Emergency Funds for CCSF!

Posted on December 3, 2019 by AFT 2121

CCSF Needs Funds Now

Hello all,

We had a great day of actions on Tuesday! Many students and faculty came out to denounce the cuts and support the Community Higher Education Fund. The message being sent is very clear: it is time to fully fund CCSF and stop the downsizing of this extremely important community institution!

Now its time to take that message to our elected leaders. We need to directly tell the Board of Supervisors that CCSF needs funds now if we are to reinstate classes for Spring 2020. Call your District Supervisor if you live in San Francisco and ask them to vote on Dec. 10 in favor of allocating emergency bridge funding to restore the Spring Schedule!

Calls are most effective but if you’re unable to do one, please send an email in support of emergency funds for CCSF. Below is a suggested message and the contact information for all Supervisors.

Suggested Message:
Subject Line: Urgent Request for CCSF’s Students
Dear _________,

Just before midnight on November 19^th, CCSF administration cut just under 300 classes fro the Spring 2020 schedule. This represents a further cut of 13% to an already drastically reduced schedule, putting students at risk of not being able to complete their degrees and others left without the educational opportunities they need and deserve.

The cuts were implemented to address a budget shortfall which is largely due to the disconnect between what the state is willing to fund for its community colleges and what San Francisco wants its community college to be. The administration has identified that $3.3 million is necessary to restore the classes.

Please vote on Dec. 10 to allocate emergency bridge funding to ensure that City College of San Francisco remains the Community College the city wants and needs.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
_________
[Under your name identify if you are a student, if you live in San Francisco, and especially if you live in the supervisor’s district.
Otherwise, do not write anything after your name unless it is relevant to the person being addressed.]

SF Board of Supervisors:
Sandra Lee Fewer District 1 (415) 554-7410 Sandra.Fewer@sfgov.org
Catherine Stefani District 2 (415) 554-7752 Catherine.Stefani@sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin District 3 (415) 554-7450 Aaron.Peskin@sfgov.org
Gordon Mar District 4 (415) 554-7460 Gordon.Mar@sfgov.org
Vallie Brown District 5 (415) 554-7630 Vallie.Brown@sfgov.org
Norman Yee District 7 (415) 554-6516 Norman.Yee@sfgov.org
chief of staff is CCSF Trustee Ivy Lee
Matt Haney District 6 (415) 554-7970 Matt.Haney@sfgov.org
Rafael Mandelman District 8 (415) 554-6968 Rafael.Mandelman@sfgov.org
chief of staff is CCSF Trustee Tom Temprano
Hillary Ronen District 9 (415) 554-5144 Hillary.Ronen@sfgov.org
Shamann Walton District 10 (415) 554-7670 Shamann.Walton@sfgov.org
Ahsha Safai District 11 (415) 554-6975 Ahsha.Safai@sfgov.org

SF Mayor
London Breed (415) 554-6141 Email: MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org

CCSF Chancellor
Mark Rocha: 415-239-3303 Email: mrocha@ccsf.edu

To copy the board and Rocha on your messages, just copy and paste into the cc field of your email:
mrocha@ccsf.edu; alexrandolph@ccsf.edu; ttemprano@ccsf.edu; bdavila@ccsf.edu; ivylee@ccsf.edu; jrizzo@ccsf.edu; tselby@ccsf.edu; swilliams@ccsf.edu; studenttrustee@mail.ccsf.edu;