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DESCRIPTION:12/10 SF  City Hall Press Conference To Support $2.7 Million Funding To 
 Stop Cut Of Over 270 Classes By CCSF Chancellor Mark 
 Rocha\n\nDate:\nTuesday December 10\n\nTime:\n1:00 PM\n\nPlace:\nSF  City 
 Hall Polk & McAllister\nSan Francisco\n\nIssue:\nSF City Funding To Stop 
 The Cut Of 270 classes  at San Francisco City College\n\n\nSan Francisco 
 City College faces 270 classes being cut from the college offering. This 
 would prevent students from graduating,  cause extreme stress on students,  
 faculty, and staff.  It would be another amputation of\nour community 
 college built up after many decades. CCSF Chancellor Mark Rocha's number is 
 his official statement is 288 that includes 90% of the older adult classes 
 They are likely to cut more classes if their enrollments are low before and 
 after the term starts.\n\nIt is also part of the ongoing organized 
 destruction derby going on at SF City College by the administration. City  
 College is a critical resource for the people of  San  Francisco and the 
 residents have voted again and again for ballot measures to fund our 
 community college.\n\nHEAT Higher Education Action Team has been organizing 
  against the cutbacks  and with the support of   AFT 2121 has been lobbying 
 the SF Board of Supervisors for an ordinance to appropriate $2.7 million 
 to\nmake sure that the cuts do not go through and the classes are protected 
 to reverse the cuts that have been made.\n\nAt this press conference, 
 students, faculty and community supporters of SF City College will urge 
 support for this funding to protect the college. At the same  time, HEAT is 
 calling for an independent  audit of CCSF\ndue to serious concerns about 
 the real financial situation and the action of  Mark Rocha and the BOT to 
 award raises to the school top management while cutting classes and the 
 destruction of whole departments at the college.\n\nThe most recent cuts 
 announced by the administration would prevent students from graduating and 
 further threaten our community college. Vocational classes and many other 
 programs that are critical to working-class students are literally being 
 destroyed in this new massive cutback. The administration has said that 
 they were needed because of the financial crisis.\n\nAdditionally, now in a 
 shocking action, Chancellor Mark Rocha has written to the Board of 
 Supervisors to oppose this funding to stop the massive cuts of classes 
 arguing that it is part of his “of a long-term restructuring 
 plan”.\nThis must not stand.  This is taking place in one of the 
 wealthiest cities in the world with a growing number of billionaires and 
 where at the same time, working-class students and the poor rely on the 
 college to have a future and develop their careers while seniors use to 
 continue their education and protect their health and creativity.\n\nPlease 
 join us at the press conference and speak out at 2:00 PM at the Board Of 
 Supervisors Public Comment.\n\nAlso on Thursday at the Ocean Campus at 4:00 
 PM, there will be a Board Of Trustees Meeting. Please attend this as 
 well.\n\nDefend Our Community College\nSupport The $2.7 Appropriation\nStop 
 The 270 Class. Cuts\nIndependent Audit NOW!\nFree High-Quality Public 
 Education Is  A Right!\n\nhttps://ccsfheat.wordpress.com\n 
 ccsfheat(at)gmail.com\n\n\n\nOpen Letter to City College Trustees:\nOn 
 November 21, administrators unveiled a budget projection showing a “newly 
 discovered” shortfall for 2019-20. This shortfall results in deficit 
 spending of $13M. Any deficit spending over $11.4M puts our reserves below 
 the state-mandated levels and threatens another state takeover. They 
 addressed this purportedly unanticipated shortfall with a series of 
 spending cuts, including the cancellation of 280 classes from the already 
 printed Spring course schedule.\nIn response to these class cancellations, 
 faculty, students, and community members began lobbying the Board of 
 Supervisors for funds to restore the canceled classes, and AFT 2121 leaders 
 scheduled appointments to request supplemental bridge funding from the 
 City.\nWe were stunned and horrified to learn that rather than support our 
