ARE -- THEY JUST FALL WITHIN AND CONFORM TO THE BUDGET 13 ALLOCATED ANYWAY, RIGHT, FOR THE 1,000 ACCOUNTS. THE 14 1,000 ACCOUNT THAT WE PASSED IN THE BUDGET. 15 IN OTHER WORDS THIS IS NOT -- YOU ARE NOT ASKING 16 FOR -- THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT ASKING FOR A BUDGETED 17 AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS SOME AUTHORITY THAT WE'VE ALREADY 18 PASSED. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE ARE NOT. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AND WHEN THEY -- WHEN YOU SAY, 23 THEIR OVERLOAD OR THEIR ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS, I GUESS IT 24 WOULD HELP TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY ARE NON INSTRUCTIONAL. 25 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ON THE FACE OF THE DOCUMENT, THAT THE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 24 1 WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE IN THAT DEPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH, I 2 WOULDN'T NECESSARY ASSUME THAT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE PERSONS ARE FROM -- I 5 THINK WHAT THIS HAS IS A LISTING THAT THE HOME DEPARTMENT 6 OF THE PERSON. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT -- 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE 9 WORK COULD BE DONE IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, I SEE. IT'S JUST THEY'VE 11 ORIGINATED -- THAT'S THEIR BASE -- 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: -- ASSIGNMENT, I GUESS, IS HOW YOU 14 WOULD DESCRIBE IT. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: EXACTLY. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T 17 ALLOCATE A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO EACH SUBPARAGRAPH OR 18 SUBCATEGORY SO THAT THE BOARD HAS A SENSE OF WHETHER WE 19 ARE -- 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE COULD -- YES, WE COULD 21 EASILY ALLOCATE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH OF THESE ITEMS. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 23 WHY DON'T WE PASS THIS -- I DON'T OPPOSE IT. SO 24 WHY DON'T WE PASS IT. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 25 1 I'VE TO GO SO. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AND THEN WE CAN -- I JUST WANTED 3 TO RAISE THOSE POINTS. SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL I THINK 4 SINCE I THINK THAT'S WHAT RAISED CONCERN THAT THE ITEM -- 5 THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS DID NOT HAVE A BUDGETED -- AN 6 ACTUAL EXPENDITURE OR ASSIGNED VALUE. WHEREAS, THE OTHER 7 RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PASSED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE B 8 CATEGORY, HAS A NUMBER AND WE ASSUME THAT CONFORMS TO THE 9 BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY ADOPTED. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WELL -- 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I MEAN I'M ASSUMING THE BOARD 12 SUPPORTS IT. OTHERWISE, I WOULDN'T TELL TRUSTEE BERG TO 13 STAY. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I HAVE SOME MORE 15 QUESTIONS -- 16 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- ABOUT IT. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE 20 BETWEEN G1(B) AND THE NEXT ONE G2(A), WHICH HAS A LOT 21 FEWER PEOPLE IN IT? 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TWO -- G1 -- ONE IS 23 RESTRICTED. G2(B) IS RESTRICTED FUNDS. THAT'S THE ONE 24 THAT YOU HAVE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 26 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT 2 OF ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS GIVEN ON A GRANT, THROUGH A GRANT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I SEE. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE OTHERS ARE FROM THE -- 5 G1(B) IS UNRESTRICTED, AND SO IT'S COMING FROM 6 UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS. 7 IN LOOKING AT THESE NAMES IN THE DEPARTMENTS, I 8 WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM ARE COMING 9 FROM HOME DEPARTMENTS. SOME OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT 10 HOME DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS. 11 SO I THINK I WAS MISTAKEN. SOME OF THEM ARE 12 HOME DEPARTMENTS. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT FROM HOME 13 DEPARTMENTS. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. AND THEN LATER ON 15 THERE'S G5(D), TEMPORARY UPGRADE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, SO -- 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND THEN THERE'S A LOAD NUMBER 18 IN A PERCENTAGE. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO WITH -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK I KNOW WHAT THAT 21 MEANS, BUT -- 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE TEMPORARY UPGRADES WAS 23 SOMETHING THAT WAS NEGOTIATED, THAT PART-TIME FACULTY ON A 24 VERY TEMPORARY BASIS, WHICH IS A MATTER OF I THINK OF TWO 25 SEMESTERS AT THE MOST, COULD BE UPGRADED TO A FULL-TIME NOVEMBER 17, 2011 27 1 EQUIVALENCE AND GET ONTO A DIFFERENT -- ACTUALLY, A 2 DIFFERENT SCALE AND BE TREATED AS FULL-TIME. IT'S A 3 SUBSTITUTE. 4 IT'S A WAY OF ACTUALLY DEALING WITH FAIRLY 5 STRONG NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT GOING 6 THROUGH A VERY LONG DRAWN OUT HIRING PROCESS AS FAR AS I 7 AM CONCERNED AND WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE IN MOST CASES. 8 BUT THIS IS TAKING PART-TIMERS WHO WORKED FOR THE COLLEGE 9 FOR A LONG TIME DOING A TEMPORARY UPGRADE THAT COULD ONLY 10 LAST FOR A SHORT PERIOD. 11 MANY OF THESE ARE STATING THE BEGINNING DATE OF 12 THE SEMESTER AUGUST 22ND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN 13 A DELAY IN PUTTING THE ASSIGNMENTS IN. IT'S NOT BECAUSE 14 THE WORK HAS NOT BEGUN. THE WORK BEGAN ON THE EFFECTIVE 15 DATES. AND IT JUST TOOK THIS LONG FOR THEM TO GET ON TO 16 THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I SEE. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND THE LOAD -- IF YOU LOOK 19 AT OUR LOAD, THAT TELLS YOU WHETHER IT'S 70 PERCENT OF A 20 FULL-TIME LOAD OR 80 PERCENT OF A FULL-TIME LOAD OR .75, 21 4 PERCENT -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THIS A TYPO? DOES -- 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT SHOULD HAVE A ZERO IN 24 THERE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, YEAH. SO .70 PERCENT NOVEMBER 17, 2011 28 1 MEANS 70 PERCENT. 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S RIGHT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A 5 PERCENT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE POINT -- 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT SHOULD JUST HAVE THE 8 POINT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SORRY ABOUT THAT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WAS JUST -- BECAUSE THERE 12 WAS ONE THAT WAS -- 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- WELL, MORE. OKAY. 15 AND THEN TENURE REVIEW IS WHEN -- IT'S TIME THAT 16 FACULTY TAKE TO REVIEW THE TENURE OF OTHER FACULTY. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT 18 IT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. 20 MR. BOEGEL: HI, TOM BOEGEL, DEAN OF TENURE 21 REVIEW AND OTHER ELECTIVES. 22 THE FACULTY CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE ALLOTS -- 23 FACULTY ARE ENGAGED IN TENURE REVIEW SERVICES ON A SMALL 24 AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PAY FOR THAT. 25 AND SO I THINK -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE MENTIONED, NOVEMBER 17, 2011 29 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO, THAT THIS MONTH'S G RESOLUTION LOOKS 2 BIGGER THAN OTHERS. AND TENURE REVIEW IS LARGELY THE 3 CAUSE OF THAT. WE HAVE OVER 300 FACULTY WHO ARE INVOLVED 4 EITHER AS TENURE REVIEW MEMBERS, MENTORS, COMMITTEE 5 CHAIRS. AND SO EVERY SEMESTER WE HAVE A VERY LONG G 6 RESOLUTION THAT COVERS THESE ASSIGNMENTS. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. 8 MR. BOEGEL: AGAIN, THE HOURS ARE IN THE FACULTY 9 CONTRACT. WE -- IT'S A NEGOTIATING. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 11 OKAY, I GUESS I'M READY TO VOTE, BUT I STILL -- 12 I THINK I WOULD IN THE FUTURE LIKE TO SEE MORE DETAIL IN 13 ABOUT THE ONE G(A) RESOLUTIONS, AND WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY 14 FOR. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, SO ONE G(A). 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. THE OTHER ONES I THINK 17 I UNDERSTAND. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ALL RIGHT. WE COULD DO 19 THAT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 21 MR. BOEGEL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEES, ANY COMMENT OR 23 DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 24 IS THERE ANY -- I HAD ANOTHER CARD FROM FRANCINE 25 PODENSKI. I'M SORRY. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 30 1 MS. PODENSKI: FRANCINE PODENSKI, CHAIR OF 2 BROADCAST ELECTRONIC MEDIA. 3 A VERY QUICK EXAMPLE, I HAVE A FACULTY MEMBER 4 WHO IS TEACHING TWO, ONE-UNIT 12 HOUR EACH CLASSES ON A 5 GRANT. AND SINCE THE GRANT CONTRACT WASN'T SIGNED UNTIL 6 RECENTLY, I COULDN'T PUT THE ASSIGNMENT IN AND HAVE HER 7 TEACH THE CLASSES. AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE 8 IN THIS LIST AS WELL. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC 12 COMMENT? 13 OKAY, THIS HAS BEEN MOVED ALREADY, SO STUDENT 14 TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 25 OKAY, THIS CARRIES. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 31 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK WE HAVE DONE ALL THE 4 VOTING, SO -- 5 TRUSTEE BERG: I MAY LEAVE. THANK YOU. 6 (TRUSTEE BERG LEAVES THE MEETING.) 7 COUNSEL DICKEY: NOTHING THAT REQUIRES ACTION 8 ANYWAY. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD 10 THAT TRUSTEE BERG HAS LEFT US OR IS LEAVING US SO WE ARE 11 LOSING QUORUM SO WE ARE NO LONGER MEETING AS THE BOARD OF 12 TRUSTEES, BUT I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE ON SOME OF OUR 13 REPORTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN STILL 14 CONTINUE WITH. 15 SO WHY DON'T WE GO BACK TO -- OH, WE CAN'T DO 16 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. OH, WELL. 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: NO, YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T TAKE 18 ANY ACTION ON THE -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COME BACK. 20 COUNSEL DICKEY: -- ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IF WE COULD REMEMBER TO PUT 22 THE MINUTES ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA FOR THIS. I NEGLECTED 23 THAT. OH, WELL. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: YEAH, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN DO THAT 25 LATER WHEN TRUSTEE JACKSON SHOWS UP. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 32 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, IF WE ARE STILL HERE, 2 YEAH. 3 OKAY, THERE WAS A TEN MINUTE -- THE TEN-MINUTE 4 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE 5 WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU 6 CAN DO SO NOW. 7 OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE SO WE WILL MOVE ON FROM 8 THAT. WE CAN GO TO THE REPORT FROM THE CONSTITUENT 9 GROUPS. 10 FIRST WE HAVE THE CLASSIFIED SENATE, JAMES 11 ROGERS. 12 MR. ROGERS: GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE TRUSTEES, 13 DR. GRIFFIN. 14 WELL, IN KEEPING OF THE SPIRIT OF THE EVENING, 15 THIS WILL BE BRIEF. KUDOS TO THE BOARD. I UNDERSTAND 16 THAT THE SELF-STUDY HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND WE ARE ON TO 17 THE NEXT STEPS. 18 THE CLASSIFIED ARE VERY GRATIFIED TO SEE THE 19 DISTRICT'S STRONG RESPONSES TO INFLUENCING THE OUTCOME FOR 20 THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S TASK FORCE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. WE 21 STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE REST OF THE COLLEGE TOWARDS 22 ADVOCATING CHANGES AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 23 I SEE YOUR NEXT MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING, MONDAY 24 TO DISCUSS THE 2012-2013 BUDGET. AND WE ENCOURAGE THE 25 BOARD, IN DEALING WITH THE REDUCED FUNDING, TO TAKE A NOVEMBER 17, 2011 33 1 PRAGMATIC FOCUS ON THE CORE MISSION. 2 IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. 3 GOOD EVENING. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NEXT IS ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 7 ON THE LIST WE HAVE LARRY LAU, CHINATOWN. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: UNFORTUNATELY, LARRY LAU 11 ACTUALLY HAS TO WORK TONIGHT, SO HE CAN'T BE HERE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: JESSICA SALTOS, I HAVE 14 NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: BUT AS FAR AS ROBERT 17 ARENAS, I'M -- HE KNOWS HE IS SUPPOSED TO COME EVERY 18 MONTH, BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL SURPRISED WITH THE SPEED OF 19 THE MEETING, WHICH ARE VERY HAPPY WITH, BUT I DON'T THINK 20 THEY ANTICIPATE THEY NEED TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW, SO I DON'T 21 KNOW. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. WELL, IF -- LET ME KNOW 23 IF HE COMES AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO GET HIM IN IF WE ARE 24 STILL HERE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT NOVEMBER 17, 2011 34 1 RIZZO. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO, MAY I ASK A 3 QUESTION? 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND IT'S TO THE STUDENT TRUSTEE. 6 IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED 7 STUDENTS. AND I REMEMBER AT OUR LAST MEETING INGRID WYNN 8 WAS HERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS OR THE EVANS CAMPUS, I 9 CAN'T REMEMBER. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: EVANS. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: EVANS, YES. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND SHE HAD ASKED THAT SHE BE 14 INCLUDED ON THIS LIST, IS THAT -- DO YOU REMEMBER THAT 15 REQUEST? 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, I DO REMEMBER THAT. 17 I CAN INCLUDE FURTHER -- MORE DETAIL IN MY ACTUAL REPORT. 18 BUT TO PREFACE IT, IT HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING CALL OF 19 CHANGE -- 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: -- FROM INGRID WYNN, 22 CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EVANS CAMPUS. IT MAINLY 23 HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SHE CONSISTENTLY STATES THE 24 PREFACE OF LIST EVERY CAMPUS PRESIDENT REGARDLESS. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 35 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND THAT THE ROTATION BE 2 STOPPED. AND IF THE PRESIDENT IS HERE, THAT THEIR NAME 3 SHOULD BE LISTED. IF THE PRESIDENT IS HERE, THEY CAN MAKE 4 THE REPORT. THAT'S REALLY WHAT INGRID'S CALL IS ABOUT AND 5 HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE 6 ASSOCIATED STUDENT, AS WELL AS ANY PLACE ANYONE THAT IS 7 WILLING TO HEAR HER. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY, BUT THESE ARE LISTED 9 BECAUSE -- 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE 11 ROTATION SYSTEM -- 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: -- WHERE THERE ARE THREE 14 PRESIDENTS EACH TIME. AND -- 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: -- THE ORIGIN OF THIS I 17 CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR BECAUSE I DIDN'T -- IT WAS SET 18 UP -- SOMEHOW IT WAS CHANGED TO THIS WAY, AND THAT'S ALL I 19 CAN SAY ABOUT THAT. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE 21 EXPLANATION. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A 24 ROTATION BASIS. AND THOSE WHO SHOW UP AND THEIR NAME 25 ISN'T ON HERE, THEY STILL GET A CHANCE TO PRESENT. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 36 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND, 2 YES. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO THAT'S FAIR AND EQUITABLE. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANYONE ELSE -- ANY 8 OTHER PRESIDENTS OF CAMPUSES HERE? 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: NONE THAT I SEE IN THE 10 AUDIENCE. YEAH, NOT YET. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 12 ACADEMIC SENATE, KAREN SAGINOR. 13 MS. SAGINOR: GOOD EVENING. 14 I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE BOARD OF 15 TRUSTEES ON HAVING APPROVED THE ACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY 16 REPORT ON NOVEMBER 9TH. THE ACADEMIC SENATE APPROVED IT 17 THAT SAME DAY. 18 THANKS TO OUR ACCREDITATION OFFICER, LARRY 19 KLEIN, MARK ALBRIGHT OF AUDIO VISUAL, AND GOHAR MOMJIAN, 20 IT IS QUICKLY APPROACHING THE LAST STAGES OF TURNING INTO 21 A FINISHED DOCUMENT WITH THE PRINTED FORM READY TO GO OUT 22 TO ACCJC/WASC ON TIME. AND AN ELECTRONIC ONLINE VERSION 23 THAT WILL HAVE LIVE LINKS FOR ALL THE REFERENCES AND ALL 24 OF THAT, SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT GOING ON 25 ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 37 1 SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING VICE PRESIDENT FRED TETI 2 AND I ATTENDED THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE PLENARY IN SAN 3 DIEGO. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON STUDENT 4 SUCCESS WERE A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE EVENT, AND ESPECIALLY 5 THE RESOLUTIONS VOTED ON AT THE SENATE PLENARY. 6 I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT THREE RESOLUTIONS THAT 7 WERE SUBMITTED BY CITY COLLEGE WERE APPROVED BY THE 8 ASSEMBLED DELEGATES IN SAN DIEGO. 9 ALSO ON THE TOPIC OF THE TASK FORCE, YESTERDAY I 10 ATTENDED THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOWN HALL MEETING IN 11 OAKLAND. AND I COUNTED THERE AT LEAST 20 CITY COLLEGIANS 12 THERE -- FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND TRUSTEES. WE HAD ALMOST A 13 QUORUM THERE ACTUALLY. 14 WHILE I WAS IN OAKLAND, EIGHT STUDENTS FROM OUR 15 FORENSICS PROGRAM ENGAGED HERE IN A LIVELY, THOUGHTFUL 16 DEBATE IN THE DIEGO RIVERA THEATER. THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY 17 DR. KRISTINA WHALEN. IT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON EATV. AND 18 IT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON THE WEB THROUGH THE SAME 19 WEBPAGE FROM WHICH THE WEBCAST OF THIS MEETING CAN BE 20 ACCESSED. 21 SO IF ANYBODY IS WATCHING THIS MEETING ONLINE ON 22 THE WEBCAST, THEY CAN ALSO FROM THAT SAME PAGE GO AND FIND 23 THE STUDENT DEBATES ON THE TASK FORCE WHICH WERE VERY 24 INFORMATIVE. THE STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB. I REALLY 25 THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 38 1 THROUGH THE IDEASCALE WEBSITE THAT WAS SET UP 2 ONLINE FOR THE TASK FORCE, THROUGH LETTERS AND E-MAIL AND 3 IN MANY OTHER FORUMS, THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN RECEIVING A 4 GREAT DEAL OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE 5 MOST COMMON TYPE OF MESSAGE THAT I'VE SEEN IN THESE 6 RESPONSES HAS BEEN ALONG THE LINES OF: THANKS FOR ALL 7 YOU'VE DONE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH 8 THIS RECOMMENDATION OR THAT RECOMMENDATION. 9 I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE SEEN VERY FEW REJECTIONS OF 10 THE ENTIRE REPORT, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN VERY LITTLE PRAISE 11 FOR ANY OF ITS PARTS. IT'S MOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOOD 12 REPORT OVERALL, BUT THERE'S THIS PROBLEM AND THERE'S THAT 13 PROBLEM. 14 LESLIE SMITH HAS BEEN KEEPING US INFORMED OF THE 15 EFFECT OF ALL THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS. THE CHAIR OF THE 16 STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE HAS ANNOUNCED LATE LAST WEEK 17 THAT THE TASK FORCE IS PLANNING REVISIONS AT THIS POINT IN 18 SEVERAL AREAS, SO THERE REALLY HAS BEEN EFFECT -- AN 19 EFFECT OF THE ADVOCACY. 