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...)

 

 Here's what I tried to post on Beth Ericson's Facebook page:

Tina Martin

Thanks for posting this, Beth, and for your brilliant idea of comparing its past and present use. I've been horrified when I've gone by and seen how it's being used. I shared this with Peter Hartlaub, who did an article on places in SF where movies have been filmed. I told him that "Sister Act 2" was filmed in 1992 at 750 Eddy, and I told him about the abrupt closure in 2015. I also shared this link: https://beyondchron.org/abandoned-tenderloin-ccsf.../

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He wrote back showing a great interest and saying the Chronicle should do a story on this, but there was never any follow-up that I saw.

Now, 10 years after that unconscionably abrupt closure, it's on our list for the seismic upgrades! From what I see in the Bond Project update that was presented at my first meeting with the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee--750 Eddy very hastily shown in spite of our speaking up and showing concern--the wait is for funding from the CCCCO--the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office! It's budgeted at $20M, with funds coming from Prop A 2005 and Prop A 2020 and then (when???) from the State.

But I can't see it!  Maybe it will appear belatedly?

 Here's what the Ingleside neighborhood newspaper Inglesidelight has to say about the SF-CCSF connection:

Leveraging City College

Lurie plans to stabilize and increase enrollment by working with City College of San Francisco's leadership, faculty, union and students to advocate for additional funding, expand workforce development programs, reduce waitlists for core classes and create new partnerships with local businesses. He wants to align the curriculum with emerging industries and provide robust support services to make the college a premiere destination for education and career training.

On its way and set to open to the public by 2027 is the construction of the Diego Rivera Theater and the return of Rivera’s huge priceless fresco “Pan American Unity." Lurie predicts that the Diego Rivera Theater will become a cultural landmark that draws in visitors from across the city and beyond. To achieve this, Lurie said he’d work with the college community, the city’s tourist sector and local businesses to market the attraction with tactics like highlighting the venue as an events center and will work to improve transit access and community programming around the theater.

https://www.inglesidelight.com/

On the subject of the SF-CCSF connection, I should mention the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee.  CCSF Trustee Susan Solomon lives in the same co-op as Betty Traynor, Head of SDA and VP of OWL (Older Women's League).  She let Betty know that City College needed someone on the CBOC to represent senior organizations, and Betty brought this up with the OWL Board, who thought of me.  Melanie broached the subject, and I said no.  But after discussing it with Leslie Simon, Chris Hanson, and Susan Solomon herself, I decided that there really was a need, and the bickering between one part of the faculty and another wouldn't necessarily affect us.

The picture above is a shot of the interview.  

More later.
 

 Although I've been a strong union supporter at CCSF (and of unions generally), I think it's healthy that people are questioning union decisions, specifically its defiance of state guidelines--guidelines we should work on changing but can't really defy and still save our college (even in its downsize).  

One of the most brilliant people expressing his view on what was the Electronic Faculty Forum (EFF) is Richard Baum.  Here his brilliance doesn't shine because he's asking a question, and the answer is obvious!  Here's what he sent out today:

Since 2017, Gohar Momjian has been a vice president of the ACCJC. On the ACCJC website, she is described "As Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Development, and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) for City College of San Francisco from July 2012 until June 2015..."

 In a deposition occurring on June 9, 2014, Momjian was asked the following question and gave the response below. 

Q. Okay. So the AFT was a hindrance to City College coming into compliance with the accreditation standards;  true?

Mr. Goldberg: Objection; leading.

The Witness:  In my opinion, yes.

Momjian did not provide any explanation for this answer.  I wrote to her asking that she inform us as to how “AFT was a hindrance to City College coming into compliance with accreditation standards.” She never responded.

Personally, I like people who respond and resent people who don't.  But of course it's obvious that the AFT opposed CCSF's coming into compliance with the accreditation standards.  I think it has even called the ACCJC a "rogue" organization.

 Nanette Asimov has often been maligned by CCSF faculty as unfair to our college, and this was reflected in something she wrote for the SF Chronicle when she was reporting on AI for students.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/reporter-s-notebook-ai-helped-steer-19599871.php

Below the picture of her on a panel in 2012, when CCSF had been given Show Cause ( proof of why you shouldn't be closed down) and her taking notes at a rally, I've pasted what she says in reference to the blowback.  

Now comes 80 words of personal stuff. I’m supposed to describe an instance where I had to disclose difficult information.

So I write about a time when, in my stories for the Chronicle, I revealed financial problems at a beloved local college. In those stories, I explained, an accrediting agency complained about the college’s management, and the college defended itself.

Next up, according to my AI counselor, I need 60 words explaining the backlash or criticism I received.

I say that, as an impartial messenger, I was caught between both sides: faculty furious that my stories made the college look bad, and accreditors ticked at me for airing complaints about them. I write that it hurt when people stopped taking my calls and someone spit at me.