 efforts to address the budget shortfall, Chancellor Rocha instead attempted 
 to thwart them by emailing the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to say that 
 the college does not require bridge funding and that the cancellation of 
 280 classes the day before registration began was not an emergency measure 
 at all, but simply part of a long-term restructuring plan.\nThis assertion 
 flagrantly contradicts the rationale the Chancellor gave for these cuts on 
 Nov. 21, suggesting that the “crisis” was manufactured in order to 
 justify the class cancellations. Moreover, this pre-emptive refusal of City 
 funds demonstrates that this Chancellor’s priorities are far out of synch 
 with those of the community you represent, the student body we serve, and 
 the faculty that serves them: While he actively ushers in the 
 junior-collegization of City College, AFT 2121, our students, the people of 
 San Francisco, and you as their representatives have repeatedly rejected 
 this agenda, and vowed instead to fight for the diverse curriculum and the 
 full funding such a curriculum warrants.\nWe urge you, as guardians of the 
 public trust, to stand with AFT 2121, our students, and the people of San 
 Francisco by passing a resolution that directs Chancellor Rocha to accept 
 any new funds raised and to use those funds only and immediately to restore 
 canceled classes.\nSincerely,\nJennifer Worley\nPresident, AFT 2121\n\nCCSF 
 slashes another 289 classes as spring registration opens and business as 
 usual\n\nNanette Asimov Nov. 20, 2019 Updated: Nov. 20, 2019 8:37 
 p.m.\nhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/CCSF-slashes-another-289-classes-as-spring-14851115.php\n\n\nA 
 person walks past the Student Health Center at City College of San 
 Francisco on Friday, December 8, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.\nPhoto: Lea 
 Suzuki / The Chronicle 2017\nAs spring registration opened Wednesday at 
 City College of San Francisco, administrators slashed 289 classes to close 
 a new $13.1 million budget deficit, The Chronicle has learned.\n\nIt cut 
 hundreds of others last summer and spring to patch a $32 million hole, 
 prompting protests from students and teachers — especially as the college 
 sought to increase executive pay.\n\n“No one at the leadership level of 
 the college wants to cut classes,” said college spokeswoman Evette Davis. 
 But she said budget woes make it necessary to remove “underenrolled 
 classes.”\n\nThe college’s continuing financial problems raise 
 questions about whether its internal budget controls have improved much 
 since 2012, when accreditors and state fiscal monitors cracked down on the 
 school — in large part because of that issue. City College spent five 
 years fighting to retain its accreditation and emerged from the crisis in 
 2017.\n\n“The (college) district is projected to have an operating 
 deficit of $13.1 million this year, senior vice chancellor Tom Boegel wrote 
 to deans and department chairs.\n\nTeachers, low-wage workers are fleeing 
 SF\nHe warned that if cuts weren’t made, “the district would not be 
 able to maintain the 5% reserve, and would in fact end the year with a 
 negative reserve.”\n\nA healthy reserve is considered to be 
 15%.\n\nBoegel provided a list of 225 credit classes and 64 noncredit 
 classes that the college won’t be offering this spring.\n\nCredit classes 
 cut include Elementary German, Intro to Museum Studies, International 
 Business Finance, Women/Gender in Middle East, Practical Mathematics I, 
 Colonial History of Latin America, Intermediate Golf, Intensive Water 
 Aerobics, Politics of Globalization, Conversational Filipino, Intermediate 
 Photoshop, and Android Programming.\n\nLast semester, the college waited 
 until after students had registered to announce the course cuts.\n\n“That 
 created confusion,” Davis said. “This time, we’re making a real 
 effort to avoid that.”\n\nNanette Asimov is a San Francisco Chronicle 
 staff writer. Email: nasimov@sfchronicle.com Twitter: 
 @NanetteAsimov\n\nJoin AFT 2121 to Protest $100,000 Raises for 
 Administrators amid Massive Class Cuts, Faculty 
