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	Approximately 85,000 students are now currently enrolled at CCSF. It is a democratic institution working to deliver quality education and certification. Many of CCSFs best students are from under-served communities; newcomer, transitional, or older adult residents including indigenous, veterans, seniors, poor women, undocumented workers and newly arrived immigrants.		Approximately 85,000 students are now currently enrolled at CCSF. It is a democratic institution working to deliver quality education and certification. Many of CCSFs best students are from under-served communities; newcomer, transitional, or older adult residents including indigenous, veterans, seniors, poor women, undocumented workers and newly arrived immigrants.

	CCSF is also a robust employer, paying its faculty some of the highest salaries and benefits for public workers anywhere in the nation. State budget cuts affected the CCSF experience despite successful efforts to preserve faculty salaries and many student services. Now, the faculty's pay has been cut. CCSF wore the difficulties of budget cuts and now the ACCJC is being "tough." CCSF is being made to scramble, on its new budget, to fulfill requirements.		CCSF is also a robust employer, paying its faculty some of the highest salaries and benefits for public workers anywhere in the nation. State budget cuts affected the CCSF experience despite successful efforts to preserve faculty salaries and many student services. Now, the faculty's pay has been cut. CCSF wore the difficulties of budget cuts and now the ACCJC is being "tough." [[Education ‘Reform’ Meets Gentrification in San Francisco at City College\|CCSF is being made to scramble]], on its new budget, to fulfill requirements.

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	''Photo: Shane Menez''		''Photo: Shane Menez''

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			\| colspan="2" \| '''City College, long known for its diversity, activism, inclusiveness and reputation for quality low cost education fell victim to the widespread state mandated budget cuts of 2008. With an enrollment of 85,000 and a large well payed staff the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges forced CCSF to make cuts that the community saw as too drastic and unfair to a beloved city institution. Seen as more of a civil rights issue than an education topic, students, faculty and San Franciscans made their voices heard. '''
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	Efforts to resist the attack in the community are vigorous. (See links below.) CCSF has been working to stay open despite the imposition of the ACCJC and its effects upon enrollment. Declining enrollment means more State funding lost. Loss of accreditation would only make that situation worse. This is how the ACCJC's attack is punitive and counter-productive to a school already beset with budget cuts. CCSF needs money to function at anywhere near its past or present level of good. It is being pushed down by the ACCJC. It has been undermined. One Trustee has been appointed to dictate. Held unduly responsible for the State's budget crisis, and the heavy-handed methods of the ACCJC, CCSF needs its students and its support to survive.		Efforts to resist the attack in the community are vigorous. (See links below.) CCSF has been working to stay open despite the imposition of the ACCJC and its effects upon enrollment. Declining enrollment means more State funding lost. Loss of accreditation would only make that situation worse. This is how the ACCJC's attack is punitive and counter-productive to a school already beset with budget cuts. CCSF needs money to function at anywhere near its past or present level of good. It is being pushed down by the ACCJC. It has been undermined. One Trustee has been appointed to dictate. Held unduly responsible for the State's budget crisis, and the heavy-handed methods of the ACCJC, CCSF needs its students and its support to survive.


	~~'''QUESTIONS AND MOTIVATIONS'''~~

	~~Why destroy the city's largest provider of workforce education?~~
	Why shutdown the US government through defunding tactics so as to make Obama's affordable health care reform difficult to implement? Herrera's law suit alleges that “the panel is biased against the college and its advocates because of differing agendas.” The openness to political difference and the diversity of the CCSF's culture lies conflicts with the ideas of those undermining/restructuring CCSF. It reads as an act of sabotage in a long history of "fall out" from greed and corruption; the passing over of voters and tax-payers for CEOs, and the work of a minority of pundits out to destroy civil democratic society and actively sieze public assets.



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	Ways in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community, fall into camps belonging to the neo-liberalized, capitalist media "speak" which has assailed CCSF over and over as fiscally irresponsible and failing to maintain standards. Implications are that CCSF is behind the times, but this argument is transparent. It is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change designated from above, as it were, which will be more up to date. There is no mitigating circumstance or community voice. Public radio and the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'',however, reliably left wing, promoted community voice, and published how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for the maneuvering around state and national education. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)		Ways in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community, fall into camps belonging to the neo-liberalized, capitalist media "speak" which has assailed CCSF over and over as fiscally irresponsible and failing to maintain standards. Implications are that CCSF is behind the times, but this argument is transparent. It is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change designated from above, as it were, which will be more up to date. There is no mitigating circumstance or community voice. Public radio and the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'',however, reliably left wing, promoted community voice, and published how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for the maneuvering around state and national education. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)

	Measures to disrupt CCSF's community have ~~been huge~~ Faculty ~~have~~ received eleven percent pay cuts~~, supposedly that~~ was to be prevented by Prop. A. San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported Prop. A. Long term teachers' course loads were reduced~~, their~~ classes renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that attrition rates were at fault. These ~~are~~ contract-breaking tactics ~~which~~ hold faculty responsible ~~for the desires of outside management~~. It is not the faculty's fault or that of a school under financial pressures from State bungling, that enrollment is in decline.		Measures to disrupt CCSF's community have hurt. Faculty received eleven percent pay cuts. This was to be prevented by Prop. A. San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported Prop. A. Long term teachers' course loads were reduced. Their classes have been renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that attrition rates were at fault. These contract-breaking tactics hold faculty responsible. It is not the faculty's fault or that of a school under financial pressures from State bungling, that enrollment is in decline.


	'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''		'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''

	Threat of closure has felt like ~~nothing short of~~ robbery, an out and out heist of a public asset by private sector interests, starting with the ACCJC. Ultimately, it's ~~an issue of~~ self-representation v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed~~, yet painful~~ and harmful agenda.		Threat of closure has felt like robbery, an out and out heist of a public asset by private sector interests, starting with the ACCJC. Ultimately, it's self-representation v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed and harmful agenda.

	When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying Faculty and staff, the message was clear. The CCSF workforce had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed to be replaced, the gardener was told, with less overtly cultural landscaping.		When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying Faculty and staff, the message was clear. The CCSF workforce had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed to be replaced, the gardener was told, with less overtly cultural landscaping.

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	Why destroy the city's largest provider of workforce education?		Why destroy the city's largest provider of workforce education?
	Why shutdown the US government through defunding tactics so as to make Obama's affordable health ~~car~~ reform difficult to implement? Herrera's law suit alleges that “the panel is biased against the college and its advocates because of differing agendas.” The openness to political difference and the diversity of the CCSF's culture lies conflicts with the ideas of those undermining/restructuring CCSF. It reads as an act of sabotage in a long history of "fall out" from greed and corruption; the passing over of voters and tax-payers for CEOs, and the work of a minority of pundits out to destroy civil democratic society and actively sieze public assets.		Why shutdown the US government through defunding tactics so as to make Obama's affordable health care reform difficult to implement? Herrera's law suit alleges that “the panel is biased against the college and its advocates because of differing agendas.” The openness to political difference and the diversity of the CCSF's culture lies conflicts with the ideas of those undermining/restructuring CCSF. It reads as an act of sabotage in a long history of "fall out" from greed and corruption; the passing over of voters and tax-payers for CEOs, and the work of a minority of pundits out to destroy civil democratic society and actively sieze public assets.


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	'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''		'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''

	Threat of closure has felt like nothing short of ~~robber~~, an out and out heist of a public asset ~~from~~ private sector interests, ~~including~~ the ACCJC. Ultimately, it's an issue of self-~~representating community~~ v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed, yet painful and harmful agenda.		Threat of closure has felt like nothing short of robbery, an out and out heist of a public asset by private sector interests, starting with the ACCJC. Ultimately, it's an issue of self-representation v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed, yet painful and harmful agenda.

	When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying ~~those using them~~, the message was clear. ~~New keys had to be requested by a~~ workforce ~~which~~ had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed ~~and~~ replaced with less overtly cultural landscaping.		When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying Faculty and staff, the message was clear. The CCSF workforce had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed to be replaced, the gardener was told, with less overtly cultural landscaping.

	The disappearance of departmental chairs, faculty pay cuts, “downsizing“ of student services, and commercialization of the bookstore all happened so quickly, that there was little time to understand, except to understand. It has been as if CCSF is slated for intellectual demolition. Visions of the campuses falling silent dismay a public familiar with San Francisco land grabs and rapid gentrifying elements. The neo-liberal attack, even if the college stays open. It has already disturbed the coherence of the school.		The disappearance of departmental chairs, faculty pay cuts, “downsizing“ of student services, and commercialization of the bookstore all happened so quickly, that there was little time to understand, except to understand. It has been as if CCSF is slated for intellectual demolition. Visions of the campuses falling silent dismay a public familiar with San Francisco land grabs and rapid gentrifying elements. The neo-liberal attack, even if the college stays open. It has already disturbed the coherence of the school.

	CCSF is not only important to San Francisco but to the Bay Area. Radio talk shows about CCSF's accreditation have ~~had~~ callers angry over the effects upon community. One ESL teacher from the East Bay ended ~~her~~ rant about the war on minority students with, ”Oakland has no more adult public higher education.”		CCSF is not only important to San Francisco but to the Bay Area. Radio talk shows about CCSF's accreditation have callers angry over the effects upon community. One ESL teacher from the East Bay ended a righteous rant about the war on minority students with, ”Oakland has no more adult public higher education.” It was chilling.


	'''CIVIL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ARE A NATIONAL ISSUE'''		'''CIVIL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ARE A NATIONAL ISSUE'''

	~~Recently, national~~ events in Washington, Florida and elsewhere have targeted the public sector, particularly, people of color and the poor. The New York Times reports that 1 in 5 children live in poverty in the United States. (NY Times, 10/1/2013) Income discrepencies show people of color significantly poorer and more unemployed overall than similarly aged white people; approximately 50% of people of color, both African American and Latino, to a mere nine percent of whites. These numbers lend ~~background texture~~ to the climate of deprivation surrounding dis-accreditation and threat ~~of closure at~~ CCSF~~, a~~ school ~~which~~ has ~~been notorious for helping~~ thousands of ~~low-income people~~ and minority students gain ~~significant~~ ground ~~in academia, job placement and career certification~~. Where will these students go and what will their future prospects be in a system ~~which is currently oppressing~~ them further? ~~This smells like the conservative attack~~ on affirmative action of the 90s~~, only~~ this time ~~the tactic is~~ to bleed ~~our~~ important institutions dry ~~or out rule us altogether.~~		National events in Washington, Florida and elsewhere this year have targeted the public sector, particularly, people of color and the poor. The New York Times reports that 1 in 5 children live in poverty in the United States. (NY Times, 10/1/2013) Income discrepencies show people of color significantly poorer and more unemployed overall than similarly aged white people; approximately 50% of people of color, both African American and Latino, to a mere nine percent of whites. These numbers lend backdrop to the climate of deprivation surrounding dis-accreditation and the threat to CCSF. The school has helped thousands of poorer and minority students, those most likely to use its services, to gain social and political ground through higher education. Where will these students go and what will their future prospects be in a system oppresses them further? Conservative attacks on affirmative action of the 90s have already shown how short sighted some can be when it comes to addressing equity. Is the tactic this time to bleed important institutions dry financially, then attack them further, and force them to close?

			'''SERIES OF ATTACKS'''

	Starting from the top is the Supreme Court's decision to take down important parts of the 1965 Voters' Rights Act on the thinly laid argument that the racial discrimination leading to this seminal legislation no longer exists. To be clear, the Voter's Rights Act is a piece of Law, put into place to protect minorities from discrimination, and the Civil Rights movement was not some passing delusion. Just as Roe v. Wade is a piece of Law that enables women to gain the right of privacy over their own bodies, this law is a cornerstone for the protection of civil liberties for voters of color and those who are low-income, yet within hours of the Court's decision, notoriously racially-divided states, such as Texas, set about re-zoning voting districts, drawing boundaries which would affect voter turnout in future elections. It is an historic fact and feature of his election that President Obama won states where voter turn out for minority and low-income populations was especially high.

	~~Then comes~~ the ~~not-guilty verdict in~~ the ~~Trayvon Martin shooting which has also sent its disturbing message ricocheting across~~ the ~~nation. Fatal wounding of young people of color by those armed and sanctioned~~ to ~~use weapons~~ is ~~being legally protected by the judicial system~~. ~~In my humble opinion~~, ~~this constitutes another link in~~ a ~~chain~~ of ~~highly-conservative backlash towards people~~ of ~~color being glossed over by such ideals as~~ the ~~“Martinizing”~~ of the ~~Obama presidency with its highly publicized marches on Washington~~ in ~~honor~~ of ~~King. As Smiley~~ and ~~West have pointed out, sentimentality towards Martin Luther King does little but put frosting on a situation~~ which ~~King himself~~ would ~~have regarded as abhorrent~~ and ~~which cannot be condoned ---~~that is the ~~trading~~ of ~~civil rights laws for ineffectual "feel good" histories as easily forgotten as they are enjoyed.~~ President Obama~~, while he may be an advocate for affordable health care is no Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was a pacifist, deeply against~~ the ~~Vietnam War, and an activist in that capacity.~~		Starting from the top, is the Supreme Court's decision to take down important parts of the 1965 Voters' Rights Act on the thinly laid argument that the racial discrimination leading to this seminal legislation is no longer operative. To be clear, the Voter's Rights Act is a piece of law protecting minorities from discrimination at the polls. Just as Roe v. Wade is a piece of law that enables women to lead their own lives with the right of privacy over their own bodies, the Voter Rights Act protects minority voters' rights to participate in elections. Yet within hours of the Court's decision, racially-divided states set about re-zoning voting districts and drawing boundaries which would substantially affect voter turnout in the future. It is an historic fact and feature of his election that President Obama won states where voter turn out for minority and poor populations was especially high. Has fear of the career success of President Obama helped turned the tables on civil rights from voting to higher education?

	What is real, however~~, in all of this posturing and backdoor activity~~, is the shape-shifting of top courts and justices, legal ~~maneuveurs tantamount to~~ legislating inequality, creating new laws around ~~activism~~, the closing of borders, and the de-waging and under valuation of ~~low-~~income ~~citizens~~. Where does growing inequality best take root? In attacks on ~~the cultural ideal~~ of accessible, affordable education for all ~~citizens~~. It is here that populations stand to lose the most ground ~~in the future~~ in terms of their ~~own self-betterment~~, growth, prosperity and identity.		The not-guilty verdict in the Trayvon Martin shooting ricocheted across the nation. Fatal wounding of young people of color by those armed and sanctioned to use weapons is being legally protected by the judicial system. This sets a dangerous precedent and constitutes another link in a chain of racist backlash being glossed over in the mainstream media by such ideals as the “Martinizing” of the Obama presidency with its high profile marches on Washington in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King. As Smiley and West have pointed out, sentimentality towards King does little but put frosting on a situation which King himself would have regarded as abhorrent---that is the trading of civil rights laws for ineffectual "feel good" histories as easily forgotten as they are enjoyed. President Obama, while he may be an advocate for affordable health care is no King after all. Martin Luther King was a pacifist, deeply against the Vietnam War, and an activist in that capacity.

			What is real, however, is the shape-shifting of top courts and justices, legal maneuveuring legislating inequality, creating new laws around voters' rights, womens' rights, use of lethal weapons, the closing of borders, and the de-waging and under valuation of poor citizens on the basis of race, gender, and income. Where does this growing systemic inequality best take root? Arguably, in attacks on cultures of accessible, affordable education for all. It is here that populations stand to lose the most ground in terms of their access to opportunity, personal growth, prosperity and identity.


	'''THE TOLL'''		'''THE TOLL'''

	Beleagurement of the other~~, the poor, the ethnic minority~~ is a pernicious outcome of chauvanistic ruling power. It is observed in the widespread modeling and adoption of “Stop and Frisk” police methods in New York and Oakland, in the problem of Oscar Grant's shooting death going all but excused, and of “inner city” hatred emerging as far back as the Nixon and Reagan administrations when many urban policing laws were put in place and more disenfranchised people started living in the street.		Beleagurement of the other is but one pernicious outcome of chauvanistic ruling power. It is observed in the widespread modeling and adoption of “Stop and Frisk” police methods in New York and Oakland, in the problem of Oscar Grant's shooting death going all but excused, and of “inner city” hatred emerging as far back as the Nixon and Reagan administrations when many urban policing laws were put in place and more disenfranchised people started living in the street.

	If you are a person of color and poor, today — even with a half Black president — you can be screwed out of your vote, stopped and frisked without a warrant, and are as likely in 2013 to be the target of police brutality or "acceptable levels" of violence from someone wearing a badge than you ever have been before.		If you are a person of color and poor, today — even with a half Black president — you can be screwed out of your vote, stopped and frisked without a warrant, and are as likely in 2013 to be the target of police brutality or "acceptable levels" of violence from someone wearing a badge than you ever have been before.

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	For one, the CCSF attack is consistent with other backlash targeting minority and lower-income Americans. The Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control in health care are clear-cut efforts to curtail liberty and equity for all.		For one, the CCSF attack is consistent with other backlash targeting minority and lower-income Americans. The Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control in health care are clear-cut efforts to curtail liberty and equity for all.

	~~Moreover, globally, poor~~ countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful. In league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled and other economic justifications is relatively simple. We have heard these arguments in K-12 public education, parks and recreation, public transportation and regarding the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury and continues with the push towards privatization of higher education.		Poor countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful. In league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled and other economic justifications is relatively simple. We have heard these arguments in K-12 public education, parks and recreation, public transportation and regarding the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury and continues with the push towards privatization of higher education.

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	'''RESISTANCE, PROTESTS, SPEAK OUTS'''		'''RESISTANCE, PROTESTS, SPEAK OUTS'''

	Efforts to ~~sustain CCSF~~ in the ~~face of the attack~~ are~~, of course, taking place~~. (See links below.) ~~The community~~ has been working to ~~keep CCSF~~ open despite the imposition of the ACCJC~~'s criticism~~ and ~~deadline~~. ~~Decline in enrollments~~ means ~~continued loss of~~ funding ~~from the State which would eventually choke CCSF~~. Loss of accreditation ~~will~~ only make that situation worse. This is ~~why the trajectory of~~ the ACCJC's attack is punitive~~. Their approach is~~ counter-productive to a school already ~~beleagured by State~~ budget cuts~~! The State's entire budget and its challenges have little to do with CCSF except that~~ CCSF needs money to ~~continue to run~~. ~~Thus the school, instead of being enabled,~~ is being pushed ~~further~~ down~~. Instead of being supported to succeed~~ by the ACCJC~~, it is being~~ undermined. ~~The ''San Francisco Chronicle''~~ has ~~continuously published on the official story, highlighting the one Trustee now~~ appointed~~, not elected,~~ to dictate ~~all decision-making at the school~~. ~~CCSF has been held~~ unduly responsible for the State's budget, and the ~~linear, punitive methodologies and "interests"~~ of the ACCJC.		Efforts to resist the attack in the community are vigorous. (See links below.) CCSF has been working to stay open despite the imposition of the ACCJC and its effects upon enrollment. Declining enrollment means more State funding lost. Loss of accreditation would only make that situation worse. This is how the ACCJC's attack is punitive and counter-productive to a school already beset with budget cuts. CCSF needs money to function at anywhere near its past or present level of good. It is being pushed down by the ACCJC. It has been undermined. One Trustee has been appointed to dictate. Held unduly responsible for the State's budget crisis, and the heavy-handed methods of the ACCJC, CCSF needs its students and its support to survive.


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	Why destroy the city's largest provider of workforce education?		Why destroy the city's largest provider of workforce education?
	Why shutdown the US government through tactics ~~of defunding~~ so as to ~~avoid giving~~ Obama ~~his due in implementing federally subsidized and~~ affordable health ~~insurance~~? Herrera's law suit alleges that “the panel is biased against the college and its advocates because of differing agendas.” The openness to political difference and the diversity of the ~~city~~'s culture lies ~~in specific contrast to, and may be in direct conflict~~ with, the ideas of those ~~wanting to close~~ CCSF ~~down~~. ~~Thus the attack on CCSF~~ reads as ~~one more~~ act of sabotage in a long history of "fall out" from ~~State and national~~ greed and corruption; ~~years of racist, classist response,~~ the passing over of voters and tax-payers for CEOs, and the work of a minority of ~~powerful "aristocratic"~~ pundits ~~actively~~ out to destroy civil society and sieze ~~our~~ assets.		Why shutdown the US government through defunding tactics so as to make Obama's affordable health car reform difficult to implement? Herrera's law suit alleges that “the panel is biased against the college and its advocates because of differing agendas.” The openness to political difference and the diversity of the CCSF's culture lies conflicts with the ideas of those undermining/restructuring CCSF. It reads as an act of sabotage in a long history of "fall out" from greed and corruption; the passing over of voters and tax-payers for CEOs, and the work of a minority of pundits out to destroy civil democratic society and actively sieze public assets.


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	'''MORALE KILLING'''		'''MORALE KILLING'''

	~~Let's name the ways~~ in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community~~. In~~ the neo-liberalized~~, mainstream press~~, capitalist "speak" has assailed CCSF as fiscally irresponsible, failing to maintain ~~appropriate~~ standards. ~~The strong implication is~~ that CCSF is behind the times~~. This~~ argument is transparent. It is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change designated from above, as it were, which will be up to date. There is no mitigating circumstance or community voice. ~~Only public radion~~ and the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', reliably left wing, promoted and published an how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for ~~pushing and~~ maneuvering around state and national education. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)		Ways in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community, fall into camps belonging to the neo-liberalized, capitalist media "speak" which has assailed CCSF over and over as fiscally irresponsible and failing to maintain standards. Implications are that CCSF is behind the times, but this argument is transparent. It is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change designated from above, as it were, which will be more up to date. There is no mitigating circumstance or community voice. Public radio and the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'',however, reliably left wing, promoted community voice, and published how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for the maneuvering around state and national education. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)

	Measures to disrupt CCSF's community have been ~~extensive.~~ Faculty have received eleven percent pay cuts, ~~which~~ was ~~supposedly~~ to ~~have been~~ prevented by Prop. A. San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported Prop. A. Long term teachers ~~received reduced~~ course loads, their classes ~~have been~~ renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that attrition rates were ~~their~~ fault. These are contract-breaking tactics which hold faculty responsible for ~~bad or corrupted~~ outside management. It is not the fault of ~~the faculty or~~ a school under ~~pressure~~ that enrollment is ~~declining~~.		Measures to disrupt CCSF's community have been huge Faculty have received eleven percent pay cuts, supposedly that was to be prevented by Prop. A. San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported Prop. A. Long term teachers' course loads were reduced, their classes renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that attrition rates were at fault. These are contract-breaking tactics which hold faculty responsible for the desires of outside management. It is not the faculty's fault or that of a school under financial pressures from State bungling, that enrollment is in decline.


	'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''		'''CONFUSION AND UNDERMINING'''

	~~The threat~~ of ~~this~~ closure has~~, in~~ short, ~~felt like a gangster heist;~~ an out and out ~~robbery~~ of ~~our~~ public ~~good~~. Ultimately, it's an issue of self-~~representation and~~ community v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed, yet painful and harmful agenda. When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying those using them, the message was clear. New keys had to be requested by a workforce which had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed and replaced with less overtly cultural landscaping. To add to that, the disappearance of departmental chairs, faculty pay cuts, “downsizing“ of student services, and commercialization of the bookstore all happened so quickly, that there has been little, if any time, to respond. It has been as if the school is slated for demolition by an outside force. Visions of the newer campuses falling silent have continued to haunt a public familiar with San Francisco land grabs and rapid gentrification. CCSF campuses, with their huge building footprints, expanses of lawn, playing fields, parking lots, and the brand new multi million dollar architecture must seem tasty morsels where the matter of history, in lieu of profit, does not matter. In many neighborhoods, the monthly squeezing out local families and shops, tends to suggest this mentality already doing its destruction. Thus, the neo-liberal attack on CCSF is a strong message to San Francisco's organic, counter-cultural, lower income and minority milieu; a ''deliberate effort'' to undermine the coherence of our community.		Threat of closure has felt like nothing short of robber, an out and out heist of a public asset from private sector interests, including the ACCJC. Ultimately, it's an issue of self-representating community v. "top down" distanced management with an undisclosed, yet painful and harmful agenda.

	~~Where is any official assessment that would sustain CCSF on~~ the ~~grounds that~~ all ~~residents deserve affordable educational opportunities and~~ that ~~CCSF~~ has been ~~remarkably well organzed~~ and ~~beneficial to~~ the ~~city over time?~~		When locks were suddenly changed in classroom buildings without notifying those using them, the message was clear. New keys had to be requested by a workforce which had come and gone freely for years. In one case a native plant garden, carefully tended by a Native American gardener, was ordered removed and replaced with less overtly cultural landscaping.

			The disappearance of departmental chairs, faculty pay cuts, “downsizing“ of student services, and commercialization of the bookstore all happened so quickly, that there was little time to understand, except to understand. It has been as if CCSF is slated for intellectual demolition. Visions of the campuses falling silent dismay a public familiar with San Francisco land grabs and rapid gentrifying elements. The neo-liberal attack, even if the college stays open. It has already disturbed the coherence of the school.

	CCSF is not only important to San Francisco but to the Bay Area. Radio talk shows about CCSF's accreditation have had callers angry over the effects upon community. One ESL teacher from the East Bay ended her rant about the war on minority students with, ”Oakland has no more adult public higher education.”		CCSF is not only important to San Francisco but to the Bay Area. Radio talk shows about CCSF's accreditation have had callers angry over the effects upon community. One ESL teacher from the East Bay ended her rant about the war on minority students with, ”Oakland has no more adult public higher education.”

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	Judgments of CCSF may have appeared fair and rigorous due to the authority of the ACCJC and ~~mainstreem~~ news reporting. It all ~~seemed~~ an assertive official effort to "clean up" a faltering and unworthy urban institution. But, it's easy these days to send morality plays through the news when ~~"quality~~ education" is debated as hotly as it is. "Crisis" makes for dramatic reading. More astute thinking, however, cannot separate one act of large-scale political indifference from another. These are divisive times politically. From the Tea Party forcing government shutdown to evictions and foreclosures plaguing neighbhorhoods. One must read the swashbuckling neo-liberal moves to destabilize cities, land, economies,and communities as having divisive and conservative ''similarities.''		Judgments of CCSF may have appeared fair and rigorous due to the authority of the ACCJC and mainstream news reporting. It would all appear an assertive official effort to "clean up" a faltering and unworthy urban institution. But, it's easy these days to send morality plays through the news when education is being debated and reformed as hotly as it is in this country presently. "Crisis" makes for dramatic reading. More astute thinking, however, cannot separate one act of large-scale political indifference from another. These are divisive times politically. From the Tea Party forcing government shutdown to evictions and foreclosures plaguing neighbhorhoods. One must read the swashbuckling neo-liberal moves to destabilize cities, land, economies,and communities as having divisive and conservative ''similarities.''

	For one, the CCSF ~~critique comes off as one of several recent moves~~ targeting minority and lower-income Americans. The Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing ~~political~~ efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control in health care, are clear-cut efforts to curtail liberty and equity.		For one, the CCSF attack is consistent with other backlash targeting minority and lower-income Americans. The Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control in health care are clear-cut efforts to curtail liberty and equity for all.

	Moreover, ~~entire governments of~~ poor countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced ~~state~~ "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful ~~when in~~ league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled ~~if they are to survive~~. We have heard ~~this~~ in K-12 public education, ~~around~~ parks and recreation ~~facilities~~, public transportation and ~~in arguments for~~ the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury.		Moreover, globally, poor countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful. In league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled and other economic justifications is relatively simple. We have heard these arguments in K-12 public education, parks and recreation, public transportation and regarding the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury and continues with the push towards privatization of higher education.

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	Approximately 85,000 students are now currently enrolled at CCSF. It is a democratic institution working to deliver quality education and certification. Many of CCSFs best students are from under-served communities; newcomer, transitional, or older adult residents including indigenous, veterans, seniors, poor women, undocumented workers and newly arrived immigrants.		Approximately 85,000 students are now currently enrolled at CCSF. It is a democratic institution working to deliver quality education and certification. Many of CCSFs best students are from under-served communities; newcomer, transitional, or older adult residents including indigenous, veterans, seniors, poor women, undocumented workers and newly arrived immigrants.

	CCSF is also a robust employer, paying its faculty some of the highest salaries and benefits for public workers anywhere in the nation. State budget cuts affected the CCSF experience despite successful efforts to preserve faculty salaries and many student services. Now, the faculty's pay has been cut. ~~Yet, even having worn~~ the difficulties of budget cuts, the ACCJC ~~has been~~ "tough" on CCSF~~. The school~~ is being made to scramble to fulfill requirements.		CCSF is also a robust employer, paying its faculty some of the highest salaries and benefits for public workers anywhere in the nation. State budget cuts affected the CCSF experience despite successful efforts to preserve faculty salaries and many student services. Now, the faculty's pay has been cut. CCSF wore the difficulties of budget cuts and now the ACCJC is being "tough." CCSF is being made to scramble, on its new budget, to fulfill requirements.

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	~~The ACCJC's judgments~~ may have appeared rigorous due to mainstreem news~~, but have played out as harsh and failing to meet requirements themselves~~. It all seemed an assertive official effort to "clean up" a faltering and unworthy urban institution. But, it's easy these days to send morality plays through the news when "quality education" is debated as hotly as it is. "Crisis" makes for dramatic reading. More astute thinking, however, cannot separate one act of large-scale political indifference from another. These are divisive times politically. From the Tea Party forcing government shutdown to ~~the~~ evictions and foreclosures plaguing ~~citizens' housing, one~~ must read the swashbuckling neo-liberal moves to destabilize land~~, cities~~, economies,and communities as having divisive and conservative ''similarities.''		Judgments of CCSF may have appeared fair and rigorous due to the authority of the ACCJC and mainstreem news reporting. It all seemed an assertive official effort to "clean up" a faltering and unworthy urban institution. But, it's easy these days to send morality plays through the news when "quality education" is debated as hotly as it is. "Crisis" makes for dramatic reading. More astute thinking, however, cannot separate one act of large-scale political indifference from another. These are divisive times politically. From the Tea Party forcing government shutdown to evictions and foreclosures plaguing neighbhorhoods. One must read the swashbuckling neo-liberal moves to destabilize cities, land, economies,and communities as having divisive and conservative ''similarities.''

	~~Because of its scale and history~~, the ~~attack on~~ CCSF comes as one ~~more in a spate~~ of ~~recnet~~ moves targeting minority and lower-income Americans~~: the~~ Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing political efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control, a clear-cut ~~effort~~ to curtail ~~womens' reproductive~~ liberty.		For one, the CCSF critique comes off as one of several recent moves targeting minority and lower-income Americans. The Supreme Court's decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Tea Party's blockade of Obamacare, corporate and right-wing political efforts to push in "states' rights", and the secret, nighttime addition (by Republicans) of limitations to birth control in health care, are clear-cut efforts to curtail liberty and equity.

	~~Indeed, globally speaking~~, entire governments of ~~poorer~~ countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced state "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful when in league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled if they are to survive. We have heard this in K-12 public education, around parks and recreation facilities, public transportation and in arguments for the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury.		Moreover, entire governments of poor countries have been strangled by destabilization. Economies have fallen to enforced state "austerity" measures, heavily militarized police action, censorship and violence. Privatization of public assets, the pervasive argument that there is no money without corporate management, has proven extremely successful when in league with media outlets convincing the public that assets must be privately managed and controlled if they are to survive. We have heard this in K-12 public education, around parks and recreation facilities, public transportation and in arguments for the removal of community-governed farms, libraries and gardens. It started with Bush's "bail out" transaction paid from the tax-payer funded US Treasury.

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	'''WE THE PEOPLE'''		'''WE, THE PEOPLE'''

	The times they are a-changing. Assessment of City College of San Francisco's accreditation and threat of closure in July 2014 came as an unwarranted attack on the San Francisco community. The ACCJC marched in and took over. The move is still having repercussions as students, faculty and staff struggle to hold on to their college.		The times they are a-changing. Assessment of City College of San Francisco's accreditation and threat of closure in July 2014 came as an unwarranted attack on the San Francisco community. The ACCJC marched in and took over. The move is still having repercussions as students, faculty and staff struggle to hold on to their college.
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	'''~~MORAL~~ KILLING'''		'''MORALE KILLING'''

	Let's name the ways in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community. In the mainstream press ~~steeped in neo-liberal~~ capitalist "speak"~~, CCSF~~ has ~~been~~ assailed as fiscally irresponsible, failing to maintain appropriate standards~~, with the~~ strong implication that ~~the school~~ is behind the times ~~in its aims~~. This argument is transparent. ~~This~~ is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change, as it were, which will be ~~managed and created to be~~ up to date~~, as if there were~~ no mitigating circumstance or community voice ~~to be heard~~. ~~The~~ ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', reliably left wing, published an ~~editorial, however, on~~ how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for ~~much of this~~ pushing and maneuvering around ~~education at~~ state and national ~~levels~~. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)		Let's name the ways in which the attack on CCSF has played out across the community. In the neo-liberalized, mainstream press, capitalist "speak" has assailed CCSF as fiscally irresponsible, failing to maintain appropriate standards. The strong implication is that CCSF is behind the times. This argument is transparent. It is an "old and new" argument, preparing for a future of "real" change designated from above, as it were, which will be up to date. There is no mitigating circumstance or community voice. Only public radion and the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'', reliably left wing, promoted and published an how elements of Obama administration rhetoric are to blame for pushing and maneuvering around state and national education. (Bay Guardian editorial, 2013)

	Measures ~~from the faceless regime-enforcing new management~~ to disrupt CCSF have been extensive. Faculty have received eleven percent pay cuts, ~~a measure~~ supposedly to have been prevented by Prop. A~~, which~~ San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported. Long term teachers ~~have~~ received reduced course loads, their classes renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that ~~any~~ attrition rates were their fault. These are contract-breaking tactics which hold faculty responsible for management~~'s foibles and whims.~~		Measures to disrupt CCSF's community have been extensive. Faculty have received eleven percent pay cuts, which was supposedly to have been prevented by Prop. A. San Franciscan voters wholeheartedly supported Prop. A. Long term teachers received reduced course loads, their classes have been renamed and syllabi handed over to younger colleagues with the excuse that attrition rates were their fault. These are contract-breaking tactics which hold faculty responsible for bad or corrupted outside management. It is not the fault of the faculty or a school under pressure that enrollment is declining.

	~~In truth, enrollment has been declining since the 2008 State budget cuts and since the ACCJC pronouncements~~. It is ~~surely~~ not the fault of the ~~extremely high quality~~ faculty or a school under pressure ~~to prevent its own closure and everyone losing their jobs!~~

Ccsf publicgood at 18:35, 21 October 2013

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