20 AND HERE ARE THREE AREAS IN WHICH THINGS ARE 21 CHANGING: 22 THE RECOMMENDATION TO NARROW NONCREDIT COURSES 23 TO ONLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COLLEGE PREPARATION WILL BE 24 REVISED TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR ESL, CITIZENSHIP, AND 25 COURSES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURIES. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 39 1 THERE'S STILL A LOT OF NONCREDIT THAT'S STILL IN LIMBO. 2 WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO TURN OUT. SO ADVOCACY 3 IS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING IN THOSE AREAS. 4 THE PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE STUDENTS TO PAY FULL 5 COST FOR COURSES THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR EDUCATION PLANS IS 6 BEING MODIFIED. BUT I DON'T YET KNOW WHAT THE 7 MODIFICATIONS WILL COME OUT LOOKING LIKE. 8 THE PROPOSAL TO CONSOLIDATE SELECT CATEGORICAL 9 PROGRAMS SUCH AS EOPS AND CALWORKS. AND THEREFORE, MAKE 10 IT LESS CERTAIN OF WHAT THEIR FUNDING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS 11 WOULD BE. THAT I UNDERSTAND IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS. AGAIN, IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF 13 INFORMATION COMING IN FROM THE FIELD. 14 THE TASK FORCE IS STILL HEADED TOWARDS ADOPTING 15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CENTRALIZING DECISION MAKING IN THE 16 STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. SO THAT'S ONE THAT I 17 UNDERSTAND THE TASK FORCE IS STILL LOOKING TO HAVE AS PART 18 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 19 PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING FOR BASIC SKILLS IS 20 STILL VERY MUCH ON WHAT THE TASK FORCE IS GOING FOR AND 21 STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT TESTS AND PLACEMENT TESTS THAT WOULD 22 BE ACQUIRED BY CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY. THAT'S 23 STILL VERY MUCH ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT I BELIEVE 24 THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT WITH IN A MONTH OR SO. 25 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE IS NOVEMBER 17, 2011 40 1 DECEMBER 7TH IN SACRAMENTO. I AM PLANNING TO GO TO THAT 2 TO FIND OUT FIRSTHAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I DON'T KNOW 3 THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT AT 4 THAT MEETING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MEETING, BUT THERE 5 WILL BE THE -- THE EXPECTATION IS THEIR FINAL SET OF 6 RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME OUT VERY SOON AFTER THAT. IT IS 7 TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN JANUARY. 8 WE ARE POSTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDENT 9 SUCCESS TASK FORCE ON THE ACADEMIC SENATE, THE CITY 10 COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE WEBSITE AS WE GET THINGS, WE GET 11 FEEDBACK, WE GET UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. 12 IF YOU GO TO ACADEMIC SENATE, ON THE CITY 13 COLLEGE WEBSITE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF POSTED THERE IF 14 YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION. AND, OF COURSE, YOU ARE ALSO 15 WELCOME TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR MORE INFORMATION. 16 AND SOME OF YOU -- I KNOW SOME OF THE TRUSTEES 17 REPORTS THIS EVENING WILL ALSO PROBABLY UPDATE US ON SOME 18 OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AROUND THE TASK FORCE. 19 SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD SOME TIME TO ALISA 20 MESSER, THE PRESIDENT OF AFT 2121. THANK YOU. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 MS. MESSER: GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO ECHO 23 KAREN'S MENTION IN PARTICULAR OF THE AMAZING DEBATE THAT 24 HAPPENED YESTERDAY THAT THE SPEECH AND THE DEBATE TEAM, 25 THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT AND THE DEBATE TEAM DID, WHICH I NOVEMBER 17, 2011 41 1 THOUGHT WAS NUANCED AND COMPLEX AND REALLY INFORMATIVE AND 2 ENLIGHTENING. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE A 3 LOOK AT THAT IN REGARDS TO THE TASK FORCE. 4 AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, TRUSTEE RIZZO, FOR 5 HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE THE OTHER DAY TO TALK ABOUT 6 SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. 7 SO -- BUT THEN I AM GOING TO SWITCH GEARS FOR A 8 MINUTE AND MENTION THAT TONIGHT -- TODAY THE OCCUPY 9 MOVEMENT IS TWO MONTHS OLD. AND IN THOSE TWO MONTHS, I 10 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT 11 WE'VE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE SHIFT IN WHAT THE COUNTRY IS 12 TALKING ABOUT AND THE COUNTRY'S WILLINGNESS AND THE 13 NATION'S WILLINGNESS TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND 14 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AREN'T GOING SO WELL. 15 AND THEN THIS LAST WEEK, WE'VE SEEN INCREDIBLE 16 ACTIONS THROUGHOUT HIGHER EDUCATION. SO THERE WERE -- YOU 17 MAY KNOW THAT THE UC REGENTS MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO 18 HAPPEN YESTERDAY IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS CANCELED BECAUSE SO 19 MANY STUDENTS WERE ABOUT TO CONVERGE, INCLUDING SOME OF 20 OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE ABOUT TO CONVERGE ON THAT MEETING. 21 THE CSU MEETING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS ALSO -- 22 RIGHT, THEY VOTED TO RAISE TUITION YET AGAIN, WAS 23 DISRUPTED BY STUDENTS. SO WE ARE SEEING A BURGEONING OF 24 THE STUDENT MOVEMENT. I AM SURE YOU'VE SEEN WHAT'S BEEN 25 HAPPENING AT CAL ON THE STEPS OF -- ON THE MARIO SAVIO NOVEMBER 17, 2011 42 1 STEPS ON SPROUL PLAZA. 2 AND SO WE ARE SEEING A UNITY, A LEVEL OF UNITY 3 AROUND SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS 4 WE'VE BEEN HEADING IN. AND THESE ARE CITY COLLEGE ISSUES, 5 RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE A COLLEGE OF THE 99 PERCENT, AND SO 6 THESE ARE CITY COLLEGE ISSUES AS WELL. SO IT IS VERY 7 EXCITING TO SEE THAT UNITY. 8 AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ON THE TWO MONTH 9 ANNIVERSARY, OCCUPY SF IS EXPECTING TO BE RAIDED AND 10 PERHAPS DISMANTLED THIS EVENING. SO THERE'S A CALL OUT -- 11 I GOT A CALL FROM THE LABOR COUNCIL THIS MORNING BECAUSE 12 LABOR IS THERE INVOLVED AS WELL IN TRYING TO DEFEND 13 OCCUPY. 14 AND SO THEY ARE ASKING FOLKS TO BE DOWN THERE AT 15 10:00 P.M. TONIGHT AT THE LATEST. THERE WILL BE SOME 16 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING JUST BEFORE THAT. BUT EVEN IF 17 YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE CIVIL 18 DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING, WE ARE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO GET OUT 19 AND GET DOWN THERE. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DANCE 20 PARTY AS OPPOSED TO A RAID PARTY. IT'S AN ANTI-RAID 21 PARTY. 22 IN THINKING ABOUT THAT UNITY, RIGHT, THAT'S 23 SOMETHING WE NEED HERE AT CITY COLLEGE AS WELL, RIGHT. WE 24 ARE UNDER -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING 25 RECENTLY IS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE TALKING ABOUT THESE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 43 1 KINDS OF CUTS, AND THESE KINDS OF BUDGETS, AS THOUGH WE 2 ARE RATIONAL PEOPLE. AND THIS IS DEALING WITH SOMETHING 3 RATIONALE TO BE SQUEEZING EDUCATION LIKE THIS AND TO BE 4 DOING THIS TO CITY COLLEGE, TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TO 5 HIGHER EDUCATION, AND TO ALL OF OUR VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES. 6 SO IT'S HARD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE 7 ASKED REPEATEDLY TO TRY TO HAVE RATIONAL CONVERSATIONS 8 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY WE SHOULD ALL BE MORALLY 9 OUTRAGED ABOUT. IT SHOULDN'T BE STAFF AND STUDENTS AND 10 FACULTY. IT SHOULDN'T BE HIGHER EDUCATION. IT SHOULDN'T 11 BE OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO ARE BAILING OUT THE STATE 12 BUDGET PROBLEM, RIGHT. IT SHOULDN'T BE ON US. 13 SO I WANT TO ALSO POINT US TO TWO THINGS. AND I 14 KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME MENTION SOME OF THESE THINGS BEFORE, 15 BUT IN NOVEMBER 2012 THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 16 SO ONE IS THAT LOCAL REVENUES, WE ARE GLAD TO BE 17 INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT A PARCEL TAX AGAIN FOR NOVEMBER 18 2012 AND GETTING THAT STARTED. 19 AND THEN THE OTHER IS, YOU'VE HEARD ME MENTION A 20 NUMBER OF TIMES, A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE THAT THE CFT AND 21 OTHER LABOR AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT WILL 22 BE LOOKING AT TAXING AT LEAST PART OF THE RICHEST 23 1 PERCENT IN CALIFORNIA IN ORDER TO BRING MONEY BACK TO 24 EDUCATION AND OTHER VITAL SOCIAL SERVICES. 25 SO I HOPE THAT WHEN WE ARE STANDING HERE IN NOVEMBER 17, 2011 44 1 DECEMBER, I WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ABOUT 2 THAT. AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I HOPE 3 THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT THAT MEASURE, WHICH WOULD BRING A 4 LOT OF MONEY BACK TO CITY COLLEGE EVENTUALLY AND TO EVERY 5 PLACE ELSE THAT WE BEGIN TO NEED IT. 6 SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO SEGUE AND JUST 7 MENTION ONE OTHER THING AND TAKE I GUESS A POINT OF 8 PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, WHICH IS JUST TO SAY TODAY WAS 9 TRANSGENDER DAY AWARENESS AT CITY COLLEGE, WHICH IS A 10 GREAT EVENT THAT CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND 11 FACULTY HOLD EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE GENDER DIVERSITY 12 PROJECT. 