Make board work accessible and transparent, and fulfill commitments already made to the college community.
Explain board votes when allowed, communicate delayed draft budgets, and protect public comment.
Maintain separate trustee and chancellor roles, require public reports on board goals, and require regular chancellor evaluations.
Set annual chancellor goals and evaluations, support public accountability for college plans, and oppose trustee interference in daily administration.
Hold the chancellor accountable for fiscal solvency. Clarify audit risks and use facts, data, and plain communication for board decisions.
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Issue with the biggest divide
Career training programs
Build labor partnerships to expand college programs and create job pathways.
Pursue workforce-development partnerships to expand access and prioritize green-collar job preparation.
Expand career programs in construction, plumbing, cosmetology, and barbering, subject to a feasibility review.
Build short certificates leading to degrees, use labor-market data for program decisions, and strengthen health and skilled trades programs.
Review course offerings for trades, transfer, and technology needs while leaving curriculum to college experts.
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College budget reserves
Improve efficiency in college operations.
Begin budget planning early with affected communities and balance operations with long-term capital investments.
Avoid deficit spending, review spending before emptying reserves, and prepare early to renew the parcel tax before its 2032 end date.
Use a five-year outlook for budgets, protect reserves from structural deficit spending, and review vacant jobs before service cuts.
Reform City College budget reserves, confront structural deficits, and use multiyear projections to guide board decisions. Consider temporary notes for cash-flow gaps.
Secure finances for City College.
Apply professional work with state agencies to City College budget pressures.
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Campus housing
Pursue student and educator housing when feasible, and explore developer partnerships to make housing possible.