https://www.inglesidelight.com/balboa-reservoir-developers-hold-meeting-as-work-starts/

 https://www.kemilyvisuals.com/proofing/ccsf-90th-celebration-by-kemily-visuals

These are the photos taken by a real professional at the 90th Anniversary of CCSF celebration.  

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City College had a wonderful celebration for it's 90th birthday yesterday, August 21, 2025 in the Steam Building I hope I showed here when it first opened on December 12, 2024, just before I became an official member of the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee.   We'd been invited to dress as one of the decades or as the future--but that invitation came in last minute.  I thought maybe I'd have time to create a pair of earrings, but that idea morphed into a collar with planks promising a progressive, positive future for CCSF, with bots helping but not taking over.  

 

 https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/city-college-union-incident-board-meeting-20361558.php

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20250607/281586656545141?srsltid=AfmBOopb_N8alICxcIoR9P46CDhGH8Q5lQK001RJsplNWO1NpjLL3XTX

 I believe in and support labor unions, but things have gotten pretty crazy at CCSF!  

The only ones who will speak to the mainstream press do not share the AFT 2121's views.  I admire them for having the courage to speak out on the verbal abuse Maria Salazar-Colon spewed to Abigail Bornstein, who as far as I've ever witnessed, has always expressed her unpopular opinions with courage and civility.  (Of course, people who don't share her views perceive what she says as bullying and show contempt for her, obviously regretting that "nevertheless, she persists."  

  I remember an earlier BOT meeting when Maria Salazar-Colon spoke angrily and threateningly at some group of people (COPE?), and I asked about her.  I was told that she was "that way," not a very nice person but not certifiably insane.   I'm also shocked that she's still the president of the CCSF chapter of SEIU!   I'm also appalled that when she was spewing venom at Abigail Bornstein, she wasn't stopped. If she's mentally ill, that's unfortunate.  But of course, the trustees have a responsibility to prevent verbal abuse and f-bombs. I worked to elect Anita Martinez, who's now president of the Board of Trustees.  I like and respect her, but I don't like or respect her letting this verbal abuse continue.

 Can it be true that it was right after his performance evaluation that Carlos Cortez abruptly left his position as chancellor of the San Diego Community College District?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/city-college-chancellor-search-crisis-20357825.php

 The Board of Trustees did not appoint Carlos Cortez as the next chancellor as was expected and even announced.

https://www.inglesidelight.com/city-college-leaders-chancellor-contract/

The Ingleside Light quotes Mary Bravewoman, whose job it is to slant things so it appears that the faculty are in agreement when they are not.  I believe in unions, but of course they're a political body.

Last night at the Board of Trustees meeting this is what she said:

"You've already heard from us, this college community, and the number of people that are standing back there. Multiply them by tens. They represent the entire college community. And we have been waiting for months," Bravewoman said. "This is an embarrassment."

Bravewoman continued, "I don't understand why there is a lack of leadership and direction. We have a clear choice in front of us. You heard from the community, you heard from students, you heard from faculty. What the actual fuck is the hold up? This is an embarrassment."

I certainly haven't kept up on this.  I didn't even realize that Anita Martinez, not Alan Wong, was the current president of the board.  

This final statement in the article stunned me!  

The new chancellor is expected to stabilize the school's finances and increase the number of students served.

Stabilizing the school's finances is what Chancellor Bailey was blamed for.  The new chancellor is expected to side with the union.  

Madeline Mueller, Department Chair of CCSF's Theater Department,  deserves a lot of credit for getting out the word about City College's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which was staged at what I think of as the Herbst Theater at 401 Van Ness, where the United Nations Charter was signed June 26, 1945.   It's really the Taube Atrium Theater next door to the War Memorial Opera House, and I guess it's distinguished from the War Memorial Opera House by the name War Memorial Veterans Building.  I'm happy to report that there was a huge turn out.  Patricia Miller directed the production.  I invited Erika Delacorte and Sandra Pulido for their birthday gift.  (Moments, not merchandise...)