13 SO THEY DO GREAT EDUCATION EVERY YEAR AT THIS 14 TIME, AND SO I BROUGHT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS A LITTLE BIT 15 OF INFORMATION A PLEDGE ON HOW TO BE A TRANSGENDER ALLY. 16 I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE GENDER DIVERSITY PROJECT, 17 THE DIGITAL STORIES THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER AND SOME OF 18 THAT GREAT WORK. SO IT'S A GOOD DAY JUST TO REMEMBER 19 THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES AND THAT GROUP OF OUR STUDENTS, 20 FACULTY, AND STAFF, OKAY, THANKS. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM X, THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL 23 REPORT. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT 24 LAST MONTH. 25 SO MAYBE YOU CAN DO TWICE AS MUCH REPORTING NOVEMBER 17, 2011 45 1 TONIGHT. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OR I WILL JUST SAY EVERYTHING 3 TWICE. 4 THE BOARD'S BUDGET COMMITTEE DID MEET EARLIER 5 THIS MONTH. AND I KNOW YOU ARE PLANNING -- THE CHAIR IS 6 PLANNING ON CONDUCTING ANOTHER MEETING SOON. 7 A FEW THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THE BOARD LAST 8 MET. I WILL START WITH THE BIG PICTURE. I'VE GOT THEIR 9 QUOTE HERE. 10 THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST -- AND THERE'S BEEN SOME 11 COMMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE -- HAVE TALKED ABOUT 12 STATEWIDE REVENUES. OF COURSE, WE ARE VITALLY INTERESTED 13 IN WHETHER THE BUDGET TRIGGERS ADDITIONAL CUTS WILL BE 14 PULLED LATER THIS YEAR. 15 STATEWIDE NUMBERS ARE NOT GOOD SO FAR. THE 16 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST REPORTED THAT CALIFORNIA WILL FALL 17 $3.7 BILLION SHORT IN REVENUE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 18 WHICH WOULD IMPOSE TRIGGERS AS PER THE STATE BUDGET ACT. 19 IN COMMENTING ON THAT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE 20 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WHO IS OF COURSE APPOINTED BY THE 21 GOVERNOR SO I ASSUME DOESN'T SAY THINGS THAT ARE NOT OKAY 22 WITH THE GOVERNOR TO SAY, SAID THAT GOVERNOR -- THE BUDGET 23 THE GOVERNOR SIGNED RECOGNIZED THE UNCERTAINTY THAT COULD 24 FORCE TRIGGER CUTS -- SOME LEVEL OF TRIGGER CUTS WILL 25 LIKELY OCCUR, BUT THE EXACT AMOUNT WILL BE KNOWN IN NOVEMBER 17, 2011 46 1 DECEMBER. BY DECEMBER 15TH, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 2 MUST REPORT ITS ESTIMATE OF STATEWIDE REVENUES AND THE 3 BUDGET ACT INDICATED THAT THE HIGHER OF LEGISLATIVE 4 ANALYST AND D.O.F. WOULD BE THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE USED 5 TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE TRIGGERS WOULD BE PULLED. 6 AS A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT 7 THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED ASSUMED THAT THE 8 TRIGGERS WOULD BE PULLED. SO IF IN FACT THEY BOTH OCCUR 9 WITH THE INFORMATION ON DECEMBER 15TH, IT WOULD NOT 10 REQUIRE CITY COLLEGE TO ADJUST ITS REVENUE ESTIMATES 11 DOWNWARD BECAUSE WE ASSUME THAT THOSE REVENUES WOULD 12 DISAPPEAR. 13 ON THE OTHER HAND, IF NOT THE FULL AMOUNT OF 14 TRIGGER IS PULLED, THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR 15 REVENUE IN A BETTER DIRECTION, BUT IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW. 16 ON ANOTHER HOPEFUL NOTE, THE SALES TAX, LOCAL 17 SALES TAX WHICH IS OUR SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE, 18 IS UP. ECONOMIC DATA SHOWS CALIFORNIA BASICALLY SPLIT 19 INLAND COASTAL -- THE COASTAL PART OF CALIFORNIA IS DOING 20 BETTER, SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE INLAND PART. AND 21 THE BAY AREA IS DOING BETTER THAN THE REST OF CALIFORNIA. 22 AND SAN FRANCISCO IS ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THAN THE REST 23 OF THE BAY AREA. 24 SO WE ARE ALMOST FOR CERTAIN WILL GET MORE IN 25 SALES TAX REVENUE THEN WE ESTIMATED IN THE BUDGET THAT THE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 47 1 BOARD ADOPTED, AND THAT WILL HELP US CLOSE OUR MIDYEAR 2 CHALLENGE AS WELL. 3 I THINK I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT IN THE 4 PRESENTATION TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WE SHOWED A 5 RE-ESTIMATE OF WHERE SPENDING IS IN THE CURRENT YEAR WHICH 6 WOULD SHOW A GAP OPENING UP AND THEN ACCOMPANYING 7 SOLUTIONS THAT COULD CLOSE THAT GAP. FURTHER DISCUSSION 8 IS NEEDED ON THAT, OF COURSE, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE OF THAT 9 STILL LEFT THE COLLEGE SHORT ONE TO TWO AND A HALF MILLION 10 APPROXIMATELY, BUT BASED ON EARLY ESTIMATES OF OUR 11 SPENDING. 12 AND AS THE CHANCELLOR INDICATED THAT EVENING AND 13 I WOULD ECHO, THOSE ESTIMATES CHANGE WITH EVERY PAY PERIOD 14 THAT COMES ACROSS. AND WE WILL BE UPDATING IT EACH TIME. 15 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SALES TAX 16 INFORMATION IS NEW SINCE THAT MEETING. AND THAT'S, AS I 17 SAID, HELPFUL. THAT'S MY FINANCIAL REPORT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? 19 TRUSTEE NGO: DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WE COULD 20 GET CUTS THAT GO BEYOND A TRIGGER? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AS YOU RECALL, WE BUILT IN 22 THREE SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS -- REALLY FOUR REDUCTIONS IN 23 REVENUE IN OUR BUDGET. ONE WAS THE BUDGET ACT ITSELF, 24 WHICH TOOK AWAY OVER $9 MILLION FROM CITY COLLEGE. 25 WE THEN BUILT IN BOTH TRIGGER ONE AND TRIGGER NOVEMBER 17, 2011 48 1 TWO AT THE AMOUNTS THAT THE STATE CHANCELLOR INDICATED WE 2 WOULD LOSE. 3 AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE BUILT IN A 4 DEFICIT COEFFICIENT BASED ON THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S 5 ANNOUNCEMENT IN JULY THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE STATE 6 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCES ESTIMATE FOR STATEWIDE COLLECTION 7 OF STUDENT FEES WAS OVERSTATED. AND THAT WE WOULD BE, AS 8 A COLLECTIVE GROUP, SHARING THAT LOSS OF REVENUE BEFORE 9 THE YEAR WAS OVER. SO WE BUILT IN ALL OF THOSE INTO OUR 10 ESTIMATE. 11 THERE'S NO INDICATION FROM ANYBODY AT THIS POINT 12 THAT THE TRIGGERS COULD BE PULLED -- THAT THE TRIGGERS 13 WOULD BE PULLED AND THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY WOULD BE TAKEN 14 AWAY SOMEHOW BY THE LEGISLATURE. WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT. 15 BUT I WOULD ADD TO THAT THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 16 HAS INDICATED THAT THE STATE NOW HAS A PROJECTED GAP OF 17 $10 BILLION FOR BUDGET YEAR 2012-2013 WHICH IS STILL A 18 WAYS DOWN THE ROAD. 19 BUT EVEN IN THAT MESSAGE, I DID SEE ANYTHING 20 INDICATION FROM A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST THAT THERE WAS A 21 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STATE TAKE AWAY ADDITIONAL MONEY 22 IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: I HAVE A QUESTION. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 49 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: ACTUALLY, IT'S FOR TRUSTEE NGO 3 AND FOR VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN. 4 I KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE ANOTHER 5 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. IS THIS TO DISCUSS THE -- WELL, 6 WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO THIS IS TO 7 MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER OUR BASES IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING 8 THE BUDGET AS IT STOOD A MONTH AGO. 9 AND WILL IT ALSO INCLUDE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT 10 YOU SUGGESTED MAY HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF -- YOU TALKED 11 ABOUT SALES TAX, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT 12 GAVE ME HOPE THAT WE MAY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE 13 THINK. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: WHEN WILL WE GET THAT 16 INFORMATION? WILL IT BE PART OF THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE 17 ON MONDAY OR -- 18 TRUSTEE NGO: THE PLAN FOR MONDAY, THE 19 FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING, I THINK INTERIM VICE 20 CHANCELLOR PHYLLIS MCGUIRE IS HERE, IS FOR THE COMMITTEE 21 TO REALLY SITDOWN AND GRAPPLE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND 22 ANNUAL PLAN. 23 AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THESE 24 ASSUMPTIONS AGAIN. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 50 1 TRUSTEE NGO: THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE 2 EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS. 3 THERE IS ALSO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER 4 THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE THE MASON 5 DEFICIT. BUT THERE ARE NO ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE PLANNED 6 FOR THAT MEETING SO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PROPOSAL WERE 7 TO INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN PARKING FEES, IT WOULD NOT BE 8 PART OF THAT MEETING. 9 HOWEVER, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF THERE IS A 10 PROPOSAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCREASE PARKING FEES 11 BEFORE THE FULL BOARD, THAT IT WOULD FIRST GO THROUGH MY 12 COMMITTEE -- 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: -- FIRST. BUT MY HOPE IS FOR US 15 TO HAVE A REAL GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN 16 AND THEN TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE ON THE 17 DEFICIT. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND I WOULD UNDERSCORE THAT THE 20 PARKING PROPOSAL IS NOT BASED ON RAISING FEES. IT'S BASED 21 ON THE BALANCE THAT WAS ACCUMULATED ALREADY IN THE PARKING 22 FUND. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: QUESTIONS? 25 I HAVE A QUESTION. WE HAD -- I THINK I REMEMBER NOVEMBER 17, 2011 51 1 THAT WE HAD A NEW DEFICIT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT 2 BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY FIVE AND $6 MILLION. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AFTER WE APPROVED THE FINAL 5 BUDGET, THERE BECAME A FIVE AND $6 MILLION -- 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- DEFICIT. AND YOU'VE 8 FIGURED OUT HOW TO COVER ALL BUT 1 MILLION OR SO OF THAT. 9 IS THAT -- 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, ONE TO 2 MILLION. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ONE TO 2 MILLION, OKAY. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF OUR 13 DISCUSSION AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARING. THAT 14 REEMERGING GAP WAS FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON. 15 ONE WAS THE INCREASE IN STATE UNEMPLOYMENT 16 INSURANCE. THAT WAS NOT BOOKED INTO THE FINAL BUDGET. IT 17 WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BOOKED, 18 BUT WAS NOT. IT WOULD HAVE FORCED OTHER CUTS AT THE TIME, 19 BUT NONETHELESS, HAS TO BE MADE UP AS AN EXPENSE NOW. 20 OTHER COMPONENTS WERE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO KEEP 21 THE CATEGORICALS WHOLE. THAT WAS EXACERBATED BY THE LACK 22 OF -- SIMPLE AS I CAN MAKE THIS, BUT THE LATENESS OF 23 CODING OF BASIC SKILLS CLASSES INTERNALLY THROUGH THE 24 OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION THAT PREVENTED THE COLLEGE FROM 25 ACCURATELY POSTING PAYROLL AND MEASURING WHERE IT WAS NOVEMBER 17, 2011 52 1 EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR. 2 AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT IS OUR -- AGAIN, 3 EARLY ASSESSMENT OF HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE -- HOW CLOSE TO 4 THE BUDGET PLAN DO WE THINK WE WILL END UP WITH RESPECT TO 5 SOME OF OUR KEY SAVING ASSUMPTIONS. 6 I WANT TO UNDERSCORE, THE BUDGET PLAN IS STILL 7 THE PLAN. AND WE ARE STILL WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO 8 MAKE THOSE NUMBERS THE NUMBERS. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT PART OF THE POTENTIAL WAYS 10 OF DEALING WITH THAT IS ELIMINATING MORE CLASS SECTIONS, 11 RIGHT, FOR SUMMER OR SPRING? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I THOUGHT WE HAD OVER 16 ASSIGNED IN FALL. WE WERE -- WE HAD TO COMPENSATE BY -- 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NOW IS 18 ACCURATE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE COLLEGE ESSENTIALLY OFFERED 21 TOO MANY CLASSES IN THE FALL. SO THE SAVINGS ASSUMPTION 22 FOR SPENDING ON CLASSES WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO 23 SPREAD OUT ACROSS TWO SEMESTERS IS NOW REALLY BEING 24 FOCUSED ON THE SPRING SEMESTER AND TO SOME EXTENT THE 25 SUMMER. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 53 1 BUT THE BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT SAID CUT 1.9 2 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO THE 3.8 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 3 PROPOSED. AND THAT'S STILL THE TARGET FOR THAT EXERCISE, 4 NOT MORE THAN THAT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. AND THAT'S IN YOUR 6 ASSUMPTIONS -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- ALREADY, SO -- 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. WE ARE CONSIDERING SOME 10 SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR THE SUMMER THAT HAVE TO BE GONE OVER 11 THE WITH THE UNION THAT COULD SAVE US SOME MONEY, BUT 12 THAT'S -- I WOULD NOT CONSIDER THAT TO BE A REDUCTION OF 13 CLASSES. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 15 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? 16 OKAY, SEEING NONE, I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH 17 THAT. 18 WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE. IT IS THE BOARD 19 OF TRUSTEES' REPORTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH, MY GOODNESS. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: WOW. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG, WOULD YOU LIKE 23 TO GIVE A REPORT? 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SURE. WOW. THIS REALLY 25 IS FAST. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 54 1 SO TO START OFF, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO 2 RECOGNIZE THE STUDENT TRUSTEE FROM THE COLLEGE OF MARIN 3 RAYMOND BERGSTROM-WOOD FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING FOR THE 4 THIRD TIME. 5 I WILL REPAY THE FAVOR AND VISIT YOUR MEETING 6 AGAIN THE THIRD TIME. 7 SO IN THE PAST MONTH SINCE OUR LAST BOARD 8 MEETING, I HAVE WORKED VERY ACTIVELY IN I WOULD SAY 9 FIGHTING AGAINST THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE 10 RECOMMENDATION AS IS. AND WE HAVE MADE STRIDES WORKING 11 ACTUALLY VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STUDENT TRUSTEE FROM THE 12 COLLEGE OF MARIN. 13 MOST OF THE ACHIEVEMENT WAS GARNERED AT THE 14 STUDENT SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE GENERAL 15 ASSEMBLY, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE SAME WEEKEND AS THE 16 PLENARY. 17 IN THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE WERE ABLE TO 18 ACHIEVE AN OVERALL OPPOSED POSITION FROM THE ASSOCIATION 19 OF STUDENTS TRUSTEES STATEWIDE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET 20 REGION 3 OF THE STUDENT SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 21 COLLEGES TO OPPOSE IT AS WELL. AND THAT'S OUR OWN REGION, 22 REGION 3 OF 13 COLLEGES. 23 REGION 5, I AM NOT AWARE IF THEY TOOK A 24 POSITION, BUT THEY ARE OVERALL VERY STRONG OPPOSED AS 25 WELL. AND REGION 7, WHICH IS THE OUTER AREA, THEY OPPOSE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 55 1 AS WELL. 2 AND WE HAVE -- WE ALSO MANAGED TO INSTILL 3 STRONG -- VERY STRONG DOUBTS ABOUT THE TRUE INTENT OF THE 4 STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE IN THE MINDS OF MANY OF THE 5 DELEGATE OF THE STUDENT LEADERS STATEWIDE. AND THEY ARE 6 VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT 7 EDUCATION IS PROTECTED AND NOT ATTACKED. 8 BEYOND THAT, I ALSO ATTENDED COUNCIL -- THE TOWN 9 HALL YESTERDAY IN OAKLAND. WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK. AND I 10 WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE OUR PRESIDENT THERE, AS WELL AS 11 KAREN, MINH, AND MANY, MANY CCSF STUDENTS AND FACULTY. 12 TODAY I -- THIS MORNING, I WAS JUST AT SAN JOSE 13 FAIRMONT HOTEL ATTENDING THE LEAGUE TRUSTEE MEETING, WHICH 14 THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE SAME THING, STUDENT SUCCESS TASK 15 FORCE AND I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK. 16 I HOPE -- I AM WISHING -- WELL, I BELIEVE IT 17 ACTUALLY HELPED IN THAT ENSURING THAT THEY DID NOT TAKE A 18 POSITION BECAUSE I THINK THE LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM AGENDA 19 WAS TO TRY TO TAKE A POSITION ON STUDENT SUCCESS TASK 20 FORCE. AND THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE TRUSTEES AT 21 THE LEAGUE WAS THAT THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS FITTING. AND 22 THERE'S -- IT LOOKS VERY ROUGH. IT NEEDS MORE TIME AND A 23 LOT OF IT IS REALLY NOT HEALTHY FOR THE COLLEGE. IT 24 DOES -- IT DOES NOT TAKE MANY, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE 25 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DOES INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IT IS NOT NOVEMBER 17, 2011 56 1 HEALTHY. SO THEY DID NOT TAKE A POSITION. AND THERE AS, 2 THEY FORMALLY ONE MORE TIME. 3 AND THE CONSULTATION COUNCIL WAS ALSO IN THE 4 SAME HOTEL, SAME TIME, DIFFERENT ROOM, WHICH I ALSO 5 ATTENDED. AND WHAT IT WAS THERE AS WELL WAS ALSO POSITIVE 6 FOR US IN THAT THEY ECHO A DIFFERENT SENTIMENT, BUT IT WAS 7 NEGATIVE AS WELL. THEY MAINLY WERE VERY, VERY SKEPTICAL 8 OF THE TIMELINE. AND THEY ASKED WHAT IS THE -- WHERE IS 9 THE PUSH? WHY DO WE NEED TO GET THIS TO THE LEGISLATURE? 10 AND IS LEGISLATURE PUSHING? WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT 11 DONE? 12 AND THE ANSWER WAS BASICALLY, IT IS THE 13 LEGISLATURE THAT IS KIND OF ASKING THEM TO FINISH THIS. 14 AND IF THEY WANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND 15 SENATE TO APPROVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE BILL OR WHATEVER. 16 AND THE REWRITES, WHICH I DO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 17 YOU KAREN, IS THEY WILL NOT HAVE A REWRITE READY BY 18 DECEMBER. BUT WHAT THEY WILL HAVE IS A BULLET-POINT 19 SKETCH OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE THE FINAL DRAFT. 20 AND CHANCELLOR JACK SCOTT STRONGLY STATED THAT 21 WHATEVER IS IN THE LISTED RECOMMENDATION NOW, YOU CAN TAKE 22 90 PERCENT OF IT AND BE SURE THAT WILL BE THE FINAL 23 LANGUAGE. THERE WOULD NOT BE MUCH CHANGE, WHICH TO ME 24 SOUNDS VERY DANGEROUS. 25 BUT THE CONSULTATION COUNCIL MEMBER WERE NOT IN NOVEMBER 17, 2011 57 1 STRONG SUPPORT OF IT EITHER. AND THEY DO ALSO BELIEVE 2 THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED. AND THE LEGISLATURE'S PUSH 3 IS NOT RIGHT, AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT. 4 AND LASTLY, TRYING TO KEEP IN SPIRIT WITH THE 5 MEETING TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO -- I WILL CLOSE MY REPORT 6 WITH A REQUEST THAT WE CLOSE THE MEETING TONIGHT IN MEMORY 7 OF COREY KEVIN RYAN. HE IS A TRANSGENDER STUDENT AT SANTA 8 ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE. HE PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 26TH, JUST A 9 WEEK BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND HE WAS A VERY 10 STRONG STUDENT LEADER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 11 IN FACT THE PREVIOUS RENDITION OF THE STATEWIDE 12 SENATE, THE STUDENT SENATE, WAS CALLED CALSACC. WHEN IT 13 DISSOLVED, COREY WAS THERE AS ONE OF THE 20 14 REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS THE STATE TO HELP REFORM IT INTO 15 THE SSCCC IT IS TODAY. AND IT IS VERY SAD TO HEAR HIS 16 PASSING, SO THAT'S MY REQUEST. 17 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FANG. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES, I DO HAVE A REPORT BECAUSE 21 I DON'T HAVE TO SAY, "BECAUSE OF THE LATENESS OF THE 22 REPORT, I DON'T HAVE A REPORT." I DO HAVE A REPORT, BUT 23 IT WILL BE A BRIEF REPORT. 24 ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I ATTENDED THE BOARD OF 25 GOVERNOR'S MEETING IN SACRAMENTO. AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 58 1 THE RESOLUTION FROM THIS BOARD TO THE MEETING. AND I READ 2 IT TO THEM. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A COPY, I READ IT TO 3 THEM. AND I TRIED TO GIVE THEM EXPLANATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE 4 WERE AGAINST. AND I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES. 5 I DON'T THINK IT WENT VERY WELL. I USED TO BE 6 ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. AND THERE WERE SOME WHO SAID 7 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? HAVE I CHANGED? 8 I TOLD THEM I HAVEN'T CHANGED. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN 9 THE WAY I AM. AND SO THEY WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE 10 VOTED AGAINST -- WE REJECTED THEIR STUDENT SUCCESS. 11 AND YESTERDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE OAKLAND 12 TOWN HALL MEETING AND HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR AGAIN FROM 13 CHANCELLOR JACK SCOTT. HE IS REALLY, REALLY GUNG HO ON 14 LEADING THIS CHARGE. MATTER OF FACT, HE KIND OF STATED 15 THAT THIS WAS THE NO. 1 PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD OF 16 GOVERNORS AND FOR THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE. 17 ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID SAY, AND I WANT TO 18 ADDRESS WHAT KAREN WAS SAYING ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES 19 AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY HAVE DONE AS A 20 RESULT OF THE DRAFT OF THE STUDENT SUCCESS AND THE 21 RECOMMENDATIONS. 22 SO IN CHAPTER 8, WHERE IT SAYS, "ALIGNED 23 RESOURCES WITH STUDENT SUCCESS RECOMMENDATIONS," THEY TOOK 24 OUT 8.1, WHICH WAS TO SOLIDATE SELECT CATEGORICAL 25 PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S GONE. BUT IT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT NOVEMBER 17, 2011 59 1 THEIR PUSHING HARD, GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. 2 AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, KAREN, IN TERMS OF 3 THE COMMENT. THEY WOULD START OUT BY SAYING, MOST PEOPLE 4 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE THOUGHT YOU PUT INTO 5 THIS, BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED 6 THAT? AND THEY WOULD END UP JUST THANKING THEM FOR THEIR 7 TIME, BUT DISAGREEING WITH THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. SO THAT 8 WAS WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 9 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I 10 DO WANT TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THE 11 MEETING THAT CITY COLLEGE IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS TASK 12 FORCE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 13 THERE WAS WONDERFUL INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE FROM 14 THE COLLEGE CAME AND GAVE. THE ESL DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR 15 DOCUMENT, JUST TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHY THEY ARE 16 OPPOSED TO CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE STUDENT SUCCESS PLAN. 17 AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO 18 GAVE ME THIS, BUT I'VE GOTTEN IT BEFORE, VERY SPECIFIC 19 ABOUT WHY THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS GROUP IS AGAINST THE 20 STUDENT TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN THERE'S A 21 WHOLE TWO PAGES OF -- THAT ADDRESSES NONCREDIT, AND WHY 22 THE STUDENT SUCCESS PLAN IS NOT A PLAN THAT THEY CAN 23 SUPPORT. 24 SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY VISIBLE OUT THERE, YOU 25 KNOW, FIGHTING AGAINST THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 60 1 AND I THINK I WILL END BY SAYING THAT THE NAME IS NOT 2 SYNONYMOUS TO WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: WE HAD A -- COUPLE OF THINGS. OUR 5 COUNTERPARTS FROM ACROSS THE BAY PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6 DISTRICT, TWO OF OUR COLLEAGUES OVER THERE INTRODUCED A 7 RESOLUTION TO ISSUE AN RFP TO MOVE THEIR BANKING SERVICES 8 FROM THE CURRENT VENDOR TO A MORE I GUESS COMMUNITY-MINDED 9 BANK. 10 WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IDEA LAST YEAR WHEN 11 WELLS FARGO, WHO WE BANK WITH, ACTIVELY LOBBIED AGAINST 12 THE EXPANSION OF THE OF THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM IN 13 CONGRESS. THAT EXPANSION OF THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM WOULD 14 HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY CUTTING THE SUBSIDY THAT WE HAD GIVEN 15 WELLS FARGO AND OTHER BANKS TO SERVICE THE LOANS THAT WE 16 GAVE TO LOW INCOME STUDENTS. 17 THAT SAVINGS WOULD HAVE A AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 18 $80 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS. AND ALMOST 50 BILLION OF THAT 19 MONEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO PELL GRANTS. IT WOULD HAVE GONE 20 TO BUILDING GREENER COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES. IT WOULD 21 HAVE GONE TO HISTORICALLY MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 22 IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO CHALLENGE GRANTS OR INNOVATION 23 GRANTS THAT THE COLLEGES COULD USE TO EXPLORE IN THEIR OWN 24 WAY, SUCCESS INITIATIVES. BUT IT WAS LOBBIED VERY HARD BY 25 A BANK THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH, WELLS FARGO, AMONG OTHER NOVEMBER 17, 2011 61 1 BANKS. 2 FORTUNATELY, IT WAS SAVED LAST YEAR THROUGH THE 3 EFFORTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, 4 BUT WE HAD TO LOSE SOME OF THE SAVINGS OF IT TO THE HEALTH 5 CARE BILL. SO THE HEALTH CARE BILL CLAIMED A LOT OF THE 6 $80 BILLION IN SAVINGS TO JUSTIFY PASSING THE HEALTH CARE 7 BILL. BUT WE STILL GOT $36 MILLION FOR AN EXPANSION OF 8 THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT AND SEVERAL 9 BILLION DOLLARS FOR HISTORICALLY MINORITY SERVING 10 INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS I THINK $2 BILLION FOR TRADE 11 ADJUSTMENT GRANT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED COMMUNITY 12 COLLEGES TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO REWORK THEIR 13 CTE PROGRAMS. 14 SO I THINK WITH OCCUPY WALL STREET, AND I THINK 15 WITH THE I GUESS THE TACIT CHALLENGE LAID DOWN BY OUR 16 COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE BAY, TRUSTEE RIZZO AND I HAVE BEEN 17 TALKING ABOUT -- HE AGENDIZED THIS AT THE LAST AUDIT 18 COMMITTEE MEETING TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO LOOK INTO ISSUING 19 AN RFP FOR OUR BANKING SERVICES. 20 WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE AFT, 21 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE SEIU TO ASK THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT 22 UNIFIED TO DO THE SAME THING, AND THAT WE WOULD ANNOUNCE 23 TOGETHER THAT WE ARE GOING TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR ALL OF OUR 24 BANK -- FOR BOTH OF OUR BANKING SERVICES AND DEMAND THAT 25 WE GET MORE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS. AND THAT THESE BANKS NOVEMBER 17, 2011 62 1 STOP LOBBYING AGAINST THE INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR 2 TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF. 3 SO I WAS GOING TO EMAIL YOU THAT, ALISA, THIS 4 AFTERNOON, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST MENTION IT NOW SINCE 5 YOU ARE HERE. 6 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL DO THAT, MAYBE WE 7 CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT. AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS 8 THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION BANK WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 9 ACROSS THE STATE CAN JUST DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE RESOLUTION AND 10 GO AHEAD AND START THE PROCESS TO INITIATE A FULL FLEDGED 11 TRANSFER OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO COMMUNITY-MINDED INSTITUTIONS 12 IN CALIFORNIA. 13 OCCUPY IS ONE PART OF THIS PROCESS PROTEST, BUT 14 I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO REALLY, 15 REALLY PINCH THE BANKS, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE WAY THAT 16 WE SHOULD EXPLORE. 17 THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE HAD A PRESS 18 CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. MAINLY ETHNIC PRESS WAS THERE, BUT 19 IT WAS STILL 20TH CENTURY FOR JUST ETHNIC PRESS TO BE 20 THERE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR EFFORTS ON ESL AND CTE. 21 WE HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION APRIL 2010 TO ASK THE ESL 22 DEPARTMENT AND CTE TO LOOK AT THEIR PROGRAMS AND SEE IF 23 THERE WERE WAYS FOR US TO IMPROVE THE WAY WE DELIVER 24 SERVICES TO ABOUT 23 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS 25 LOT. IT IS A HUGE PORTION OF OUR STUDENT BODY. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 63 1 AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY -- A 2 GROUP OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. AND THROUGH THE 3 EFFORTS OF THE CHANCELLOR AND JOANNE LOW AND THE CBO'S, WE 4 DEVELOPED 15 OR SO PROPOSALS THAT WERE MAINLY 5 ADMINISTRATOR PROPOSALS THAT CAME OUT OF UNPRECEDENTED 6 CITYWIDE LISTENING SESSIONS. 7 A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST THAT WAS PART OF THIS 8 SESSION, A PART OF OUR WORKING GROUP, SAID THAT COMMUNITY 9 COLLEGE NEVER BEEN TO VIS VALLEY OR TO SOUTHEAST TO HEAR 10 HOW COULD WE BETTER SERVE YOU IN THE ESL PROGRAM. 