 Layoffs\n\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/19SLABNQ2pOVNKI24d0UhkJlpQVHNS0P6/view?link_id=5&can_id=e64126ffc2d57b9ef9f6bfb82a9e877c&source=email-912-11am-protest-100000-raises-for-administrators-amid-massive-class-cuts-faculty-layoffs&email_referrer=email_614779&email_subject=912-11am-protest-100000-raises-for-administrators-amid-massive-class-cuts-faculty-layoffs\nPosted 
 by SFLC on September 10, 2019\nTitle: Join AFT 2121 to Protest $100,000 
 Raises for Administrators amid Massive Class Cuts, Faculty 
 Layoffs\nLocation: Conlan Hall ~ CCSF Ocean Campus\nDescription: \nAfter 
 months of shrinking our curriculum, cancelling classes, laying off 
 counselors, and cutting library hours, Chancellor Mark Rocha handed out 
 enormous raises to college administrators, increasing some salaries by over 
 $100,000, and pushing the pay of Senior Vice Chancellors Tom Boegel, Dianna 
 Gonzales, and Rueben Smith to well over a quarter million dollars!\nThese 
 raises were built in to the budget approved by the Board of Trustees on 
 August 22nd. Board members contend they did not explicitly approve these 
 administrative raises which means there is still time for the Board 
 to\n\npush the Chancellor to put a stop to this!\nRight now, admin are 
 cutting fully enrolled sections. Library and Counseling hours have been 
 slashed. This decision to prioritize raises for top administrators comes 
 immediately after Rocha, citing budget constraints, cancelled over 100 Fall 
 semester classes, laid off numerous academic counselors and instructors, 
 and cut library hours and other student services. This is forcing 
 over-crowding of the sections that remain. How can our chancellor justify 
 using the college’s funds to line the pockets of the same people who are 
 making these cuts?\n\nFaculty and students are justifiably incensed, and we 
 will not stand for it!\nAFT 2121 calls on all members to join us on 
 Thursday, Sept. 12, at 11:00 a.m. at Conlan Hall to show our outrage and 
 demand:\no An immediate, emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees Budget 
 Committee on the proposed administrative salary scale\no Cancellation of 
 these increases\no Redirection of these funds to recall laid off counselors 
 & instructors and restore cancelled classes and library hours.\n\nWe know 
 that many of you are teaching during that time. Never-fear! You can still 
 stand with us:\n• Wear your #RedForEd AFT T-shirt or a red outfit on 
 Thursday.\n• Take a solidarity selfie with your colleagues and students. 
 If possible, make and hold a sign that describes what other priorities at 
 our college the hundreds of thousands of dollars in these raises could be 
 used for.\no Send to James jtracy@aft2121.org and Athena 
 awaid@aft2121.org.\no Post and share on social media and, if you’re able, 
 tag Rocha and Trustees.\n\nMore info: 415-585-2121\n\nStart Time: 
 11:00\n\nCCSF’s executive pay debacle: College appeared to break rules, 
 its lawyer says\n\n\nPhoto of Nanette Asimov\nNanette Asimov Nov. 4, 2019 
 Updated: Nov. 4, 2019 4 
 a.m.\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/CCSF-s-executive-pay-debacle-College-appeared-14803605.php?t=6fe9b0cc75&fbclid=IwAR2xTc63mLQHFe6D8_x_qFX1NKtUTR65KFqos91i5k-dmuKJPoEsRpgYYQk\n\n"City 
 College of San Francisco officials appear to have violated their own public 
 disclosure policy by adding executive raises to their budget just one day 
 before trustees adopted the spending plan, the school’s top lawyer 
 advised a trustee in an email obtained by The Chronicle.\nCollege staffers 
 broke no law, attorney Steve Bruckman told trustee Ivy Lee. But he said he 
 would remain mum on whether the action “met the spirit” of state and 
 local laws meant to give the public enough time to review matters up for a 
 vote.\nCity College policy gives the public at least two days to examine 
 documents up for discussion. But on Aug. 22, when the board approved the 
 executive raises that had been added to the thick budget the day before, 
 “it could be argued that the (college) district did not comply” with 
 its policy, Bruckman told Lee."\nLee had raised questions about the 
 college’s bungled — and later aborted — attempt to double some 
 executives’ pay and raise others’ by up to 90% as the campus struggled 
 with a $32 million budget gap by cutting classes and eliminating jobs. 
 Faculty discovered the move weeks later, and accused the trustees and 
 Chancellor Mark Rocha of giving colossal raises in secret as the rest of 
 the college suffered.\nThe emails offer a behind-the-scenes look at how 
 City College officials stepped into a public-relations debacle by doubling 
 executive pay after complaining to City Hall about their deep financial 
 woes.\nThe emails reveal that college leaders tried to mask the damage by 
 claiming it never happened — days after their lawyer privately confirmed 
 to them, on Sept. 11, that the new executive pay rates had been 
 legitimately adopted as part of the newly approved budget.\nThe next day, 
 faculty and students stormed Rocha’s office to protest the large raises 
 and class cuts.\nThe controversy prompted Rocha to issue a public apology 
 and defense of the raises that he said would need additional approval by 
 the trustees.\n“The administration apologized for any misunderstanding or 
 confusion surrounding the proposal to increase administrative salaries, and 
 confirmed that there was in fact a two-step process that would culminate in 
 an open, transparent vote by the board of trustees,” a college 
 spokeswoman said Friday.\nThe emails show that after the protest, Rocha and 
 Chief Financial Officer Dianna Gonzales scrambled to calm the growing 
 criticism by preparing the public statement, which referred to 
 “proposed” raises in the budget that would need additional 
 approval.\n“If this 2-step process is what we intended all along, why 
 didn’t we say that in our (previous) official statement?” Gonzales 
 asked Rocha on Sept. 14, a Saturday. She offered a solution: “Maybe we 
 add, the administrators salaries have NOT been approved nor is anyone 
 getting a $100k increase.”\nOn Sunday, hours before dawn, Gonzales dashed 
 off another note to Rocha about another problem: “I just realized, the 
 new admin salary schedule is posted on the web site.” She arranged for 
 staff to replace it with the old pay rates, “today if possible.”\nOn 
 Monday, Rocha sent out the agreed-upon public statement: “The fact of the 
 matter is that the administrator salaries have NOT yet been 
 approved.”\nOne in 4 administrators quit or lost their jobs since last 
 year and the remaining 57 say they carry a heavier workload than before. 
 Many in the college say they deserve a raise.\nThe pay increases doubled 
 vice chancellors’ pay to $250,000 at the low end, and raised it 23% at 
 the high end to $260,000. The trustees created a new executive tier, 
 “senior vice chancellor,” with pay from $275,000 to $285,000. They 
 doubled pay for associate vice chancellors to $228,000 at the low end, and 
 raised it 23% at the high end to $238,000. Deans got a 90% raise to 
 $208,000 at the low end, and an 18% boost at the high end to 
 $218,000.\n“You made a good decision for the good of the college,” 
 Rocha emailed the Board of Trustees on Sept. 4.\nThe trustees first 
 considered raising executive pay last year but decided against it “due to 
 the pending re-election of several trustees in November,” Gonzales 
 reminded the trustees and Rocha on Sept. 6.\nThis year, only one trustee, 
 Lee, is up for re-election. On Aug. 22, as the trustees prepared to approve 
 the 105-page budget — with the executive raises added the day before — 
 Lee left the meeting before the vote. She said she objected to how the 
 raises were approved.\nBruckman, the college’s lawyer, responded with a 
 written analysis. He told Lee the trustees used an “unusual process” to 
 approve the raises. He said staff worked on the budget “up to the day of 
 the board meeting,” so it could be argued that they failed to comply with 
 the policy requiring public disclosure at least 48 hours in advance. 
 Although it wouldn’t invalidate the vote, he said, “it could subject 
 the district and the board to potential criticism and adverse 
 publicity.”\nLee wrote Bruckman again on Sept. 10: “I cannot support 
 any such action without a full and public discussion.”\nBy then, news of 
 the raises had trickled out to the faculty.\n“Shame on you all!” Jim 
 Gormley, who teaches adult education, wrote the trustees on Sept. 10. 
 “It’s like you are living in a different universe!”\nGormley urged 
 them to rescind the raises and said his income had dropped 25% because 
 he’d had a class cut, “as have so many others.”\nCity College has cut 
 at least 300 classes since last year and has eliminated more than 100 
 faculty jobs. After struggling for five years to remain accredited, its 
 budget problems worsened in 2017 when the state cut off the tens of 
 millions of dollars in extra funds it provided during that time to 
 stabilize the school.\nMeanwhile, the trustees’ less-than-transparent 
 process for approving the executive raises created confusion about how they 
 came about.\nEnglish instructor Andrew King wrote them alleging that they 
 broke laws by failing to include the pay increases on the meeting agenda. 
 And Gormley accused them of approving the raises in private, or “closed 
 session.”\nTrustee John Rizzo replied: “The board did NOT approve pay 
 raises, secretly or otherwise, in closed session.”\nThe raises were 
 approved in open session, but not discussed. Nor did the public know the 
 raises were being voted on.\n“Clearly, the board could have had the 
 discussion in open session (and the board discussed this), but it was not 
 required,” Bruckman, the lawyer for the college, emailed the trustees the 
 next day.\nA month later, on Sept. 26, the trustees replaced the big 
 administrative raises with much smaller ones: 10%, of which the college 
 will pay only 6.74%. The rest will be covered by a state-funded 
 cost-of-living increase. They also voted to hire a consultant to study 
 whether additional raises make sense.\nRocha and the next four highest-paid 
 executives — including Gonzales and Bruckman — will see no increase 
 unless the consultant recommends it and the trustees approve 
 it."\n\nStudents, Faculty & Community Demand STOP The CUTS At CCSF With 
 Funeral\nhttps://youtu.be/2caDc_WN60g\nA funeral was held at San Francisco 
 City College on September 25,  2019, to protest the massive cutting of 
 classes and faculty at the college.  Students, faculty and the community 
 spoke out.\nFor additional media:\nShooting Yourself In The Foot & 
 Increasing Executive Salaries At CCSF By Chancellor 
 Rocha\nhttps://youtu.be/3esO55xUlp8\nSpeak-out  On Privatization of Balboa  
 Reservoir  For Developers Which Threatens  SF City 
 College\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbeRvY-HRhY\nBUSTING up CCSF! CCSF 
 Chancellor, Bd President & Bd Majority Wrecking City 
 College\nhttps://youtu.be/pizpoBQcQuQ\nThe Downsizing  & Privatization Of 
 CCSF "Vision 2025" & The Secret Illegal CCSF Board 
 Meetings\nhttps://youtu.be/JhDq_BakeQo\nPrivatization and Destruction of 
 CCSF\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnDjK5RAkes&t=2s\nBuild The PAEC NOW! 
 Stop The Privatization & Developers Rip-off 
 Scam\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkGMe_w6JaU\nConflicts of Interest, 
 CCSF & The Attack On Public Education Privatization With Kathy 
 Carroll\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4mRloWBEA&t=3s\nPublic 
 Education, Privatization, Corruption And The \nDestruction Of Our 
 Schools\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_eu5u70tTE\n"Are You Out Of Your 
 Minds"? AFT 2121 Faculty Challenge CCSF Board On Mark Rocha 
 Appointment\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEZpOS8p4gQ \nProduction of 
 Labor Video Project\nwww.laborvideo.org\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/08/18828754.php
SUMMARY:Stop Over 270 Class Cuts At SF City College
LOCATION:SF  City Hall \nPolk & McAllister\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/08/18828754.php
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