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Students, faculty press supervisors for emergency City College funding after mass class cuts
Summary
Students, instructors and community members urged the Board to fund City College of San Francisco after trustees and administrators cut thousands of class seats; multiple speakers asked supervisors to back a $2.7 million emergency allocation and to hold hearings.
Students, faculty and City College supporters filled public comment Dec. 17 to press supervisors to support emergency bridge funding and hearings after the college announced wide class cuts and seat reductions.
Speakers said cuts affect vital vocational, adult education and community programs: City College students reported hundreds of classes cut and instructors facing job losses, and asked supervisors to sign onto proposed emergency bridge funding (ordinance 191,261 referenced by speakers) to restore seats while longer‑term reforms are pursued. One student said 16 of 24 classes in a maker/STEAM curriculum were cut and that 13 of 16 teachers lost employment as a result.
Supervisor Shamann Walton told the board he planned a joint committee hearing with SFUSD and City College trustees to probe class cuts and impacts on students — "any proposed cuts should be heard by the students and communities that will be most impacted," Walton said. Multiple supervisors asked for a public hearing and the college to provide detailed fiscal and program explanations.
Ending: Students delivered petitions and urged supervisors to sign on publicly to emergency bridge funding; supervisors agreed to schedule committee follow‑up and insisted on accountability and more information from college administration.