11 SO FROM THAT, OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN MONTHS, 12 THE ADMINISTRATION AND CBO'S HAD DEVELOPED SOME PROPOSALS 13 THAT WERE PRESENTED THIS WEEK WITH -- UNIVISION WAS THERE, 14 AS WELL AS WORLD JOURNAL AND SING TAO AND CHANNEL 26 THAT 15 LAID OUT A LOT OF INTERESTING PROPOSALS, INCLUDING MAKING 16 OUR MARKETING MATERIALS MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR LIMITED 17 ENGLISH PROFICIENT APPLICANTS. 18 WE ALSO LOOKED AT MATCHING OR PAIRING CHILD CARE 19 SERVICES OR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY OFFER 20 CHILD CARE SERVICES AND DELIVERING ESL CLASSES THERE. WE 21 LOOKED AT MOVING SOME SECTIONS OF OUR VESSEL PROGRAM TO 22 SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTHEAST AND VIS VALLEY TO MATCH DEMAND. 23 AND THERE WAS AN INTERESTING PILOT THAT MR. GREG 24 KEECH HAD WORKED TO DEVELOP, ALONG WITH PHYLLIS MCGUIRE 25 THAT HAD ORIGINALLY CAME OUT OF A GRANT PROPOSAL TO THE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 64 1 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT TRIED TO EXPAND I-BEST, WHICH IS 2 MODEL OF VESSEL -- ESL WORKFORCE INSTRUCTION THAT'S VERY 3 POPULAR AND EFFECTIVE IN WASHINGTON STATE, THAT WE ARE 4 GOING TO PILOT HERE AT CITY COLLEGE NEXT SEMESTER. 5 THAT'S FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WHICH 6 IS VERY -- I THINK A VERY EXCITING IDEA BECAUSE IT'S 7 EFFECTIVE. IT'S BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE. AND WE ARE GOING 8 TO FOCUS ON A SECTOR THAT IS GOING TO GROW BY 14 AND A 9 HALF PERCENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SO THAT WE ARE 10 CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILL BUILDING 11 OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY OF OUR UNEMPLOYED OR DISADVANTAGED 12 CITIZENS. 13 I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY EXCITING THING, AND I 14 WANTED TO COMMEND THE CHANCELLOR AND THE PARTICIPATES OF 15 THE ESL WORKGROUP FOR THOSE SEVEN MONTHS OF WORK. AND 16 THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU, TRUSTEE NGO. 18 THIS WEEK WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID -- A BUNCH 19 OF US ATTENDED THE HEARING OF THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK 20 FORCE. TRUSTEE GRIER WAS THERE. TRUSTEE BERG WAS THERE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG WAS THERE. I WAS THERE. KAREN 22 SAGINOR WAS THERE. LOTS OF OTHER CITY COLLEGE PEOPLE, AS 23 WELL AS STUDENTS AND FACULTY FROM OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES 24 AS WELL. 25 THE DAY BEFORE THAT, WE HELD A RALLY AND A PRESS NOVEMBER 17, 2011 65 1 CONFERENCE WITH ASSEMBLYMAN TOM AMMIANO AT THE MISSION 2 CAMPUS TO CONDEMN THESE PROPOSALS TO TRY TO GET THE WORD 3 OUT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TAKE THE 4 DESTRUCTION OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM WITHOUT A 5 FIGHT. 6 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE HEARD SOME 7 OF THESE THINGS, BUT I AM JUST GOING TO READ OFF SOME OF 8 THE THINGS THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS PROPOSING IN THE NAME OF 9 STUDENT SUCCESS. 10 SO IT WOULD REDUCE OR REMOVE FUNDING FOR 11 RETRAINING UNEMPLOYED WORKERS OR WORKERS WITH DEGREES. SO 12 AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, 13 MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET INTO A NEW 14 CAREER FROM AN OLD CAREER THAT HAS DISAPPEARED, THE 15 PROPOSAL FROM THE STATE IS TO ELIMINATE THAT TO SAY, NO, 16 YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT OF STATE TUITION 17 IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A TAXPAYER IN 18 CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT OF STATE TUITION. 19 IT CENTRALIZES THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN 20 SACRAMENTO TO CREATE A LARGER BUREAUCRACY. PRIMARILY IT 21 SEEMS TO FUND A LARGE CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD NOW GET CHARGE 22 OF A LOT OF THESE FUNCTIONS. AND A LOT OF US BELIEVE THAT 23 THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND TO CENTRALIZE POWER UP 24 THERE. 25 AND, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP THAT CREATED THIS, THE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 66 1 STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC AGENCY. IT 2 IS NOT A COMMISSION. IT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY FUNDED BY 3 PRIVATE MONEY. SOME OF THE PRIVATE MONEY, IT'S REALLY 4 EYEBROW RAISING WHERE IT COMES FROM. 5 IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE REPORT, THERE'S A LOT OF 6 REALLY ALARMING LANGUAGE IN THERE; BUZZ WORDS, MARKET 7 BASED APPEARS, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE LIKE THAT. AND WE KNOW 8 WHERE THAT COMES FROM, PLACES LIKE ALEC, THE AMERICAN 9 LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL, PLACES THAT ARE -- YOU KNOW, 10 GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO REDUCE VOTER RIGHTS, TO REDUCE A 11 WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE, ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. THEY 12 ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED CRAFT THIS, SO WE SHOULD 13 NOT HAVE ANY ILLUSIONS ABOUT THAT. 14 MR. SCOTT: ONLY FASHIONISTS. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT TURNS NEED-BASED FEE 16 WAIVERS INTO PERFORMANCED-BASED FEE WAIVERS. SO RIGHT NOW 17 IF YOUR INCOME IS LOW, YOU GET CERTAIN FEE WAIVERS, 18 WAIVERS OF FEES FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES SO THAT YOU CAN 19 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. 20 THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THAT SO THAT, NO, YOU 21 HAVE TO TEST. YOU HAVE TO TEST -- YOU HAVE TO PASS A TEST 22 BEFORE YOU CAN GET THAT FEE WAIVER. SO IF YOU HAVE A 23 BARRIER TO PASSING THIS NEW STANDARDIZED TEST, SUCH AS 24 ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE OR SOME OTHER, YOU 25 KNOW, DISABILITY, TOUGH. TOUGH THEY ARE SAYING. YOU ARE NOVEMBER 17, 2011 67 1 NO LONGER GOING TO GET THE FEE WAIVER. THIS IS GOING TO 2 REDUCE -- 3 WE HEARD TESTIMONY YESTERDAY AT THE HEARING. 4 SOMEONE SAID THAT THIS COULD EFFECT 200,000 STUDENTS. 5 200,000 STUDENTS DROPPING OFF THE ROLES OF THE COMMUNITY 6 COLLEGE SYSTEM. 7 I THINK THIS IS THEIR INTENTION BECAUSE THESE 8 ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE STUDENTS TO EDUCATE BECAUSE THEY 9 NEED THE MOST HELP. THEY NEED THE MOST SERVICES. THIS IS 10 THEIR INTENTION TO SAVE MONEY BY DROPPING OFF THESE 11 STUDENTS. 12 WE HEARD TIME IN AND TIME AGAIN. CHANCELLOR 13 JACK SCOTT SAID THIS, OH, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE. 14 WE'D LOVE TO EDUCATE. WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE. SO HOW 15 ARE THEY GOING TO PAY FOR IT BY DROPPING OFF HUNDREDS OF 16 THOUSANDS OF THE LOWEST INCOME MOST NEEDY STUDENTS. AND 17 THAT'S JUST WRONG, AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. 18 THERE'S MORE. THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE AWFUL 19 PROPOSALS IN THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY SAD TO HEAR THAT 20 90 PERCENT OF THEM ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH. BUT WE 21 ARE GOING TO FIGHT THIS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO JUST SIT BY 22 AND LET THIS HAPPEN. 23 WE HAVE ASSEMBLYMAN AMMIANO WITH US. I THINK WE 24 ARE GOING TO GET -- AS TIME GOES ALONG, WE ARE GOING TO 25 GET MORE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AROUND US. I AM NOVEMBER 17, 2011 68 1 CERTAINLY GOING TO BE WORKING TO DO THAT. 2 BUT I THINK I'M OPTIMISTIC. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN 3 REALLY AN INSPIRING WEEK AS FAR AS EDUCATION. I MEAN THE 4 WHOLE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT HAS REALLY -- EYE 5 OPENING AND INSPIRING AND -- BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 6 CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK IS REALLY INSPIRING, WHAT THE 7 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING. 8 SAN FRANCISCO STATE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, STANDING 9 UP AND OBJECTING. NO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RAISE OUR 10 TUITIONS TO UNAFFORDABLE LEVELS FOR THE THIRD OR FOURTH 11 YEAR IN A ROW. 12 AND THEN AT CAL BERKELEY, HISTORIC PROTESTS, IN 13 MY OPINION, DATING BACK TO THE TIME WHEN CHANCELLOR 14 GRIFFIN WAS THERE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT'S TRUE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, YOU 17 KNOW -- EVEN MARIO SAVIO, RIGHT? HE WAS RIGHT THERE. 18 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLAQUE ON THOSE STAIRS. 19 THEY ARE THE MARIO SAVIO STARS. AND THIS IS WHERE THE 20 STUDENTS RALLIED. 21 AND I SAW A YOU TUBE CLIP OF ONE OF THOSE 22 STUDENTS. HE WAS READING MARIO SAVIO'S SPEECH. IT WAS 23 ABOUT -- IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MACHINE THAT THERE'S THIS 24 BIG MACHINE. BUT WE COULD STOP IT BY THROWING OUR BODIES 25 AGAINST THE GEARS. IT WAS VERY MOVING. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 69 1 ROBERT WRIGHT SPOKE IN FRONT OF 5000 STUDENTS I 2 HEARD. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW -- THEY ARE 3 NOT GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN. THEY'VE SAID ENOUGH. 4 AND IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, I WAS INSPIRED BY 5 WHAT WE SAW AT THE HEARING. WE HAD STUDENTS COMING OUT 6 WITH THEIR VERY PERSONAL STORIES. THERE WERE STUDENTS IN 7 TEARS AS THEY WERE SAYING THESE THINGS. AND IT MUST HAVE 8 BEEN SO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE HARDSHIP IN 9 THEIR LIVES WHAT THEY'VE OVERCOME. JUST THE TRAGEDY THAT 10 THEY'VE HAD. THEY WERE ONLY IN THE PLACE THAT THEY WERE 11 BECAUSE OF THE SOME COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND HOW FEARFUL 12 THEY WERE AND TEARFUL THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY 13 FROM THEM. THAT THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE JUST GOING 14 TO BE THROWN BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND THEY DIDN'T 15 WANT TO BE THERE ANYMORE. BUT THEY WERE THERE DESPITE 16 THAT. 17 I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD -- IF YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD 18 SOME OF THESE STORIES HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR 19 THEM TO COME PUBLIC. IT WAS BEING FILMED, AND THEY WERE 20 WILLING TO SAY THIS IN PUBLIC. BUT THEY DID IT BECAUSE 21 THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT THIS. 22 AND AFTER GOING TO THAT HEARING, I AM FURTHER 23 RESOLVED TO FIGHT THAT. AND I HOPE YOU ALL -- I KNOW YOU 24 WILL. I WILL BE JOINING YOU. YOU WON'T BE JOINING ME. I 25 WILL BE JOINING YOU, SO THANK YOU. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 70 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO, WOULD 2 YOU DO THE HONOR OF RESTATING THE ANSWER YOU GOT FROM THE 3 QUESTION YOU ASKED FROM TOWN HALL. I THINK THAT'S VERY 4 TELLING. THE FUNDING -- 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE LAST QUESTION I ASKED WAS 6 WHERE IS THE FUNDING FROM? 7 I SAID HOW MUCH TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GOING INTO 8 THIS? AND THE ANSWER WAS NONE. THE ANSWER WAS NONE 9 BECAUSE IT WAS BEING PRIVATELY FUNDED. THEY DIDN'T WANT 10 TO ANSWER IT. THEY HEMMED AND HAWED. AND THEY TRIED TO 11 NOT ANSWER IT AND MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT WE MADE 12 THEM ANSWER IT. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT 14 WAS -- IF I MAY? 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THE DOLLAR AMOUNT -- THE 17 ANSWER WAS GIVEN THAT THE 22 MEMBER STUDENT SUCCESS TASK 18 FORCE MEMBERS SPENT ABOUT HALF-MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR FROM 19 JANUARY TO NOW, MOSTLY PRIVATE DONATION, PRIVATE MONEY, 20 MOSTLY FOR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO 21 WRITE THE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT SHOULD RAISE A LOT OF 22 FLAGS. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 24 LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE ITEMS. 25 CHANCELLOR, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? NOVEMBER 17, 2011 71 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T THINK I CAN TALK -- 2 THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN. I THINK JOHN RIZZO IS ON 3 FIRE TONIGHT. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT YOUR 5 TIME WITH MARIO SAVIO. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I WAS ARRESTED. I HAD TO 7 GO TO JAIL. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 8 ANYWAY, NO, I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 ALL RIGHT. WE ARE LEFT WITH THE CLOSED SESSION 11 ANNOUNCEMENTS. 12 COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION 13 ANNOUNCEMENTS? 14 COUNSEL DICKEY: THERE WERE NO REPORTABLE 15 ACTIONS TAKEN AT CLOSED SESSION OTHER THAN TO APPROVE THE 16 CLOSED SESSION MINUTES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: WE SHOULD WELCOME MR. DICKEY FOR A 19 FIRST OPEN SESSION. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, YES, THIS IS MR. DICKEY 21 WITH US. HE WILL BE OUR COUNSEL. 22 REQUEST TO SPEAK, IS THERE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK 23 ON ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? 24 MR. SCOTT. 25 MR. SCOTT: NOT ON THE AGENDA. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 72 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE 2 AGENDA, YES. 3 MR. SCOTT: YES, YES. I COULDN'T AVOID SPEAKING 4 AFTER HEARING SUCH INSPIRING TESTIMONY FROM THE BOARD. I 5 THINK IT'S -- THIS IS A GREAT TIME. A TIME OF POTENTIAL 6 CHANGE, MUCH GREATER THAN FROM THE 60'S IN MY VIEW BECAUSE 7 WE HAVE MUCH BROADER BASE NOW. THE ECONOMIC BASE WILL 8 ATTRACT MUCH MORE, MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN THE CIVIL RIGHTS 9 MOVEMENT, A GREAT MOVEMENT THAT IT WAS IN THE ANTI-WAR 10 MOVEMENT. 11 I PERSONALLY WILL BE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS. I AM 12 NOT AS PROSPEROUS AS THE CHANCELLOR, BUT I AM GOING TO 13 MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE LESS THAN MODEST FOR ME 14 TO FOUR ITEMS. 15 THE TAX THE RICH FOR MORE EQUITABLE TAX 16 STRUCTURE, THE OIL EXTRACTION TAX INITIATIVE, WHICH THE 17 BOARD HAS ENDORSED. THE NEW INITIATIVE WILL BE OUT SOON, 18 AND WE WILL HAVE A FIVE-MONTH PERIOD TO COLLECT 19 SIGNATURES. 20 ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS 21 SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE. NOT ONLY HAS EDUCATION BEEN -- 22 HIGHER PUBLIC EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA, BEEN 23 PRIVATIZED TO A GREAT DEGREE WHERE STUDENTS ACROSS THE 24 COUNTRY NOW OWE ROUGHLY A TRILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS VERY 25 CLOSE TO THE HOUSING MARKET CRISIS. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 73 1 THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I HOPE PEOPLE WILL STRONGLY 2 SUPPORT IS THE CAMPAIGN FOR NEW PRIORITIES. WE MOST STOP 3 THE INTERVENTIONIST WARS THAT ARE KILLING MANY, MANY 4 PEOPLE AND DEVASTATING OUR ECONOMY. 5 I THINK THE GREAT EXAMPLE THAT I SEE IN THE 6 OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT THAT WE SEE ALL ACROSS THE 7 COUNTRY IS WHAT IT HAS DONE TO THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE. 8 A FEW YEARS AGO ONLY RADICALS USED TERMS LIKE 9 "THE TOP 1 PERCENT" AND THE "99 PERCENT OF THE REST OF 10 US." AND AS YOU SCHOLARLY PEOPLE KNOW, NOW THE TOP 11 1 PERCENT CONTROLS 40 PERCENT OF THE NATION'S WEALTH. THE 12 TOP 2 PERCENT, 67 PERCENT. THE TOP 10 PERCENT, 85 PERCENT 13 OF THE NATION'S WEALTH. 14 AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC OLIGARCHY, YOU 15 OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE HUMAN SERVICES THAT THE PEOPLE 16 NEED. WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS BACK. 17 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TEA PARTY 18 PEOPLE ONLY IN ONE SENSE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FINANCED 19 BY RICH FASCISTS AS THE TEA PARTY HAS BEEN. I THINK WE 20 NEED TO TRANSLATE THIS ACTIVITY, THIS GREAT MOVEMENT INTO 21 THE ELECTORIAL PROCESS. 22 AND TWO THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO ARE TO 23 PASS THE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT I'D JUST MENTIONED BEFORE, 24 AND THEN WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ELECTORIAL PROCESS. 25 THE NATION CAME ALIVE IN 2008 IN MY JUDGEMENT. NOVEMBER 17, 2011 74 1 WE ELECTED A BRILLIANT GOOD HUMANE PERSON WHO LACKS -- WHO 2 DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE IN MY 3 JUDGEMENT AND HASN'T DONE WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE. THAT'S 4 PARTLY THE FAULT OF OUR LEADER AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. 5 IT'S ALSO PARTLY THE FAULT OF THE PEOPLE FOR NOT PUSHING. 6 SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THE TAX THE 7 RICH, THE OIL EXTRACTION INITIATIVE, SINGLE PAYER NOW, AND 8 THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 9 ELECT THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AND WE FORCE THEM TO DO WHAT THEY 10 SHOULD. 11 SOME OF MY SELF-RIGHTEOUS RADICAL FRIENDS, SAY 12 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TWO CAPITALIST PARTIES. I 13 DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO THAT THINKING BECAUSE IF WE HAVE 14 NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TWO CAPITALIST PARTIES, WE HAVE NO 15 POWER. THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT -- 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I -- SO THIS IS AN ITEM I 20 THINK IS FITTING HERE, EVEN THOUGH I INTENDED TO MENTION 21 IN MY REPORT. 22 A SAD EVENT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, 23 VERY, VERY SAD. SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE DISTRICT, THEIR 24 BOARD AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION TOOK AWAY BASICALLY JUST 25 BLATANTLY WENT IN AND TOOK AWAY HALF-MILLION DOLLARS FROM NOVEMBER 17, 2011 75 1 THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS THERE. AND THEY -- HALF MILLION 2 CAME FROM -- 3 SO THE HISTORY IS THIS, ASSOCIATED STUDENT 4 COUNCIL AT SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE RUNS A VIBRANT FLEA 5 MARKET THAT'S WELL KNOWN IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. IT 6 GENERATES HALF-MILLION DOLLAR INCOME FOR THE ASSOCIATED 7 STUDENTS THERE YEARLY. AND IN TIME OF BUDGET CRISIS, AND 8 IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE TO HEAR, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION 9 THERE, AS WELL AS THEIR BOARD UNFORTUNATELY, WENT IN AND 10 JUST TOOK THE MONEY AND SAY, NOW WE CAN -- WE NEED TO USE 11 THIS FOR GENERAL -- UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. 12 AND THEIR RATIONALE HAS BEEN THAT SINCE THE IDEA 13 OF FLEA MARKET WAS THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, AND IT WAS 14 LARGELY RUN BY THEM, BUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF IT OR 15 AT LEAST THE ADMINISTRATING OF FUNDS OR SOME COLLECTION OF 16 IT I GUESS PARTS OF IT IS RESIDING WITH THE 17 ADMINISTRATION. THEREFORE, ADMINISTRATION HAS EVERY RIGHT 18 TO TAKE IT IF THEY WANTED TO. 19 AND THE SAN JUAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE 20 ENGAGED IN A FIGHT FOR THAT. AND I ENCOURAGE AND IMPLORE 21 ANYONE WHO WISHES TO FIGHT THIS INJUSTICE WORK WITH ME. I 22 WILL HELP ORGANIZE IN A RESPECTFUL, OF COURSE, RESPECTFUL 23 WAY, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 NOW WE WILL ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF COREY KEVIN NOVEMBER 17, 2011 76 1 RYAN. 2 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE ADJOURNED. 4 (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:10 P.M.) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOVEMBER 17, 2011 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. DATED: DECEMBER 9, 2011 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA