Apr 12, 2023 Board Meeting

ALL RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU.

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ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO FIRST ROLL CALL BOARD PRESIDENT SHIN LIU

[1.01 Roll Call]

BOARD CLERK MARIANA PACHECO HERE.

TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESENT TRUSTEE.

DON GREEN. PRESENT TRUSTEE.

ZURICH LEWIS IS ARRIVING SHORTLY.

TRUSTEE MARISA. PEREZ IS ABSENT.

STUDENT TRUSTEE HECTOR LEDESMA PRESENT AND PRESIDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO PRESENT.

HE IS SICK. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.

ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT ONE IS.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

AND NEXT ITEM WILL BE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH.

YEAH, I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THE COMMENT.

WAIT, WE HAVE THE COMMENTS FROM THE RECORDED COMMENTS, SO I'M GOING TO LET ANDREA READ THE RECORDED COMMENT FIRST.

OKAY. SORRY. SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE RECEIVED THREE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE FROM AMY PARKER.

THE FIRST ONE SAYS, I RISE TO ASK THE BOARD TO AMEND BP 2350 SPEAKERS BEFORE THE BOARD ARE LIMITED TO SPEAKING FOR FIVE MINUTES ON EACH TOPIC, EVEN IF A TOPIC REQUIRES MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES OF DISCUSSION.

THIS COULD BE SOLVED BY ALLOWING OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO THE PRIMARY SPEAKER AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THAT SPEAKER'S MESSAGE.

THIS IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND IN MOST ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT THE BOARD DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW THIS.

AN AMENDMENT TO BP 2350 WOULD ENCOURAGE BETTER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COLLEGE GOVERNANCE AND IN BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS.

THE NEXT COMMENT FROM AMY PARKER.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO DR.

FIERRO'S COMMENTS IN THE JANUARY 25TH, 2023 BOARD MEETING IN RESPONSE TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT.

HE CLAIMED THAT THE CHANGES REQUESTED COULD NOT BE MADE BECAUSE STATE LAW REQUIRES DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS TO BE PART TIME ONLY AS NO STUDENT COULD HANDLE BEING FULL TIME IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

THIS IS INCORRECT ON BOTH PARTS.

I MYSELF TOOK 16.5 UNITS IN FALL 2021.

16.5IN SPRING 2022.

14IN. SUMMER 2022.

14 IN FALL 2022 AND AM CURRENTLY TAKING 14.5 THIS SEMESTER.

ALL OF THESE QUALIFY ME AS A FULL TIME HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

I AM ALSO STILL FULL TIME ENROLLED AS A SOPHOMORE AT WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THE REASON I MADE THE COMMENT I DID AND REQUESTED THE CHANGES I DID IS BECAUSE STATE LAW DOES ACTUALLY LIST A DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL FULL TIME STUDENT.

SO RESTRICTING COLLEGE POLICY ONLY TO THE SPECIAL PART TIME STUDENT DESIGNATION DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

THE THIRD COMMENT IS FROM AMY PARKER.

I RISE TODAY TO ASK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO SUPPORT THE PROVIDING OF FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN THE BATHROOMS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

I WROTE AND WORKED TOWARDS THE PASSAGE OF J.R.

DASH 222306 AND ASK WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

PROVIDING MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN THE BATHROOMS FOR FREE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP STUDENTS IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY AS THE CURRENT LOCATIONS FOR FREE PRODUCTS REQUIRE THEM TO WALK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

ACTION BY THE BOARD TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, WHICH IS THAT PRODUCTS COST $0.25 PER ITEM, WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY HELP THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE FACULTY SLASH STAFF. WHICH IS WHY BOTH CHAMBERS OF ASK THAT VOTED ON THIS ITEM PASSED IT UNANIMOUSLY.

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FIRST ONE, I WANT TO CALL ANY PARKER.

TALK ABOUT GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF TRUSTEE ANY PARKER.

MIKE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. HELLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS.

THE REASON I COME TO YOU TODAY IS TO PROVIDE A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION.

NOW, THE GENERAL TOPIC THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS HOW, WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THINGS, THE COLLEGE ACTS LESS LIKE A PUBLIC INSTITUTION AND MORE LIKE A BUSINESS.

NOW, THERE ARE DEFINITELY TIMES WHEN ACTING LIKE A BUSINESS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

FOR INSTANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING LIKE RECRUITING STUDENTS, A BUSINESS MINDSET IS IMPORTANT IN THOSE CASES.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHERE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SHOULD NOT BE THINKING LIKE BUSINESSES.

FOR INSTANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS, FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF THE HANDLING OF THEM HAS BEEN DONE LIKE A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANY POSSIBLE LITTLE THING THAT COULD BE USED TO JUSTIFY NOT PROVIDING RECORDS, WHEREAS WITH MOST OTHER INSTITUTIONS, THEY'RE INSTEAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE WORK TO PROVIDE RECORDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? AND THIS AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP THROUGH THIS BUSINESS MINDSET HELD BY THE COLLEGE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITED MANY YEARS, MANY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIONS, YOU KNOW, MANY SLATES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, DISPUTES OVER COLA INCREASES HAPPENED IN 2018, 2019.

AND THEN ALMOST THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN IN 2022.

IF THE COLLEGE WAS ACTING MORE LIKE A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, THESE ISSUES WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED A LOT QUICKER.

BUT BECAUSE IT ACTED LIKE A BUSINESS, A LOT OF STUFF ENDED UP CAUSING IT TO BACK DOWN.

OR WHEN IT COMES TO SEEKING HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE NEW STATE PROGRAM FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY, THAT WAS SOMETHING WHERE THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE, BUT THE COLLEGE HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT.

THERE'S A TON OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE BOTH CURRENTLY PRESENT AND WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENT MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.

I THINK PART OF WHY THIS DOESN'T USUALLY GET ADDRESSED IS BECAUSE, AS TO YOUR STUDENTS, MOST OF US ARE OUT WITHIN 2 TO 4 YEARS.

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT UNLIKE IN A YOU KNOW, FOUR YEAR COLLEGE WHERE THEY'RE HERE FOR 4 TO 6 YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF A MEMORY AS STUDENTS AS TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.

SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, 2018, THE COLA PROBLEMS HAPPENED AND THEN 2022 THEY HAPPENED AGAIN.

AND THERE WASN'T AS MUCH STUDENT MEMORY OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN 2018.

AND THOSE AREN'T THE FIRST TWO TIMES THAT'S HAPPENED.

SO I THINK MY GENERAL POINT OVERALL IS IF THE COLLEGE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE BETTER FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE FACULTY, IT NEEDS TO ADOPT A MINDSET OF BEING MORE LIKE, HOW CAN WE BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE AS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, NOT HOW CAN WE ACT LIKE A TYPICAL BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND COMMENT IS FROM ZULEMA.

AGENDA IS ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC.

GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO, ZULEMA, THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADJUST AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE THIRD ONE IS COLLAB.

CLUB TO NOMADS AND IS ABOUT PAPER RECYCLING PROGRAM ACT.

I'M ASSUMING. YEAH. THIS IS STILL ON.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CALEB DUNHAM'S.

YOU GUYS WILL SEE ME ALL AROUND CAMPUS.

I'M AN EMBEDDED TUTOR, ACCOUNTING TUTOR, TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE AND AN ASSC SENATE MAJORITY LEADER.

RECENTLY, THROUGH SENATE, I INTRODUCED A SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM, EVOLVING RECYCLING PAPER WHICH HCRC UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED.

THIS PROGRAM ALSO ALIGNS WITH AP 3850, WHICH LISTS RECYCLING AS THE 11TH SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.

AND MY MAIN INTEREST FOR THIS PROGRAM IS ITS INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION.

AND AS YOU AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M INVOLVED SO MANY AREAS IN CAMPUS.

AS A STUDENT, I'M BLESSED ENOUGH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MANY OF THE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT SPORTS TUTORING AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES.

THIS PAPER RECYCLING PROGRAM WILL EDUCATE STUDENTS ON STRATEGIES THAT FOCUS ON ECOLOGICAL STEWARDSHIP AND SOCIAL EQUITY.

THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THROUGH A PRIME EXAMPLE THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, WHICH THEIR RECYCLING PROGRAM HAS DESIGNATED CONTAINERS AND COLLECTION

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I BRING THIS RESOLUTION RESOLUTION TO YOUR ATTENTION WITH HOPES OF HAVING A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT A POTENTIAL WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT PERSON IS LEE SQUIRE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THE SQUIRE.

VIETNAM. VIETNAM.

VETERANS OF DOWNEY SON.

NEPHEW OF WORLD WAR TWO.

CERRITOS GRADUATE.

1972. PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE THE PEOPLE AND VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT ONE HOLOCAUSTRILLIONEMEMBRANCE DAY IS APRIL 18TH, 2023.

IS IT A DAY TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE 6 MILLION JEWS, 1 MILLION OF WHICH WERE INNOCENT CHILDREN? THE US ARMED SERVICES LIBERATED THE NAZI CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMPS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUCHENWALD.

I AM ASKING THE BOARD FOR ACTION TO TAKE SOME ACTION OR A LETTER OF RECOGNITION TO THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE IN LOS ANGELES, AND I'D LIKE IT DATED APRIL THE 18TH, THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.

SECOND, THANK YOU FOR HONORING NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY, MARCH 29TH.

IT BEGAN IN 2017.

I HAVE A PEN FOR EACH ONE OF YOU IN RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE POST OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR.

AND THEY'RE ASKING ME HOW CAN THEY HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES DO THE SAME? SO YOU'VE BEEN HONORED.

THE THIRD ITEM IS POW MIA FLAG.

CAN I ASK WHY I DO NOT SEE THIS FLAG BELOW THE AMERICAN FLAG? THIS FLAG WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

THIS FLAG HONORS NOT JUST VIETNAM VETERANS OF POW MIA, BUT IT HONORS ALL OF THOSE, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS FROM WORLD WAR TWO AND EVEN KOREA.

YOU HAVE YOU HAVE VETERANS ATTENDING CERRITOS COLLEGE CURRENTLY.

AND IN THE PAST, THIS FLAG HONORS THAT MEMORY.

I AM REQUESTING THE POW MIA FLAG BE PURCHASED AND HAVE VETERANS AT THE FLAG RAISING.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

GOD BLESS THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

GOD BLESS THE MILITARY AND ITS VETERANS, AND GOD BLESS LOCAL POLICING ACROSS AMERICA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JUSTIN PERALTA.

IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

CAN START. SO.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS JUSTIN PERALTA.

I'M THE PRESIDENT HERE.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ABILITY FBLA PBL BUSINESS CLUB HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

I AM ALSO A STUDENT.

I'VE BEEN PART OF THE CLUB FOR A YEAR AND BEING GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH MANY AMAZING STUDENTS AND GREAT ADVISOR PROFESSOR RAMOS.

WE RECENTLY HAD. WE RECENTLY CAME FROM A TRIP IN SAN DIEGO, WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM MARCH 31ST THROUGH APRIL 2ND, AND WHERE IT WAS A NATIONAL IT WAS A STATE CONFERENCE WHICH WE ATTENDED.

WE TRY TO ATTEND EVERY YEAR.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR TAKING US THERE THIS YEAR.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO PLACE TOP THREE, WHICH QUALIFIES US TO THE NATIONAL TO QUALIFIES US TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

THE REASON WE CAME TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP US TAKE US THERE AND TAKE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY QUALIFIED AND CAN CONTINUE TO NETWORK WITH MANY STUDENTS AND MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET THE SAME NEEDS AS US.

LET'S SEE. HELLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS ADRIAN JIMENEZ.

AND LIKE JUSTIN SAID, WE WENT TO SAN DIEGO FOR A BUSINESS CONFERENCE WHEN I WAS THERE.

KIND OF HELPED ME TO SOCIALIZE MORE AND TO HELP GET ME OUT THERE AT LEAST, OR TO HELP ME PUSH ME OUT THE DOOR TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, I WANT TO GET THEM TO I WANT TO GET THEM TO GEORGIA.

I WANT TO GET THEM TO I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO I GUESS I WANT THEM TO HAVE A FEATURE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO GET BETTER JOBS.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.

NO. HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BARBARA BESPANGLED.

I AM THE CURRENT OFFICER.

I'M AN AMBASSADOR FOR PBL SLASH FBLA FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

I'M ALSO NOW THE NEW STATE DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR THE CLUB.

SO I ADDED FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO I'M HERE TO, LIKE JASON SAID, TO ASK FOR YOUR GUYS'S SUPPORT FOR OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO

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I PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOPS THAT WERE THERE AND I WAS IN A COMPETITION AND AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO NATIONALS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

SO WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HELLO, MY NAME IS GRISELDA, ABIGAIL ARREDONDO, AND I'M THE TREASURER OF THIS CLUB OF FBLA, AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS CLUB FOR A YEAR NOW, SO I'VE BEEN ATTENDING LIKE THREE CONFERENCES NOW.

AND IT'S IT HAS HELPED ME A LOT, LIKE NETWORKING AND BEING RIGHT NOW HERE BECAUSE I'M LIKE VERY SHY.

SO THIS, LIKE, CONFERENCES MADE ME MORE CONFIDENT.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR HELP AND TO BE FOR THE NEXT NATIONALS.

WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WITH OUR LAST MINUTE REMAINING.

SO WE HAD THREE INITIAL MEMBERS THAT QUALIFIED FOR NATIONALS.

THEN WE HAD THREE MORE THAT THAT WERE BUMPED UP.

THE TOP FIVE IN THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON GET AUTOMATIC, I GUESS.

NOTICE TO GO TO CONFERENCE IF OTHER SCHOOLS DROP OUT THAT WE CAN REPRESENT.

WE HAVE TWO MORE. SO EIGHT TOTAL AND IT'S ROUGHLY RIGHT NOW IF WE BUY A PLANE TICKETS TOMORROW AND TRIPS JUNE 22ND TO JUNE 25TH, IT'S $2,175. SO JUST UNDER 20,000.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG TICKET, BUT IF YOU CAN HELP US SPREAD OUR FALCON WINGS SOUNDS KIND OF CORNY, BUT IT'S REAL AND MY TIME IS UP.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MERCI BEAUCOUP. WOW.

GREAT JOB. VERY IMPRESSIVE.

IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING.

NOW WE'RE WORKING AROUND THAT.

BUT GEORGIA, AS YOU KNOW, IS ON THE LIST OF TRAVEL.

THE TRAVEL BAN FROM THE STATE.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL CONSULT WITH LEGAL BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS.

SO I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, JERRY, AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO TO GET AROUND THE TRAVEL BAN.

MY FATHER AND MOTHER ONCE WHISPERED IN MY EAR, SI, SE PUEDE.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS ME.

JERRY. DR.. DR.

SALAZAR HAS A QUESTION, TOO.

OKAY. RIGHT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

IT'S EIGHT STUDENTS WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY GO.

YES, EIGHT. THAT'S THE CAP.

OKAY. EIGHT AND YOU'D GO WITH THEM? IT WOULD BE PROFESSOR ALARCON.

SO WE TRADE OFF.

THESE ARE CO-ADVISER.

SO WE'RE.

HE'S READY TO GO. I'M HIS BACKUP IN CASE HE CAN'T MAKE IT.

WE'LL GET A TERTIARY PERSON, SO WE'D LIKE TO GO.

EVEN IF THE RAMOS FOUNDATION PAYS FOR IT, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.

AND THE FUNDING IS SOLELY FROM THE COLLEGE.

OR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WE'RE.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO FUNDRAISE RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE WE WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WHAT WILL WE DO? YEAH. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

RIGHT THERE. IT'S GOOD. SO WE HAVE DONE.

YEAH, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR ONE OF OUR MANY FUNDRAISERS, WHICH IS OUR CHOCOLATE SALES WHERE WE SOLD AROUND OVER A LITTLE BIT OVER $1,000 WORTH OF CHOCOLATES, WHICH WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO SELL.

WE HAVE A I GUESS WE SHOULD BE AROUND $1,200 AFTER AFTER ALL COLLECTIONS ARE COLLECTED.

WE ACTUALLY PLANNING OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER, RIGHT AFTER WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO EITHER A CAR, A CAR WASH OR A KRISPY KREME SALE HERE AT CERRITOS, WHICH WE'RE STILL PLANNING OUT THE DETAILS FOR IT. AND I KNOW WE'RE WE SCHOOL IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT TO END.

WE'RE TRYING TO, LIKE, RUSH IT UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY WHEN CONFERENCES.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS COMING UP SOON AS WELL.

DR. SALAZAR IT'S A BUSINESS CLUB.

IT'S A BUSINESS CLUB. I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY.

YEAH, THEY ARE. THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS.

GOOD JOB. PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEXT.

THAT'S RIGHT. NO MORE.

I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO REPORT AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENTS GROUP.

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YEAH. GOOD EVENING.

GUESTS, COLLEAGUES, STUDENTS, FELLOW VETERAN.

WELCOME. MOST OF US ARE USED TO GREETING THE BOARD WITH A SIMPLE PHRASE.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS.

PRESIDENT PIERRO.

I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FEW MINUTES THAT I HAVE.

BEING A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AND HAVING A CROWD TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY.

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BUT I ALSO KNOW I'M TALKING TO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU.

I'M TALKING TO THE TENS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICTS THAT YOU REPRESENT.

THOSE WHO VOTED FOR YOU AND EVEN THOSE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SACRED HONOR AND A DUTY AND A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON EVERYBODY THAT WORKS HERE.

THE OVER 800 FACULTY, THE OVER 200 CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND OF COURSE, THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO REWARD US WITH THEIR TRUST EVERY SINGLE SEMESTER THAT THEY COME BACK.

AND SO I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND SO FIST BUMPS ASIDE, I COME WITH RESPECT.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WELCOME TO THE EVENING.

NOW, YESTERDAY, THE BOARD OF NO, YESTERDAY THE FACULTY SENATE VOTED TO GIVE ME PERMISSION TO SIGN THE LETTER THAT YOU WILL BE SENDING TO, I BELIEVE, THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.

IT WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE TIMING WISE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT PASSED YESTERDAY AND A FACULTY SENATE MEETING.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I SIGNED THAT DOCUMENT LATER ON THIS THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I HOPE THAT IT ACCOMPANIES THE PACKAGE THAT THE DISTRICT PUTS FORWARD TO THE STATE.

AND IF ANYBODY EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, CERRITOS COLLEGE WAS THE NUMBER ONE RANKED APPLICATION OUT OF ALL THOSE SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING IN THAT MATTER.

NOW, I DID GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME REQUESTS FROM SOME FACULTY WHO WERE WORRIED THAT THE FOOTPRINT THAT WILL BE CREATED BY THE NEW STRUCTURES, THE BUILDINGS, ETCETERA, SHOULD WE BREAK GROUND AND BE ABLE TO BUILD IT.

THEY ARE WORRIED THAT IT WILL CREATE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON PARKING FOR FACULTY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN HEALTH OK PEOPLE LIKE IN THE NURSING PROGRAM WHO EVERY DAY HAVE TO MOVE VERY HEAVY, LARGE, EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT TO AND FROM THEIR VEHICLES.

SO I AM SURE THAT IN THE MONTHS, YEARS AHEAD, AS LONG AS THIS PROJECT IS BEING WORKED ON, I KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DISTRICT WILL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR FACULTY ARE NOT UNNECESSARILY ADVERSELY IMPACTED BECAUSE WE WANT OUR FACULTY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICES TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, BURDEN IF POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU.

AND NEXT WEEK I WILL BE REPRESENTING THE APPROXIMATELY 900 FACULTY AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AT THE AS TRIPLE C PLENARY IN ANAHEIM, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AND VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE MILLIONS OF NOT CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT THE MILLIONS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE FACULTY AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AT THAT EVENT NEXT WEEK.

AND I WILL RETURN TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH A REPORT OF THE RESOLUTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I WILL INVITE DR.

LIN WANG CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION PRESIDENT.

I AM NOT DENNIS.

I LIKE TO STAY ON SCRIPT.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE ENHANCED PART TIME HEALTH CARE PILOT PROGRAM.

CCF WAS INFORMED THAT THOSE WHO APPLIED WERE APPROVED TO RECEIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FALL 2022 SEMESTER.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR OUR PART TIME COLLEAGUES WHO PAY HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS AS THEY WERE ABLE TO REQUEST UP TO $3,300 FOR THE FALL 2022 REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD.

CCF ALSO THINKS THE DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING HEALTH CARE PARAMETERS OUTLINED IN OUR CBA TO CONTINUE TO CO-EXIST ALONGSIDE WITH THE ENHANCED PILOT PROGRAM.

THIS ALLOWED OUR ELIGIBLE PART TIME COLLEAGUES WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE FOR UP TO $1,100 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

CCF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF OUR CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL COLLEAGUES ON THIS MATTER.

THIS TIME AROUND, THERE IS A TIME TIMELINE, TIGHT TIMELINE TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS AND PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SEMESTER AND THE DEADLINE.

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IF IT WASN'T FOR THE ATTENTION AND THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR STAFF COLLEAGUES.

THE EXPANSION OF OUR HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

HOWEVER, WITH EACH WEEK WE SEE MORE AND MORE DISTRICTS ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE PART TIME FACULTY HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY THAT ALIGNS WITH AB 190.

MOST RECENTLY, LACCD REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR FACULTY UNION TO OFFER DISTRICT PAID HEALTH INSURANCE TO PART TIME FACULTY WHO WORK AT LEAST 33% OF A FULL TIME FACULTY LOAD.

THIS AGREEMENT WOULD MEAN THAT PART TIME FACULTY WHO WORK AT LEAST FIVE UNITS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT INTO DISTRICT PAID HEALTH CARE IN LA COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 100% OF THE COST REIMBURSED BY THE STATE.

THIS GAIN IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE LACCD IS OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT.

IT IS A DISTRICT THAT MANY OF OUR PART TIME FACULTY WORK FOR.

THIS ALSO MEANS THAT THIS IS THE DISTRICT.

OUR PART TIME FACULTY MAY PREFER OVER WORKING AT CERRITOS IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS BECAUSE LACCD PAYS FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE.

THIS MEANS THAT IT MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE TO HIRE AND RETAIN OUR TALENTED PART TIME FACULTY.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CERRITOS TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

CCF AND THE DISTRICT WILL ENTER CONVERSATIONS AROUND HEALTH CARE FOR FACULTY AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT IN TIME WE'LL BE DISCUSSING NOT ONLY COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT HEALTH CARE FOR OUR FULL TIME FACULTY, BUT ALSO FOR OUR PART TIME FACULTY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ERIC.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU. HONORABLE TRUSTEES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

JUST WANTED TO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK MY COLLEAGUES, BOTH THE FACULTY SENATE.

THANK YOU, DENNIS, FOR RECOGNIZING AND MENTIONING CLASSIFIED STAFF.

SMALL CORRECTION.

WE'RE OVER 300 MEMBERS.

DULY. NOTE THAT, PLEASE.

WE WANT TO ALSO THANK DR.

WANG FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO CLASSIFIED STAFF AND THEIR DILIGENT WORK AND SUPPORTING THIS CAMPUS AND ITS EFFORTS, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH HEALTH CARE.

I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR SUPERSTARS IN THE CLASSIFIED STAFF, FIRST AND FOREMOST.

LAST MONTH, WE HAD A EMPLOYEE RECOGNIZED ESTHER RODRIGUEZ.

THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT JAN KEMP, WHO'S ANOTHER SUPER STELLAR PERFORMER.

ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND TO NOTE IS THAT JAN DOESN'T JUST DO THE AMAZING THING SHE WAS WRITTEN ABOUT IN HER EMPLOYEE NOMINATION, BUT SHE'S ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE CLASSIFIED UNION AND SHE'S ONE OF OUR TRUSTED ADVISORS ON THE NEGOTIATING STAFF.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF YEARS IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF MANY OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS HERE ON THE CERRITOS COLLEGE CAMPUS.

I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY ON A SIDE NOTE, TO THANK THE VETERANS PRESENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO, AS A 30 YEAR VETERAN AND RETIRED MARINE OFFICER OF THE MARINE CORPS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A POW MIA FLAG ON OUR FLAGPOLE OUT IN FRONT OF OUR CAMPUS AS WELL.

THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE CO-ADVISOR FOR THE STUDENT VETERANS CLUB TO INVITE THE TRUSTEES IF THEY HAVEN'T RSVP'D ALREADY FOR THE APRIL 28TH STUDENT, VETERAN MILITARY BALL WILL NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THEIR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THAT EVENT AND I WILL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE MOHAMMAD-REZA NAQVI IS SCC PRESIDENT REPORT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS MARISA NAQVI, AND THIS IS EMILY GOMES, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF OK.

WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON OK.

AND WE'D LIKE TO ME AND EMILY WOULD BOTH LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SAGE AND SALMA FOR BEING THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND VP.

MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT SENATE HAS SUPPORTED AND INCLUDING CABINET AS JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

HCRC HAS SUPPORTED 2220 307 SUPPORTING THE FORMATION OF A NONDENOMINATIONAL PRAYER ROOM.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT SENATOR DUNHAM'S JUST MENTIONED WAS 22, 2310, WHICH IS THE PAPER RECYCLING PROGRAM.

BASICALLY, THE ACC IS REQUESTING THE COLLEGE TO CREATE A PAPER RECYCLING PROGRAM ON CAMPUS JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING TO MAINTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO HAVE LIKE A MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT ON CAMPUS.

I DO.

I WILL BE PASSING THIS OVER TO EMILY NOW.

I DO NEED TO GO OVER MY FAST, SO I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER.

IT'S ALL UP TO YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

I WANTED TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

SO RECENTLY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF ATTENDING AN HCRC CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, ALONGSIDE THREE OTHER ACC STUDENT LEADERS BRIAN MORALES, BRYCE TREVINO AND BRANDON FLAMENCO.

MEDINA. I ALMOST FORGOT HIS NAME AS WELL AS OUR ADVISOR, CHRIS DE LA CRUZ.

IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND I CANNOT THANK THE STUDENTS ENOUGH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THEM ON A NATIONWIDE LEVEL.

WE GOT TO MEET WITH SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES NATIONWIDE.

A LOT OF THEM WERE FROM CALIFORNIA, BUT IT WAS AMAZING JUST TO TOUCH BASE WITH OTHER COLLEGES TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR US PERSONALLY, WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR THE K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM TO ASK OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO EXTEND THAT TO INCLUDE TWO YEARS.

SO ESSENTIALLY TO GET THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR HOWEVER LONG IT WOULD TAKE OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE AN A AND ATTAIN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

WE ALSO SPOKE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS STUDENTS.

THAT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR MANY OF US TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ON A HEALTHY CAMPUS AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE EQUITY GAP, ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE EQUITY COMMITTEE THAT MET FOR OVER, I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE YEARS, AND WE SHARED OUR INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECTED WITH FROM THAT COMMITTEE, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO ASK THEM TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY NATIONWIDE AS WELL.

AND THEN WE ALSO SPOKE ON THE HOUSING CRISIS, WHICH I KNOW CERRITOS COLLEGE IS DOING MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO HELP TO I'M FORGETTING THE WORD TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I KNOW WE HAVE OUR OFF CAMPUS, THE THE VILLAGE, AND WE'RE ALSO KIND OF TALKING ABOUT MAYBE IMPLEMENTING DORMS AT SOME POINT.

BUT WE'RE JUST SHARING A LOT OF OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE AND HOPING THAT MAYBE THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED ON A FEDERAL AND NATIONWIDE LEVEL AS WELL.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE SENATE IS CURRENTLY GOING OVER THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE HAVE OUR TREASURER, DAVID HERNANDEZ HERE.

SO HE'S BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF WORK.

OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE MET SINCE, I THINK, APRIL, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 24TH.

SO THEY'VE MET TWO HOURS EVERY WEEK AND THEY PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK.

SO THE SENATE WILL BE LOOKING OVER THE BUDGET AND WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT NEXT WEEK.

LIKE MARISA SAID, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW VP PRESIDENT ELECT AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE HER NAME IS JACKIE SCOTT, SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WELCOME HER WITH OPEN ARMS NEXT SEMESTER.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APPLAUD OUR STUDENT LEADERS WHO CAME OUT HERE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

TONIGHT, WE COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS AND CONCERNS AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME AND THE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA, WE STILL HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM A STUDENT, JORGE DIAZ.

TALK ABOUT STUDENT LIFE, PLEASE.

HELLO? HELLO? OKAY.

HELLO. TRUSTEE.

THANK YOU. DR.

JOSE. PIERRO FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON CAMPUS.

UM, LAST WEEK.

WELL, THIS WEEK, THE STUDENT PROGRAMING BOARD HAD AN EGG HUNT.

IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

STUDENTS WERE RUNNING.

WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A VIDEO.

IT WAS. IT WAS VERY.

IT WAS. THE STUDENTS WERE VERY PASSIONATE.

THEY GOT. THEY GOT SQUISHMALLOWS.

IT WAS AMAZING.

UM, YEAH.

AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT LIFE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS, BUT, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS GOT TO HAVE FUN ON CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY GOT TO HAVE FUN.

THEY GOT TO THEY GOT TO BE MORE CONNECTED TO CAMPUS.

AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO BE CONNECTED TO CAMPUS THAN THROUGH EVENTS ON CAMPUS? UM, AND GOING OFF OF THAT, I WANT TO THANK DR.

JOSE PIERRO FOR GOING ALONG WITH CRISTOBAL GARCIA, ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS.

SHE'S A SENATOR.

I SAW THEM GOING AROUND CAMPUS TALKING TO STUDENTS.

IF THEY KNOW WHO'S THE PRESIDENT, WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT WHO LIKE, WHAT'S HER NAME?

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JOSE PIERRO, HE WAS RECORDING IN LIKE HE WAS HE LOOKED LIKE A LIKE A STUDENT.

AND MY FRIEND, SHE WAS ASKING LIKE, HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO'S THE CURRENT PRESIDENT? AND THEY WERE LIKE, JOE BIDEN.

LIKE WHO? AND AND THEN DR.

ALSO LIKE, OH, I'M THE PRESIDENT.

AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK DR.

JOSE PIERRO FOR LIKE, JUST LIKE GETTING OUT OF HIS OFFICE AND JUST CONNECTING WITH THE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO THE STUDENTS AND LIKE GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK HECTOR, TOO, FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S BEEN PUTTING IN.

UM, ALSO.

I WANT TO START MAKING MORE FUN EVENTS LIKE THE COMMUNITY, EVENTS LIKE THIS UPCOMING EVENT FOR THE FOR THE EARTH DAY EVENT ON APRIL 26TH.

ON APRIL.

22ND. 22ND.

22ND. AND HOPEFULLY I CAN COLLAB COLLABORATE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE TO MAKE EVEN BIGGER EVENTS ON CAMPUS.

THE THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE THIS WEEK, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE RAN OUT OF LIKE SQUISHMALLOWS IN LIKE 30 MINUTES.

IT WAS CRAZY. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT WITH NEXT YEAR WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

AND AND ALSO RECENTLY I JUST CAME I JUST WENT TO THE MEN OF COLOR CONFERENCE IN PASADENA ON FRIDAY.

IT WAS VERY IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.

I GOT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO HOW TO COMBAT, HOW TO BATTLE THOSE THOSE EQUITY GAPS THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS FACE.

SHOUT OUT TO DR. LOU AMANDA FOR THE AMAZING WORK HE'S PUTTING IN.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA.

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]

RECOGNITION OF CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HONOR GENE SMITH, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF TWO IN THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL DIVISION AS OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH 2023.

GOOD. THANK YOU. OH.

HELLO. I KNOW YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.

OKAY? BECAUSE USUALLY DR.

PIERRO CAN THROW IN SOME PERSONAL JOKE AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EMPLOYEE, AND IT'S NOT FROM BORING ME.

BUT AFTER I READ THIS DESCRIPTION OF JANE, SHE'S A SUPERHERO.

SHE DOESN'T NEED DR.

PIERRO. I'M OKAY.

I CAN DO THAT JOB.

OKAY. SO JANE IS A VITAL PART OF HEALTH OCCUPATION DIVISION, RUNNING THE DIVISION WITH DIFFICULTY WITHOUT HER FROM HER INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO HER INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC AND CHEERFUL, FRIENDLY DEMEANOR, JANE IS ALWAYS HELPFUL, KIND AND SUPPORTIVE OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY, FREQUENTLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF THE DUTY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

EVERYONE IN THE HEALTH OCCUPATION DIVISION AND EVEN ACROSS THE CAMPUS KNOWS THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, YOU CAN ASK JANE AND SHE WILL LIKELY KNOW.

CAN I HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER? JANE IS A LEADER AMONG HER PEERS, A BIG PICTURE THINKER, A DETAIL ORIENTED PLANNER, AND A SKILLED AUDITOR OF PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.

SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING, FORWARD THINKING PROBLEM SOLVER WHO ALWAYS HAS CREATIVE IDEAS FOR ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULTY LOGISTIC ISSUES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE INVOLVED.

JANE TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE IN THE DIVISION LIKE THEY ARE FAMILY AND WE ARE ALL LUCKY TO HAVE HER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. DR.

PIERRO LOST HER VOICE.

HE LOST HIS VOICE. SORRY.

HE'S GOT THE BIG CAMERA. YEAH.

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NOW YOUR TURN TO TALK SOME TO SAY SOMETHING AND GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

FIVE, SIX, TWO.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL.

AND I. THE LAST TIME I RECEIVED THIS WAS OR SELECTED FOR THIS HONOR WAS IN 1995.

SO I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO AT LEAST AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE ABOUT 24 YEARS OF MEDIOCRITY.

I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS THIS IS QUITE A SURPRISE TO ME.

NONE OF US WORK SINGULARLY ON CAMPUS.

WE ALL KNOW THIS. WHETHER YOU'RE A FACULTY MANAGERS, STAFF, CLASSIFIED.

I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN LUCKY AND BLESSED TO BE HIRED BY THE DISTRICT WHEN I WAS 12.

ERIC I MEAN, TELLING ME I'VE BEEN HERE YEARS, BUT I WAS HIRED IN THE BEST DIVISION THAT THERE IS ON CAMPUS.

ARGUABLY, I WILL ARM WRESTLE THE OTHER DIVISION SECRETARIES, INCLUDING MY SISTER.

I KNOW I'M RIGHT IN THAT HEALTH OCCUPATIONS.

IT TRULY IS A FAMILY AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.

AND DR.

FARRELL KNOWS THAT WHEN HE COMES TO OUR MEETINGS, THERE'S SNACKS.

USUALLY WHEN WE'RE IN PERSON AND HE HAS A REALLY EASY TIME AT OUR MEETINGS.

THEY'RE VERY NICE. SO I'M FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THE BEST PEOPLE AND I DON'T DO MY JOB ALONE.

WHEN THEY SAY I KNOW WHAT TO DO, IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW WHO TO CALL.

SO BUT THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TURNING OUT.

AND I DON'T KNOW MOST OF YOU, SO AND BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVENING SO MUCH.

ALL THE. ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE HOOKS, ALL THE FANS.

OKAY, WELL, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR YOUR HEALTH OK ADJACENT.

YEAH, WE HAVE THIS.

A ROSE PARADE FLOAT.

EVERYONE IS GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE STANDING IN THE PICTURE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP.

YOU NEED TO BE OVER THERE.

YES, IF YOU WANT. YES.

HE SAID WHEN THERE WAS.

FINALLY. RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I GOT HIRED WHEN I WAS 12.

THEY WERE DOING THAT? YEAH, THEY WERE DOING ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.

STUDENT HOUSING IS BY FULL REPORT.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Student Housing Insecurity Support Updates]

STUDENT HOUSING INSECURITY SUPPORT UPDATES.

AND THIS WILL BE BY.

WE'LL HAVE A TEAM HERE.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE HOVEN AND FALCON NEST TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT FACING HOUSING INSECURITY.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. ERIC LEWIS PALM.

AND NEVER MIND.

I CAN DO INTROS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. PIERRO.

OVER THERE. OKAY, PERFECT.

WELL, GOOD. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

I'M ELIZABETH MILLER. I'M THE DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES.

I ALSO HAVE PAMELA SEPULVEDA WITH US, OUR CASE MANAGER FOR BASIC NEEDS, AND ERIC HUBBARD, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOVHANESS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT OUR HOUSING AND INSECURE STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE OFFER SOME DATA RELATED TO PROGRAM ENROLLMENT AND SUCCESS AND THEN END WITH A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT. SO I WILL PASS IT OVER TO ERIC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HONORED TRUSTEES FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR DR. FIERRO, FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WELCOMING US ON CAMPUS AND FOR INSTITUTING A VISION FOR SUPPORTING HOMELESS STUDENTS

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MY NAME IS ERIC HUBBARD. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR HAVANAS INC.

WE ARE THE NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDER THAT HAS WORKED WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE SINCE 2016.

IN ORDER TO CREATE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HAVANAS IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S OVER 30 YEARS OLD, FOUNDED BY FATHER RICHARD ESTRADA, WHO WAS A LEADER IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT, MARCHING WITH DOLORES HUERTA AND CESAR CHAVEZ. HE ESTABLISHED HAVANAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH THAT WERE SHOWING UP ON THE DOORSTEP OF HIS CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN LA.

AND OVER 30 YEARS LATER, WE ARE NOW THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HOMELESS YOUTH IN SERVICE PLANNING AREA SEVEN, WHERE WE CAN HOUSE OVER 500 YOUTH ON ANY GIVEN YEAR THROUGHOUT OUR VARIETY OF HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

IN 2015, WE STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT A NEW POPULATION OF HOMELESS YOUTH THAT WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF, WHICH WAS HOMELESS COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND SO WE SAW THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES WEREN'T CONNECTED TO LA'S HOMELESS COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF REALLY ESTABLISHING HOUSING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T COMING INTO THE SHELTERS, THEY WEREN'T BEING REFERRED TO OUR PROGRAMS, AND THEY WERE BEING KIND OF LEFT ON CAMPUS. AND SO WHEN FINANCIAL AID OFFICERS AND GUARDIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM STARTED ASKING US IF WE COULD HOUSE THEIR STUDENTS, WE STARTED LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO.

AND AS THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR HERE IN SERVICE PLANNING AREA, WE STARTED TO ESTABLISH WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP IN 2016 WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE, WHERE WE LOCATED ONE OF OUR STAFF ON CAMPUS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM THE COLLEGE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC, I MEAN, SOME PRIVATE FUNDING IN ORDER TO CREATE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING USING THE PRIVATE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN ORDER TO PLACE STUDENTS INTO HOUSING, IN ORDER TO USE HOUSING AS A TOOL TO HELP THEM GRADUATE.

THIS WAS NOTICED.

AND SO IN STATEWIDE IN 2020, AB 74 WAS PASSED BASED OFF OF THE MODEL THAT GIOVANNI'S AND CERRITOS COLLEGE HAD REALLY PIONEERED TO CREATE A FUNDING PILOT CALLED AB 74, WHICH ALLOWED OUR PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND HERE AND ALSO BE REPLICATED AT COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH AN ALUM OF CERRITOS COLLEGE TO LOOK AT A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT THAT THE COLLEGE REALLY HAD THE VISION TO TO PURSUE. AND DR. PIERRO TOOK THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS TO PURCHASE THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS JUST A BLOCK OFF CAMPUS JUST THAT WAY, WHERE GIOVANNI'S MASTER LEASES THE PROPERTY AND IS ABLE TO HOUSE UP TO 26 STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOURNEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO, AS GIOVANNI'S HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE COLLEGE AND OTHER COLLEGE PARTNERS THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AB 74 THE VILLAGE AND ALWAYS LOOK FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER TOGETHER.

AND A BIG PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP IS WORKING WITH WITH THE NEST AND THE FALCONS NEST AND REALLY THE BASIC NEEDS OFFICES HERE WITH PAMELA AND HER TEAM IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS AND CREATE A REFERRAL PATHWAY OVER TO GIOVANNI'S.

AND PAMELA, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU, ERIC. AGAIN, MY NAME IS PAMELA SEPULVEDA.

I'M THE CASE MANAGER OVER AT THE FALCONS NEST, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FALCON BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM.

AND THE FALCONS NEST PROGRAM STARTED IN SPRING 2020, AND I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM AS THE HOUSING PROGRAM ALSO ACCELERATED UP.

RIGHT AFTER I STARTED, THE VILLAGE HAD ITS RIBBON CUTTING AND AND THAT HAPPENED IN SPRING 2020.

WHILE MOST OF US WERE WORKING AT HOME, OUR CAMPUS WAS WORKING REALLY HARD, AS YOU KNOW, TO BE REALLY INNOVATIVE AND GROUNDBREAKING, LITERALLY WITH OUR HOUSING PROGRAM. A LOT OF US KNOW ABOUT THE VILLAGE.

NOT EVERYONE REALIZES THERE'S PROGRAMING BEYOND THE VILLAGE.

IN FALL 2020 IS WHEN WE REALLY LAUNCHED THAT AB 74 FUNDING, WHICH WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S HOUSING OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF 25.

AND THAT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE AS MANY OF US KNOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST A YOUNGER POPULATION.

WE HAVE STUDENTS OF ALL DIVERSE AGES AND FAMILY SIZES.

AND SO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE RECOGNIZE IN THE FALL 2020, WE LAUNCHED OUR WHAT WE CALL RAPID REHOUSING AND PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH IN OTHER TERMS MEANS IF YOU ARE OVER THE AGE OF 25 OR WITH A FAMILY, WE CAN HELP SUPPORT YOU INTO HOUSING IF YOU'RE UNHOUSED OR IF YOU'RE ALREADY HOUSED.

HOWEVER, AT RISK OF LOSING YOUR HOUSING, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH WITH RENTAL SUPPORT AS WELL TO KEEP YOU IN YOUR HOUSING.

AND THIS IS ALL WRAPPED AROUND SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE FALCONS NEST AND CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH HOVHANESS THAT LAUNCHED IN 2020 CONTINUED.

IT USED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THE REFERRAL AND CASES OPEN CONTINUE TO CLIMB EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IN A NEW PROGRAM.

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SAFE LANDING SOUNDS MUCH COOLER THAN MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM.

AND SO WE WANTED TO FORMALIZE THIS HOVHANESS WAS ALREADY STARTING TO DO THIS.

HOWEVER, IN COLLABORATING WITH THEM, WE WANTED TO FORMALIZE THIS SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE URGENT RESPONSE TO STUDENTS WHO REPORT TO US THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS AND IT REALLY RAISES THEIR THEIR REFERRAL TO THE TOP OF THE LIST SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, WHEN WHEN ELIGIBLE, ARE ABLE TO STAY IN IN SAFE HOUSING IMMEDIATELY WHILE WE TRIAGE THEM TO THEIR NEXT STEP.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

MILLER OR I WILL TURN IT BACK TO ERIC WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST RESILIENT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET.

I'VE BEEN AT HOVHANESS FOR OVER 15 YEARS NOW, EVER SINCE I WAS 12, AND IT HAS BEEN SUCH A JOY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE AMAZING, RESILIENT STUDENTS.

BUT THEY'RE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS, THEY'RE SLEEPING OUTSIDE, THEY'RE SLEEPING IN GARAGES THAT HAVE 5 OR 6 OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE STILL PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION. THEY ARE STILL ENROLLED HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR DREAMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THAT CAN LEAD FOR THEIR FUTURE, FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CREATE MULTIPLE FORMS OF HOUSING FOR THIS POPULATION, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF STUDENT AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND THERE'S NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF STUDENT WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

BRIDGE HOUSING IS A FREE HOUSING PROGRAM LOCATED AT THE VILLAGE WHERE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO 24 YEARS OLD CAN QUICKLY MOVE INTO ONE OF THE AVAILABLE, SHARED, SHARED BEDROOMS THAT WE HAVE THERE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVACY, BUT ALSO HAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER EXPECTATIONS AS THEY PAY AN AFFORDABLE RENT BETWEEN 100 AND 90 5 TO $385 A MONTH IN ORDER TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE WITHIN THE VILLAGE WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO WORK, SAVE AND PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURE.

RAFFERTY HOUSING IS REALLY USED FOR THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ARE OVER THE AGE OF 25 OR THOSE WHO HAVE KIDS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM HAVE THEIR OWN APARTMENT WITH THEIR NAME ON THE LEASE.

BUT A SUBSIDIZED RENTAL SUBSIDY THAT GOES TO THAT LANDLORD EVERY MONTH AS THE STUDENT TAKES ON MORE AND MORE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT ALSO FOCUSES ON SCHOOL PREVENTION IS USED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY HOUSED BUT HAVE AN EVICTION NOTICE OR ARE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THEIR HOUSING.

IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO KEEP A STUDENT HOUSE.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOMELESS SYSTEM AND THE SAFE LANDING MOTEL SUPPORT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE JUST LAUNCHED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS AND NEED AN IMMEDIATE PLACE TO GO.

I WAS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS WITH PAMELA AND HER TEAM AND MY TEAM AT HOVHANESS TO MOVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS INTO THE THE DAYS IN JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE OVER TODAY AND YESTERDAY, THREE STUDENTS WHO WERE LIVING IN THEIR CARS WHO DIDN'T HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE THAT NIGHT ARE NOW IN A SAFE MOTEL WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PLAN WITH THEM.

EXCELLENT. THE VILLAGE.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW INNOVATIVE AND AMAZING THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN FOR US AND THE COLLEGE.

IT'S CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PROGRAM AND FACILITY OF THIS NATURE WHERE THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY MADE A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THESE SEVEN TOWNHOMES JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM CAMPUS, ONE OF WHICH IS BEING USED FOR BY HOMEOWNERS AS OUR OFFICE SPACE.

THE REST IS AFFORDABLE AND BRIDGE HOUSING.

WE JUST HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH CONGRESSWOMAN STEELE YESTERDAY, AND WE HAD ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, PRISCILLA, WHO WAS SHARING HER STORY OF SLEEPING IN HER GARAGE AND THEN SLEEPING ON THE SUBWAY BEFORE SHE WENT TO THE FALCON'S NEST.

FOUR DAYS LATER, SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE VILLAGE.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF STORY THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE CAN SEE HER GRADES IMPROVE.

SHE'S WORKING, SHE'S SAVING.

SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO BUY A CAR.

SHE'S WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING HERSELF SELF-SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT WHILE STILL SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL AND FURTHERING HER EDUCATION.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE VILLAGE YET, I URGE YOU TO TO BOOK A TIME WITH US TO COME OUT AND TAKE A TOUR AND WALK THROUGH IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE HIGH LIVING STANDARD THAT'S THERE.

THE STUDENTS HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO KEEP IT CLEAN, BUT OUR STAFF STAFF IS ALWAYS THERE WITH SECURITY 24/7 TO MAKE SURE IT IS A SAFE, STABLE PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND MOVE THEIR LIVES FORWARD.

SEE, SO I HAVE THESE THIS MATH ON A CARD OVER HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THE UTILIZATION OF THE PROGRAM HAS REALLY INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE'VE OFFERED IT.

THIS GRAPH SHOWS SINCE WE STARTED THESE PROGRAMS IN 2020, YOU KNOW, UTILIZATION WAS SLOW AT FIRST.

WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

BUT OVER TIME, 175 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HOUSED THROUGH THE VILLAGE, THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING AND THROUGH THE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

THAT'S 175 STUDENTS WHO ARE NO LONGER HOMELESS, NO LONGER SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS OR OUTSIDE OR WORRYING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SLEEP OR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EAT.

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SO RIGHT NOW I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE AT FULL OCCUPANCY IN OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM AND ALMOST FULL OCCUPANCY AT THE VILLAGE.

WE ALWAYS HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE MOVING IN AND MOVING OUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US ARE BEING UTILIZED TO THE MAX.

IT ALWAYS TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET A PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.

BUT WE CAN SEE NOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FALCON'S NEST AND BASIC NEEDS.

OUR TEAMS MEET ON A WEEKLY, MONTHLY, DAILY BASIS TO GO OVER THE CASES AND THE REFERRALS AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HOUSING SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS AND OFF CAMPUS.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE NUMBERS.

THESE NUMBERS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATE JUST A PARTIAL AMOUNT OF THE NEED THAT'S OUT THERE.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RISE AND FIND NEW WAYS THAT WE CAN MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT IN ORDER TO GET THEM HOUSED.

AND PAMELA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, ERIC. I THINK I HAVE THE COOLEST SLIDE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE DATA AND I'M MORE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BASELINE FOR STUDENTS IN A CRISIS, SPECIFICALLY A HOUSING CRISIS, IS THAT THEY TYPICALLY LEAVE SCHOOL.

OUR STUDENTS IN OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS AREN'T LEAVING SCHOOL.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALTHOUGH IT'S JUST POINT TWO RIGHT NOW, THEIR GPAS ARE RISING.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN THEY'RE NOT LEAVING SCHOOL WITH THEIR GPAS ARE RISING.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THE MOMENTUM POINT, NOT MOMENTUM POINTS, BUT ONE OF THE FOCUS THE CAMPUS HAS TO ENSURE OUR SUCCESS IS BY GETTING STUDENTS ENGAGED IN A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLAN.

OUR CAMPUS ON AVERAGE IS AT A 68%.

HOWEVER, STUDENTS IN HOUSING ARE AT A 93%.

WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR CRISIS AND THEIR TRANSITION TO A SPACE OF THRIVING, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

WE KNOW THAT 41% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR DEGREES OR CERTIFICATES AWARDED WITHIN TWO YEARS, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CAMPUS RATE.

AND WE KNOW THAT 14% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE THEN TRANSFERRING UP TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY.

WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT THE SUPPORT IS WORKING.

THEY'RE NOT LEAVING SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT DROPPING OUT, THEY'RE STAYING AND THEY'RE ACCELERATING AND THEY CAN'T BE STOPPED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT.

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL JUST THIS WEEK FROM ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WAS IN OUR HOUSING IS JUST FINISHING BEING IN THE HOUSING PROGRAM.

SHE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL LIKE MANY STUDENTS AFTER THE PANDEMIC, AND I WON'T TELL TOO MUCH OF HER STORY BECAUSE SHE IS NOW OUR STUDENT COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER.

AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS AND THERE WAS NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OR ANYTHING.

THIS IS A YOUNG THIS IS THIS IS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED STUDENT WHO IN HER OWN RIGHT NOT ONLY EXCELS ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO NOW AS AS A LEADER FOR HER FAMILY.

AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH HOVHANESS.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND I HOPE YOU ALL COME TO HEAR HER SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU. OOPS, CAN'T CAN'T SKIP THE SUPPORT NEEDED.

SO AS AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN RAMPING UP YEAR TO YEAR AND ONGOING SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

SO THE AB 74 FUNDS THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2019 HAVEN'T AT THIS POINT BEEN RENEWED.

AND SO WE DO REQUEST ADVOCACY FOR CONTINUED FUNDING FOR AB 74 RAPID REHOUSING TYPE FUNDS BECAUSE THAT FUNDS ARE RAPID REHOUSING AND PREVENTION AND SAFE LANDING.

SO THIS IS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OVER 25 OR HAVE FAMILIES HAVE KIDS.

SO THOSE WHO WHO WOULD NOT BE IN THE VILLAGE.

AND SO WE HAVE FUNDING THAT CAN LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS.

BUT IF WE DON'T GET ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS, THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD NOT EXIST ANYMORE BECAUSE THE FUNDING WILL WILL RUN OUT.

AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR THAT.

KEEP YOUR EARS OUT WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS COMING UP.

AND THEN FINALLY, CONTINUED SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SUPPORTING OUR UNHOUSED STUDENTS FOR THE VILLAGE, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH LA COUNTY AND JANICE HAHN'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ADVOCACY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR CAMPUS HERE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE BARRIERS, SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN GRADUATE.

BECAUSE WE DO SEE WITH THE WHEN THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT, THEY'RE GRADUATING, NOT ONLY GRADUATING, BUT AT HIGHER RATES.

AND I MEAN, LIKE ERIC SAID, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE THAT THERE ARE 175 ISH, LESS HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS.

SO. SO THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

LISTEN. ANYONE.

TRUSTEE. DR.

SALAZAR NEXT QUESTION.

YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE LOW IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WERE HELPING SERVICING.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN ESTIMATED NUMBER IN TERMS OF THE NEED, LIKE THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES? THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS HOW ARE THESE STUDENTS? IS IT A SELF REFERRAL WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GO AND ASK FOR HELP OR ARE WE ACTIVELY SEEKING THEM? AND THE LAST ONE IS JUST CURIOUS WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM, FROM THE MOTEL VOUCHERS.

I'LL PROBABLY GO BACKWARDS WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

THE FUNDING FOR THE MOTEL VOUCHERS IS FROM OUR AB 74 FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WHEN FUNDS WERE ISSUED, IT TOOK US ABOUT A YEAR TO GET THE PROGRAM UP AND GOING.

SO WE'RE LASTING.

WE HAD SOME SAVINGS AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXISTING ON NOW.

BUT THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A REQUEST OF ABOUT 650,000 PER YEAR TO KEEP THE THE PROGRAM GOING.

AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY, YOU KNOW, RISES IN INFLATION OR HOUSING COSTS AS FAR AS STUDENT NEED.

AND I THINK I'LL LET PAMELA AND ERIC TALK A BIT MORE TO THAT AS WELL AS TO HOW THE PROGRAM IS THE REFERRAL, HOW THE PROGRAM, HOW STUDENTS GET ENROLLED.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ON THE CHART ARE PRETTY LOW.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM THAT'S BRAND NEW WHEN EVERYBODY WAS AT HOME AND WE COULDN'T FIND THEM.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS WENT UP WHEN WE CAME HYBRID LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THEY'RE CONTINUING TO COME UP.

ONE OF THOSE DYNAMICS IS ALSO THE FALCON'S NEST STARTED AN INTERN PROGRAM WITH GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS THAT EVERY STUDENT WHO COMES IN TO EVEN JUST GET A SANDWICH IS ASKED TO MEET WITH ONE OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS SO WE CAN DO A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, HOW DO STUDENTS REFER OR GET INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM? LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND FILL OUT A DOCUMENT BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT HERE, SO THEY CAN DO A REFERRAL FORM ONLINE.

THEY CAN SIMPLY WALK INTO THE NEST AND WE WILL IDENTIFY THAT.

A LOT OF TIMES STUDENTS WERE COMING IN AND THEY WERE SAYING, I'M LOOKING FOR EMERGENCY AID THAT CARES ACT ABOUT HER FUNDING AND WHEN BEFORE THE FALCON'S NEST EXISTED, WE WOULD JUST GIVE THEM THAT MONEY.

BUT NOW WHEN THEY'RE SITTING DOWN WITH A CASE MANAGER IN THE FALCON'S NEST TO HAVE THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND SAY, WHOA, YOU ACTUALLY ARE IN HOUSING CRISIS AND THEY'VE LIVED IN CRISIS FOR SO LONG, THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT CRISIS LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO DO BETTER IDENTIFICATION AS TO WHICH STUDENTS HAVE THAT NEED SO THEY CAN WALK IN AND RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT OR THEY CAN FILL OUT A REFERRAL ONLINE AND OR A STAFF MEMBER ON CAMPUS CAN FILL OUT THAT REFERRAL FOR THEM.

THAT REFERRAL IS SENT TO BOTH THE FALCONS NEST AND TO HOVHANESS.

AND WITHIN THAT FIRST DAY, HOVHANESS IS REACHING OUT FOR THE THE THE HOUSING CONVERSATION.

BUT THE FALCONS NEST IS ALSO REACHING OUT TO SAY LET'S HAVE THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS OF HYGIENE ITEMS AND FOOD SECURITY AND DO YOU NEED RESOURCES IN OTHER KINDS OF CAPACITIES.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REFERRAL SYSTEM.

AND THEN EVERY WEDNESDAY, AS ERIC MENTIONED, OUR TEAMS MEET TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE NO STUDENT IS FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS, THAT EVERY REFERRAL IS PICKED UP AND EVERY STUDENT IS SPOKEN TO ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

AND I'LL TURN IT TO ERIC FOR THE LAST PORTION OF THE QUESTION.

SO EXCUSE ME.

THE WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE CAN HOUSE.

BUT FOR REFERENCE FOR OUR RAPID REHOUSING CONTRACT WITH THE COLLEGE, IT'S BETWEEN 30 TO 40 STUDENTS PER YEAR.

SO WE ARE NOT.

WE CAN'T. HOUSING IS SO EXPENSIVE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND USING PRIMARILY THE PUBLIC, THE PRIVATE MARKET.

SO WE HAVE WE ARE USING THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN.

AND AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET HOUSED AND NOW FULL OCCUPANCY, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT HOUSING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.

BUT THE NEED IS OUT THERE.

WE KNOW THAT IN, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC NEEDS SURVEYS THAT CAME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO, 1 IN 5 OF LA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS.

AND THESE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS AN UNDERCOUNT, IN MY OPINION, KNOWING JUST HOW EXPENSIVE THE HOUSING MARKET IS AND HOW MUCH IT CONTINUES TO GO, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS WERE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STAYING IN SCHOOL OR WORKING.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE JUST TO MAKE THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAYING IN SCHOOL IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN OPTION FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED.

WE TRY AND KEEP OUR OVERHEAD AS LOW AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE STUDENTS IN HOUSING.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HOUSING AREN'T JUST LEFT THERE BY THEMSELVES, THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING CASE MANAGEMENT FROM OUR OUR STAFF IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, THE TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HOUSING IS A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR THEM TO MOVE

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AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN AN ACHIEVEMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO ACTUALLY GET AT THAT FULL CAPACITY.

IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THERE, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MODEL AND WE HAVE THE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS MOMENTUM. SO THE CAPACITY IS ABOUT 40 PER YEAR AT THIS COLLEGE.

WHAT DO YOU DO IF THERE'S.

WELL, THAT 30 RAPID REHOUSING STUDENTS AND THEN THE VILLAGE CAN HOUSE UP TO 26 STUDENTS AT A TIME AND THEN PREVENTION IS 61, 62 STUDENTS AND SERVICES RIGHT NOW. YEAH.

OKAY. AND THEN IF IF YOU WERE TO HAVE BE INUNDATED WITH WITH REFERRALS OR STUDENTS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE STUDENTS WHEN YOU KIND OF REACH THE CAPACITY? THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO HAVE MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO THE BEST OF THE SYSTEM'S ABILITY THE OUTSIDE REFERRALS. GIOVANNI'S HAS MULTIPLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR FOR YOUTH WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING, WE I MEAN, THAT'S JUST FOR YOUTH TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, 18 TO 24, THAT'S WHO WE SERVE IN OUR PROGRAM.

WE ALSO MAKE REFERRALS OUT TO THE FAMILY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND THE THE ADULT COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. SO WE ONCE WE GET TO THAT, WE ALSO JUST HAVE TO DO PROBLEM SOLVING, REALLY COLLABORATING WITH BASIC NEEDS, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SIGNING UP FOR THE BENEFITS FOR WHICH THEY'RE ELIGIBLE.

JUST HOMELESSNESS IS SUCH A TRICKY THING.

THERE'S NOT ALWAYS AN EASY SOLUTION FOR ANY OF THE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE DOING IT, EXPERIENCING IT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR BACKGROUNDS ARE AND WHAT THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE ARE, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM CAN WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO MAKE CARVE OUTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MAKE THIS POPULATION OF PRIORITY WITHIN THE COUNTY AT STATEWIDE LEVELS AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW FUNDING STREAMS JUST FOR THE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BASED ON THE LAST SURVEY, WE HAD ABOUT 10% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT WAS EITHER HOMELESS OR HOME INSECURE, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO HOW MANY? PROBABLY 2000.

2000. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A NEW SURVEY THAT WE WILL BE RUNNING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO DETERMINE OUR NEW NUMBERS.

PART OF THIS IS THE REASON OF WHY WE ARE MOVING INTO THE NEXT HOUSING PROJECT, AND WE HAVE MADE EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT TO WORK FROM THE ENTRY POINT.

AN EXPANSION, MEANING THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO HAVE THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RENT, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO RUN THE STUDENTS.

IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO AT THE VILLAGE DUE TO THE HANDS ON SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED TO TRANSITION STUDENTS.

THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

PURCHASING THE BUILDING IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN RUNNING THE SERVICES THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT IN THE LONG RUN.

HOWEVER, THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SIMPLY HOUSING THE STUDENTS.

WE ARE DEVELOPING STUDENTS SO THEY LEARN THE LIFE SKILLS NEEDED SO THEY DON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

ERIC, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING THE CHAMPION THAT YOU ARE.

LISTEN, PAM, THANK YOU FOR FOR THE WORK.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M PERSONALLY VERY, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

THE PROBLEM IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS.

THAT'S WHY IT BECOMES IMPERATIVE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COLLEGES, THE SYSTEM, THE COUNTIES TO PARTNER, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE VILLAGE WITHOUT THE HELP OF HOVHANESS.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WE DO IN THE VILLAGE AND THE FALCON NEST WITHOUT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND WE COULDN'T REALLY BUILD THAT CAPACITY WITHOUT COUNTING ON THE EXPERTISE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

WE WILL HAVE THOSE NUMBERS PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

END OF THIS MONTH. END OF THIS MONTH.

AND THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO BE ANY BETTER THAN THE ONES FROM LAST TIME AROUND.

SO I'M ANTICIPATING OVER 10% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE REPORTING A HOMELESSNESS OR BEING HOME INSECURE AT SOME

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THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? EARLIER YOU MENTIONED EVICTION SUPPORT.

COULD YOU GO INTO MORE OF THE LEGAL ASPECT OF HOW WE PROVIDE SOME LEGAL HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED IT FOR THEIR HOUSING SITUATIONS? YEAH. THE PRIMARY INTERVENTION WITH THE PREVENTION PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM CATCH UP AND MAINTAIN THAT RENT OVER A SHORTENED PERIOD OF TIME WITH LIGHT TOUCH CASE MANAGEMENT BETWEEN HOME AND THE AND THE FALCON'S NEST AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF THERE.

SO IT'S IS MAKING DO WE DO REFERRALS? WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE LEGAL OPTIONS AND REFERRALS FOR STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS AS AS THEY, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THIS IS A QUICK RESOLUTION WITH THEIR LANDLORD.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK MORE ON THAT PROGRAM? YEAH.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS TO IF YOU HAVE A THREE DAY PAY OR QUIT AND YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT, WE MOVE VERY QUICKLY ON TRYING TO GET THAT LANDLORD PAID AND THEN WORKING UP PUTTING THEM INTO THE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

AND PART OF THAT, A LARGE PART OF THAT IS GOES WELL BEYOND JUST HELPING SOMEBODY WITH 1 TO 6 MONTHS OF RENT, HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE STUDENT SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE NEVER PUT NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER BEFORE, SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, BRINGING IN ALL THE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEN TEACHING THEM IN THAT BUDGET HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE PROGRAMS TO THEIR BEST ABILITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE FALCONS NEST HAS DONE FOR ANY STUDENT ON CAMPUS, BUT WE REALLY HEAVILY FOCUS WITH OUR FOLKS IN HOUSING IS WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH DOWNEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AND CREDIT UNION TO HAVE ONE ON ONE MENTORSHIP CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CREDIT UNION AND THESE STUDENTS TO TALK ABOUT BUDGETING, CREDIT, BANKING 101.

WE TALKED TO FINANCIAL AID ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE YOUR FINANCIAL AID PROPERLY.

WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES WITH SOME OF THESE STUDENTS IS THEY HAVE ONE FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE.

THEY HAVE A BASIC NEED CRISIS, AND NOW THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID COULD CHANGE IF THEY APPEAL.

BUT THEY'RE IN CRISIS AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THAT.

AND SO THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE NEST IN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT WITH SOME OF THESE STUDENTS IS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES IN FRONT OF THEM, HOW DO THEY LEVERAGE THEM AND HOW DO THEY ORGANIZE THEM.

SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE LIVING IN THAT CRISIS, BUT INSTEAD STARTING TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND STARTING TO SEE HOW THEIR LIFE CAN BE SUSTAINABLE BEYOND A THREE DAY PAY OR QUIT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

I MEAN, BECAUSE I WORK AS AN EVICTION ATTORNEY AS WELL AS A TENANT DEFENSE AS WELL.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN REALLY BIG IN OUR AREA, ESPECIALLY IS THE THE END OF THE LA EVICTION MORATORIUM IS NOT JUST FOR THE THREE DAY NOTICE.

AND SAME WITH THE CITY OF LA.

I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS MAY EITHER HAVE HABITABILITY ISSUES THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE EITHER NOTICED OR KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LANDLORD TO, YOU KNOW, DEDUCT FROM THE RENT IF THEY NEED TO FIX SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT CAN BE DONE WITH LESS THAN WHAT THE RENT ACTUALLY IS DUE PER MONTH. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY'VE DONE NOTHING, THERE ARE NO FAULT EVICTIONS THAT IF THEY'RE SERVED A 30 DAY NOTICE OR A 60 DAY NOTICE TO, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE ELLIS ACT, YOU WITHDRAW THE MARKET FROM THE PROPERTY OR YOU NEED TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE MAY BE GOING ON. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER LEGAL ISSUES THAT THESE STUDENTS MAY BE HAVING THAT AREN'T JUST A THREE DAY NOTICE TO PAY OR QUIT.

SO I THINK THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF WE'VE DEFINITELY CONNECTED FOLKS TO FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS.

AND IF OUR HOUSING FOUNDATION IS NOT IN THEIR CATCHMENT AREA, THAT WHATEVER NONPROFIT IT IS.

SO BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY WILD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN HOUSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE MORATORIUM IS LIFTED, I WILL JUST SAY THAT YOU DREAM IT.

IT'S HAPPENED TO OUR STUDENTS WITH HOUSING AND SOME OF IT'S LEGAL AND SOME OF IT'S NOT.

AND IT'S NOT FOR US TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS, RATHER TO REFER THEM TO THE FOLKS THAT CAN HELP THEM.

SO THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON CAMPUS EVERY SO OFTEN.

WELL, IT'S INTERESTING.

A LOT OF STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO MEET ON CAMPUS.

THEY STILL WANT THEM TO ZOOM.

SO THEY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN EUROPE FOR ALL WE CARE.

LIKE THEY CAN MEET WITH THE STUDENTS ON ZOOM.

A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS STILL WANT TO CONNECT ON ZOOM.

OKAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BUT GOOD POINT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU NAMED THE PROGRAM SAFE LANDING BECAUSE IT RELATES TO FALCONS LANDING, AT LEAST IN MY MIND.

SO IT'S VERY ON BRAND.

PURCHASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT. SO NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE IT TO NEXT BOARD MEETING.

IT WAS IT WILL BE AN EXCITING ITEM WILL BE FROM DR.

PIERRO TO DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INDICATOR AND NEXT STEP TO GAIN MOMENTUM WITH REGARD TO STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

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AND ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 2.04 IS THE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL WILL RECEIVE A

[2.04 Institutional Presentation: AB705 Implementation Update at Cerritos College]

THIS IS TO. TO. TO MOVE THE SLIDES ALONG.

JUST PRESS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

SO I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF I'VE 705.

705 WAS APPROVED IN THE FALL OF 2017, AND AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, IT REQUIRED COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO JUSTIFY PRE TRANSFER LEVEL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES.

AND IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO JUST TO TO SHOW THAT THESE COURSES, THESE PREREQUISITES.

INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS, THEN WE COULD NO LONGER OFFER THEM.

AND CERRITOS WAS QUICK AT IMPLEMENTING CHANGES STARTING A FEW YEARS BACK.

THIS. LET'S SEE.

I THINK I PRESSED TWICE.

LET ME LEARN HOW TO USE THIS CONTROL.

THERE WE GO. THIS PAST FALL, IN 2022, A SECOND BILL WAS PASSED THAT WAS SORT OF A VERSION TWO OF 705, SB 705 WORDING WAS A LITTLE VAGUE, AND MANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACROSS THE STATE WERE FINDING WAYS TO CIRCUMVENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.

SO LEGISLATURE JUST PASSED THIS NEW BILL THAT CLOSED SOME OF THE LOOPHOLES THAT THAT WERE PRESENT.

AND AND IT IS MUCH MORE SPECIFIC IN WHAT WE ARE AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE OF THIS CHANGES FROM THIS NEW VERSION OF THE BILL.

AND I'LL START BY SAYING THAT.

UH, AS OF JULY OF 2023, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY STUDENTS OR RECOMMEND THAT STUDENTS BE PLACED IN PRE TRANSFER LEVEL MATH COURSES OR ENGLISH COURSES.

AND AS A RESULT, WE MADE CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE SO THAT STARTING THIS FALL, WE NO LONGER OFFER ANY PRE TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES AT CERRITOS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SECTION OF MATH ADB, THAT IS TO ALLOW STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE FIRST HALF OF INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA THIS SPRING TO FINISH IN THE FALL.

BUT AFTER THAT THERE WILL BE NO PRE TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES MOVING FORWARD.

WE ARE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO PLACE STUDENTS INTO NON REQUIRED TRANSFER LEVEL MATH COURSES UNLESS THESE COURSES AGAIN CAN BE SHOWN TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT THE STUDENTS WILL SUCCEED IN THEIR IN THEIR CHOSEN PROGRAMS. WE HAVE UNTIL JULY OF NEXT YEAR TO SHOW THAT TRANSFER LEVEL PREREQUISITES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, IN FACT, HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED IN THE TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION ACROSS THE STATE ON THE PART OF MANY, MANY MATH DEPARTMENTS AS TO HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR STEM CALCULUS SEQUENCE. I'VE ATTENDED A WEBINAR THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WHERE THEY ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE CHANGES, BUT INDICATED THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON, IN PARTICULAR, FINDING WAYS TO VALIDATE THE PREREQUISITES FOR OUR CALCULUS.

CALCULUS ONE COURSE FOR ENGINEERS.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES THAT ARE PREREQUISITES FOR THE COURSE.

THAT WOULD BE TRIGONOMETRY, MATH 140 AND PRE-CALCULUS MATH 155.

IF WE ARE READING THE LAW CORRECTLY AND AGAIN THE CHANCELLOR HAS NOT CLARIFIED THIS THIS POINT, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT STARTING IN JULY OF 2024, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUSTIFY THAT STEM STUDENTS WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN TRIG.

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WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT DATA IS TO BE OBTAINED, BUT WE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON GUIDELINES INTO HOW WE CAN WE CAN JUSTIFY HAVING THOSE TWO PREREQUISITES.

SO. WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN IN MEETING THE MEETING THE THE STANDARDS OF THESE NEW LAW.

AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE AREAS OF PLACEMENT COURSE OFFERINGS IN MATH, ENGLISH AND ESL.

AS YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS WE HAVE NOT USED PLACEMENT EXAMS FOR PLACEMENT AND INSTEAD WE USE MULTIPLE MEASURES TO FIND THE THE BEST POSSIBLE COURSES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR STUDENTS THAT THESE MULTIPLE MEASURES INCLUDE THINGS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL GPA, THE HIGHEST MATH COURSES THAT THEY TOOK AND THE GRADES THAT THEY HAD IN THOSE COURSES.

AND FOR STUDENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE DOCUMENTATION, THERE IS A SELF PLACEMENT TOOL THAT IS USED TO TO HELP THEM FIND THE MOST ADEQUATE COURSES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IN OUR STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS AND ACROSS THE STATE HAS TO DO WITH THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOL MATH.

I HAD TOLD YOU THAT THE THE LANGUAGE OF AB 705 WAS A LITTLE BIT AMBIGUOUS IN THIS AREA AND AB 705 HAS, LIKE I SAID, CLOSED MANY LOOPHOLES.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES.

THE NEW LAW FORBIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGES FROM REQUIRING STUDENTS TO TAKE COURSES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COURSES THAT COVER THE SAME COMPETENCIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS WHO PASS ALGEBRA TWO OR INTEGRATED MATH THREE IN HIGH SCHOOL CANNOT BE CANNOT BE REQUIRED TO TAKE INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

BUT WE NO LONGER OFFER INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA.

BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS THAT BY IMPLICATION OF THIS LAW, IF STUDENTS ARE TO GET CREDIT FOR COMPLETING ALGEBRA TWO IN HIGH SCHOOL OR INTEGRATED MATH THREE, THEN THEY MEET OUR PROFICIENCY MATH REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION.

SO STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EARN AN AA DEGREE AT CERRITOS IF THEY COME FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A WITH TWO SEMESTERS OF ALGEBRA TWO.

I THINK THAT THIS WILL OPEN ACCESS AND IT'S A IT WILL PROMOTE PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENTS THAT COME TO US WITHOUT HAVING COMPLETED ALGEBRA TWO IN HIGH SCHOOL? WELL, WE HAVE COURSES IN PLACE THAT ARE TRANSFER LEVEL THAT WILL MEET BOTH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AA DEGREE AND SHOULD STUDENTS CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE.

I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A QUESTION.

OH, OKAY. THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFER.

WE HAVE WE HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED DOING OUTREACH TO NOTIFY STUDENTS WHO ATTEMPTED TO PASS THOSE OUR INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA CLASS.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MANY STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE MAY HAVE STUDENTS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO MEET THE MATH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION BY BY BRINGING IN THEIR TRANSCRIPTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND SHOWING THAT THEY PASSED TWO SEMESTERS OF ALGEBRA TWO OR INTEGRATED MASTERY WITH A C OR BETTER.

SO I THINK THAT IS THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THE NEW THE NEW MATH COURSE THAT THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED THIS SEMESTER IS CALLED SURVEY OF MATHEMATICS AND MATH 104. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COURSE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

NUMBER ONE. IT IS A COURSE THAT I THINK WILL BE MORE INTERESTING FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IN WHO ARE IN A WHO WHOSE INTENT IS TO EARN AN AA DEGREE AT CERRITOS AND MAY NOT BE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFERRING.

OR THEY MAY KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO TRANSFER TO A UNIVERSITY.

THEY WANT TO EARN A CERTIFICATE OR A DIPLOMA AND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JOIN THE WORKFORCE.

MATH 104 IS LIKE I SAID, IT IS NOT SO ALGEBRA BASED AND IT HAS A LOT MORE TOPICS THAT ARE APPLICABLE

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THAT PROSPECT, IT IS A RIGOROUS COURSE, BUT YET IT IS ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF ITS APPLICABILITY.

SO THIS WILL BE THE COURSE THAT WILL BE ENCOURAGING ALL OUR PLANNING STUDENTS TO TAKE IF THEY NEED TO TAKE A MATH COURSE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET THE MATH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND AND FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO TRANSFER WHO ARE NOT STEM MAJORS OR BUSINESS OR PSYCHOLOGY, IF THEY DO NOT NEED STATS OR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS CALCULUS, THEN THIS WOULD BE THE COURSE FOR THEM.

AND WE ENVISION THAT THIS COURSE WILL BECOME OUR MOST POPULAR COURSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE ALSO AS A AS A COLLEGE FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING CONTEXTUAL MATH COURSES.

WE HAVE, AS AN EXAMPLE, PSYCH 210, WHICH IS THEIR STATS COURSE.

I KNOW THAT DR.

NAMALA WAS WORKING ON A ON A STATS COURSE FOR ECON MAJORS THAT FOCUSES ON ON SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICS.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO COLLABORATE WITH WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.

AND WE ARE ALSO AS A AS A RESULT OF THIS, A LOT MORE FACULTY IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT ARE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THE USE OF OERS THE COST OF BOOKS IS A REAL BARRIER FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND AND WE REALIZE THAT I, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE BEEN PILOTING AN OCR IN OUR CALCULUS SEQUENCE FOR ENGINEERS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSITIVE.

WE'VE RECENTLY MODIFIED OUR CALC ONE, CALC TWO SEQUENCE TO GO FROM WHAT IS KNOWN AS LATE TRANSCENDENTAL APPROACH TO EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS BECAUSE MOST OF THE AWS, MOST OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORING AREAS USE EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS AND THAT WILL LINE UP OUR OUR TOPICS WITH SOME OF THE HOURS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO I FORESEE THAT IN IN THE FUTURE WE'LL SEE MORE FACULTY ADOPTING THIS FREE TEXTBOOKS THAT THAT WILL HAVE A REAL IMPACT IN OUR STUDENTS ABILITY TO COMPLETE THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS HERE AT CERRITOS.

I AM PRESENTING SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS.

CURRENTLY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH AB 1705 AS ENGLISH 101 HUNDRED MS COURSES ARE THE ENTRY LEVEL CLASSES FOR FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN WITH THE USE OF MENTORS IN IN THEIR ENGLISH COURSES, AND THEY HAVE FORMED A GROUP OF FACULTY MEMBERS THAT THAT HAVE THE THE GOAL TO COLLABORATE, TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AND PROMOTE THEM WITH THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY'RE WORKING ON CREATING CONTEXTUAL COURSES IN ENGLISH TO LINE UP WITH DIFFERENT.

HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE PROMISING AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES WITH WITH AB 705.

ONCE WE OPENED ACCESS TO TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES, ONCE WE REMOVE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE MANY YEARS AGO WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEVER A NEFARIOUS INTENT AT THE TIME WHEN COURSES LIKE PRE-ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRA ONE AND THEN TAKING INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA AND SPLITTING IT UP INTO TWO SEMESTERS, IT WAS ALWAYS THE IDEA THAT IF WE IF WE FOCUS ON PRESENTING FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES TO STUDENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE BETTER PREPARED TO TO TACKLE THE TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES.

IT TURNED OUT WE WERE WRONG AND IT TOOK YEARS TO GATHER THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.

BUT WHEN THE DATA CAME, WE WERE READY, AT LEAST HERE AT CERRITOS, TO TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES.

AND WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE OPENED ACCESS TO OUR TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES IN, IN SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY TO OUR STATISTICS COURSE AND TO SOME EXTENT OUR COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY COURSE, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMPLETING TRANSFER LEVEL MATH IN ONE YEAR ALMOST TRIPLED FROM 2017 TO 20 21 TO 2020 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN IN THE ENGLISH SIDE.

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AND IT WASN'T EASY IN THE BEGINNING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S WE SCIENTISTS ARE SKEPTICAL BY NATURE AND AND WE WE LIKE TO QUESTION THINGS AND TO TO ANALYZE THEM. BUT ONCE WE SEE THE DATA, WE WE GET BEHIND IT.

AND WE'RE WORKING TO TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF AB 705 AND AB 1705 AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE. VERY PROUD OF MY MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ESL DEPARTMENT.

INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE COMPETITION FROM NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IS ALREADY OFFERED AND ESL 180 IS EXPECTED TO BE TO BE STARTING IN FALL 24.

A COUNSELING ARE EXPANDING THE THE USE OF COUNSELING 101 B FOR CERRITOS COMPLETE AND THEY ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO CONNECT LCP'S AND COUNSELORS TO GATEWAY MATH, ENGLISH AND ESL CLASSES.

AND WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE THIS NEW COURSES THAT I'VE JUST MENTIONED TO YOU AND TO NUDGE OUR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS TO TO GET INTO MATH.

WE REALIZED THAT THIS IS ALSO A CHALLENGE FOR OUR STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM COME TO CERRITOS WITH.

THIS BAGGAGE OF, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATION THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN PREVIOUS MATH COURSES THAT THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, OVERCOME.

AND SO I CAN SEE WHY A STUDENT WHO WAS TERRIFIED OF TAKING MATH 80TH MAY BE A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO JUMP AT THE IDEA OF STARTING IN MATH 104. IF 80 WAS DIFFICULT, 104 SOUNDS THAT MUCH MORE INTIMIDATING.

AND THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH COUNSELING, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE THAT THE COURSE HAS BEEN DESIGNED.

TO BE LESS INTIMIDATING.

TO BE MORE CENTERED IN APPLICATIONS THAT STUDENTS CAN RELATE TO UNDERSTANDING THINGS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TEACH EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, WE DON'T DO IT IN A VACUUM.

SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN ALGEBRA.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT E TO THE X.

NO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW.

INVESTMENTS AND COMPOUND INTEREST AND WHAT HAPPENS TO A MORTGAGE LOAN AND TRYING TO PUT THESE MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS IN IN CONTEXT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS THIS WILL THIS WILL HELP LOWER SOME OF THE ANXIETY THAT OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY THEY THEY WALK INTO A MATH CLASSROOM.

AND THIS COLLABORATION WITH WITH COUNSELING, I THINK IS GOING TO BE FRUITFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE EXPANDING OUR COLLABORATION WITH WITH COUNSELING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TO ANSWER THEM.

YES. SO IF STUDENTS DO NEED TO TAKE SOME PRE TRANSFER LEVEL OR MATHEMATICS, THEY CAN TAKE AT THE CONTINUATION ADULT ED, ADULT ED, WE HAVE SOME COURSES THAT ADULT ED OFFERS.

AND YES, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND OUR COLLABORATION WITH WITH ADULT ED TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

IT CANNOT BE A MATTER I MEAN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, RIGHT, THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW WHEN WE OPEN ACCESS TO TO COURSES LIKE, SAY, STATISTICS, WHICH HAS BEEN SORT OF THE GO TO COURSE RIGHT NOW WHEN WE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS OF STATS THAT WERE OFFERED AND WE ELIMINATE ALL THE PRE TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES.

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING INTO THESE COURSES.

IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN WHAT HE USED TO BE, AND EVEN IF SUCCESS RATES REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME.

YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY 60%.

YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD MAYBE TEN SECTIONS OF ALGEBRA.

SO THAT'S 400 STUDENTS, 60% OF 400 STUDENTS, 240 WOULD MEET REQUIREMENTS.

WELL, NOW WE HAVE 50 SECTIONS OF MATH, 112, AND THAT'S 2000 STUDENTS.

SO 60% OF 2000 STUDENTS IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER EXPONENTIAL.

SO THE PROBLEM AND HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN THAT AND THIS IS WHERE THE COLLABORATION WITH WITH ADULT MATTERS.

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AND 40% OF 2000 IS A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE I DON'T WANT TO SAY FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT THEM.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS HAPPENING.

WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE STUDENTS AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THEM.

THE DATA SHOWS THAT THAT MAKING THEM TAKE A BUNCH OF COURSES PRIOR TO 1/12 IS NOT THE ANSWER.

WE HAVE OTHER MODELS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING, LIKE OFFERING COURSES THAT HAVE COREQUISITES BUILT IN JUST A TIME, ADDED TO THE COURSE WHERE INSTRUCTORS CAN DO JUST IN TIME REMEDIATION, AND THAT IS PROVING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AND TO TO TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS THAT EXIST.

BUT WE'RE WORKING IN THAT TOWARDS THAT END.

AND THAT INVOLVES COLLABORATING WITH ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, THE SUCCESS CENTER, ADULT EDUCATION COUNSELING.

SO YES, THERE ARE COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH OUR NONCREDIT SIDE THAT ARE VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING HELPING OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE I FORESEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MORE SUCH COURSES.

THANK YOU. UH HUH.

YES. OH, NO.

NO, OF COURSE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'M LEANNE MCELROY, CREDIT ESL CHAIR, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS ALSO.

YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB, MANNY.

THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT CREDIT ESL TO GET LOST IN THIS DISCUSSION.

IN THIS LEGISLATION.

CREDIT ESL COURSES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LEGISLATION.

THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE DENIED THEIR LINGUISTIC EQUITY RIGHTS TO ACCESS COURSES FOR CREDIT TO DEVELOP THEIR ACADEMIC LANGUAGE SKILLS. THIS RECOGNIZES THAT FOR MANY MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, THIS IS NOT REMEDIAL WORK, BUT THIS IS ADVANCED FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION.

AND SO WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE.

THIS LEGISLATION REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE TRANSFER LEVEL WITHIN THREE YEARS.

WE HAVE IT WITHIN TWO.

AND ACTUALLY OUR COURSES ARE EVEN AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AT 104 CSU TRANSFERABLE, BUT WE HAVE A YEAR LONG COURSES THAT ARE FIVE UNIT CSU TRANSFERABLE COURSES.

SO STUDENTS ARE EARNING THAT COURSEWORK SO THIS DOESN'T PLACE ALL STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY INTO ENGLISH 100.

AND SO I JUST WANT US TO REMEMBER OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE NOT COMING FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, WHO MAY NOT HAVE TRANSCRIPTS, WHO ARE COMING FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL.

SO WE ARE COMPLIANT THERE AS WELL.

WE OFFER SUPPORT SERVICES, WE OFFER WORKSHOPS AND WE STILL HAVE THAT.

AND SO THAT 180 CLASS THAT YOU SAW COMING IN FALL 24, THAT IS AN ENGLISH 100 EQUIVALENT FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS THAT ADDRESSES THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TO ADDRESS THAT.

WE'RE A SMALL DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY DEAN, FRANK MIXON, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR HIS SUPPORT IN THIS AS WELL, TOO, IN MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS DON'T GET LOST IN THIS.

AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LEGISLATION IS EQUITY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, TO KEEP CREDIT ESL IN YOUR MINDS AS WELL.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARTY.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE MATH DEPARTMENT AND THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING SOME OF THESE COURSES.

EXCELLENT PROGRESS.

APPRECIATE THE LAST PART.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING NEW STUDENTS INTO MATH AND ENGLISH THAT FIRST YEAR.

MORE AND MORE DATA THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK VICE PRESIDENT JOE TO GIVE US A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE CLOSING OF THE LOOP ON 1705, BECAUSE TO MY UNDERSTANDING, SOME OF THOSE ADULT ED COURSES THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE, APPARENTLY 1705 IS CLOSING THAT GAP AND WE CAN'T NECESSARILY SEND STUDENTS THERE ANYMORE.

SO IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE EXPLANATIONS ON THE ON SOME OF THOSE.

PIECES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN PLAY ON UNDER 1705.

WELCOME. SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE NON CREDIT SIDE? YEAH. NON CREDIT SIDE EXPANSION OF UNITS AND COURSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE 1705 KIND OF BLOCK.

SO BASICALLY 1705 WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR SEVEN 2017 COLLEGE DISTRICTS FIND WAYS TO SKIRT ACTUALLY REGULATION BASICALLY IS TO PUSH ANY BELOW TRANSFER LEVEL MATH

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THE RATIONALE BASICALLY IS FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS, NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

THEY HAVE TWO YEARS.

SO IT'S UNFAIR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING ENGLISH.

THEY HAVE TO LEARN IT IN ONE YEAR.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHY THE EXTRA THREE YEARS, BECAUSE IT'S TWO YEARS TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ONE YEAR TO GET UP TO SPEED TO COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES.

SO YES, I HAVE THREE YEARS, BUT ACTUALLY BACK TO THE STORY.

AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 705 COLLEGE DISTRICTS FIND WAYS TO TO TO SKIRT THE REGULATION BASICALLY BY PUSHING THE PIERRO TRANSFER COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES TO NON CREDIT SIDE AND ALSO BY REQUIRING MORE ACTUALLY UNITS INCREASING THE UNIT VALUES FOR THE TRANSFERABLE COURSES.

SO THEY ACTUALLY STUDENTS ARE BETTER SUPPORTED AND 1705 BASICALLY CLOSE THAT LOOP AS WELL.

IF YOU READ THE LANGUAGE CLOSELY, BASICALLY STUDENTS CANNOT REQUIRE TO BE TAKEN BELOW COLLEGE TRANSFER COLLEGE OR TRANSFER LOW MATH.

ENGLISH ESL. I'VE NOT ONLY FOR CREDIT SIDE BUT ALSO FOR NON CREDIT SIDE AS WELL.

IF WE DO REQUIRE ANYTHING, IT HAS TO HAVE STATISTICAL VERIFICATIONS AND PROOF THAT ACTUALLY IT IS TRULY BENEFITING STUDENTS.

IF WE DO REQUIRE ANY OF THE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE BEFORE THEY TAKE TRANSFER LEVEL CLASSES.

WELL, THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEE? YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BIGGEST OR WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES RIGHT NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND.

THE BIGGEST. I'M SURE THERE ARE DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE, RIGHT, WHEN YOU WERE INITIALLY IMPLEMENTING.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY ARE YOUR BIGGEST OBSTACLES MOVING FORWARD? I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT THAT 40% OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE TRANSIT LEVEL COURSES, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE OPENED ACCESS TO THEM. OPENING ACCESS IS NOT ENOUGH AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IS, YOU KNOW, AS DR.

PIERRO POINTED OUT, IS THAT WE HAVE NEW LEGISLATION THAT I MEAN, IT IS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? WE WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING THINGS TO UNDERMINE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS LAW.

AND RATHER THAN DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, THEY PASS LEGISLATION TO TO TO CLOSE ALL AVENUES FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE THAT POSSIBILITY OF ABUSE.

WE'VE NEVER REQUIRED STUDENTS TO TAKE NONCREDIT COURSES AT CERRITOS.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN POLICY THAT THAT WE WOULD SAY TO SOMEONE, IF YOU WANT TO COME INTO MATH 80, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TAKE MATH 60 IN ADULT.

IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED, IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW TOPICS THAT PERHAPS THE THE NATURE OF THE COURSE THAT YOU'RE IN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN.

LET ME GIVE YOU AS AN EXAMPLE THE MATH 112 S.

THE ENHANCED STATISTIC CLASS ADDED TWO EXTRA HOURS OF CONTACT INSTRUCTOR HOURS, TWO TO HAVE CONTACT WITH STUDENTS PER WEEK.

THE CLASS ITSELF ONLY INCREASED BY HALF A UNIT FOR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF A FOUR UNIT.

CLASS IS NOW A 4.5 UNIT CLASS BECAUSE THOSE HOURS ARE CONSIDERED LAB.

BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH REMEDIATION YOU CAN DO IN A TWO HOUR PERIOD.

SO THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WE MAY SAY TO A STUDENT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REVIEWING PERCENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THE STUDENT HAS NO CONCEPT OF MULTIPLICATION.

THEY NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE ALGORITHM OR THE NOTION OF GROUPING GROUPS OF THE SAME NUMBER.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE AND I HAVE SEEN THIS BECAUSE I'VE EVALUATED INSTRUCTORS IN TEACHING MATH IN ADULT ED.

THEY ARE WONDERFUL.

THEY THEY THEY ARE.

THEY ARE PATIENT.

THEY ARE. THEY ARE.

UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERIENCE.

AND, AND THEY, THEY ARE COMPASSIONATE.

AND OUR STUDENTS GET REAL SUPPORT FROM THESE COURSES.

WE NEVER REQUIRE THEM.

BUT I WOULD SAY TO A STUDENT, YOU KNOW, I CAN I CAN HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THESE PERCENTAGES, BUT IF YOU NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP WITH MULTIPLICATION OR OR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE COURSE, THERE MAY BE SOME TOPICS THAT YOU JUST CANNOT ANSWER IN CLASS.

I'LL DO THAT IN OFFICE HOURS.

BUT NOT ALL FACULTY HAVE OFFICE HOURS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ADJUNCTS WHO JUST KIND OF SPEND THE TIME THAT SAY A FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER CAN WITH STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF CLASS.

SO ADULT ED SERVES A REAL PURPOSE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW AB 1705 AFFECTS THE PROGRAMS THAT CERRITOS SINCE WE HAVE NEVER REQUIRED STUDENTS TO TAKE THESE CLASSES, I HOPE THAT WE CAN

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IT'S IF YOU'RE NOT AT A LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE COURSES THAT THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO.

YEAH, AT THE STARTING POINT WHERE THE LAW HAS PUT US, THEN THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AT CERRITOS.

YOU KNOW, TO FEEL THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST, WELL, I'M ONE OF THE 40% KNOW I'M AMONG THE 40% WHO'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT HERE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR US.

HOW HOW DO WE EXTEND THIS EXPERIENCE OF SUCCESS THAT WE ARE SEEING? TO A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS.

THE RAW NUMBERS ARE FABULOUS.

WE ARE CHANGING LIVES.

WE ARE OPENING OPPORTUNITIES TO LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE IN THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS, OF EVEN STEPPING INTO INTO A CLASSROOM FOR A TRANSFER LEVEL COURSE THAT WAS NOT IN THE CARDS FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE MADE THOSE RADICAL CHANGES.

AND THE QUESTION IS NOW HOW DO WE EXTEND THAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS, THAT PROMISE OF OPPORTUNITY TO STUDENTS WHO WHO ARE STILL NOT SUCCEEDING IN THIS COURSE? AND SOMETIMES IT'S A MYRIAD OF FACTORS THAT THAT GO BEYOND MATH SKILLS.

THE PRESENTATION BEFORE ME WAS EYE OPENING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING.

HOW HOW DO I HOW DO I CONVINCE A STUDENT TO TO WORRY ABOUT LOGARITHMS AND HE CAN'T EAT OR HE'S WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THE TEMPERATURE GOING TO DROP SO MUCH THAT I MAY NOT WAKE UP IF I'M SLEEPING IN MY CAR? I MEAN, I DON'T CALIFORNIA MAY NOT BE THAT EXTREME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME COLD NIGHTS THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE WAS I WAS LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION.

HOLY SMOKES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OUT THERE.

AND AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE AT CERRITOS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TO TO HELP THAT.

I THINK I THINK IT'S PART OF THE BIG PICTURE THAT THAT WE ARE A SMALL PART OF TRYING TO TO SOLVE ON OUR END.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT I SEE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

BUT I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I AM I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT MY DEPARTMENT HAS DONE TO TO GET IN LINE AND TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANT WITH WITH THE LAW.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M PROUD OF YOU, TOO.

IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

FOREVER. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

[3. Consent Items]

WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM OUT OF THIS CONSENT ITEM? NO SEEING NONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY.

SO DO WE NEED A VOTE? NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THESE ITEMS ARE ALREADY APPROVED.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. AYE.

AND NO OBJECTION.

RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU. HEARING NONE.

HEARING NONE. SO IT'S MOTION APPROVED, RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ATTORNEY. YEAH, I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL.

HELP ME. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

[4.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: March 6, 2023 and March 20, 2023]

AND WILL BE THE THESE COLLEGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE MINUTES.

SO WE JUST RECEIVE AND FILE.

WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE RIGHT NOW.

NEXT ITEM WILL BE NEW AND REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND AP 3415 AP

[4.02 New and Revised Administrative Procedures: AP 3415, AP 5017, and AP 3420]

AND I GUESS WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND NEXT ONE IS ALSO ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE BOARD POLICY.

[4.03 Review of Board Policies: BP 2105, BP 2210, BP 2300, BP 3433, BP 3518 and BP 3520]

BP 20 300, BP 34, 33, BP 3518 AND BP 3520.

SO RECEIVE AND FILE.

AND NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIRST READING FOR REVISED BOARD POLICY 3410 AND NONDISCRIMINATION.

[4.04 FIRST READING: Revised Board Policy 3410 - Nondiscrimination]

[4.05 FIRST READING: Revised Board Policy 3420 - Equal Employment Opportunity]

[4.06 FIRST READING: Revised Board Policy 3430 - Prohibition of Harassment]

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YEAH. OKAY. SO RECEIVE AND FILE.

AND IF YOU WANT AN EXPLANATION OF EACH VICE PRESIDENT, GUTIERREZ CAN DO THAT.

MERCEDES DR..

GUTIERREZ. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT? SEVERAL OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE, INCLUDING SOME OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, NONDISCRIMINATION, ETCETERA, ARE UPDATES THROUGH THE CLC.

THEY INCLUDE UPDATED STATUTES.

THEY ALSO INCLUDE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH RECENT TITLE FIVE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ALSO MOVEMENT INTO THE EIA IN TERMS OF HAVING GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE ON OUR ON OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SO CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT 4.05 AND 4.06, ALL THREE OF THEM.

I CAN SPEAK TO THE 3000 ONES.

I BELIEVE THE 4000 ONES ARE UNDER OUR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND STUDENT SERVICES.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WAS THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

RIGHT. I MEAN.

OH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY. I'M TIRED.

SO I TRIED TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE, SO I DID 30 FOR TEN.

30 FOR 20.

AND AGAIN, THEY WERE UPDATES TO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION.

THEY INCORPORATE CHANGES AS WELL TO INCLUDE OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS UNDER BOARD POLICY 3430 UNDER PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT.

WE DID NEED TO JUST UPDATE SOME OF THE GRAMMAR AS WELL AS UPDATE SOME OF THE PROTECTED STATUSES.

AND IT WAS MISSING THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

AND AGAIN, GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.

SO WE RECEIVE AND FILE, RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL MOVE THAT THE FINISHED INFORMATIONAL ITEM.

[5.01 Sabbatical Leave Applicants for 2023-2024 Academic Year]

SO. MOTION.

MOTION. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, SO.

HUH? THERE ALL THOSE FAVOR? AY AY AY AY AY.

ALL RIGHT. SO TEACH ME AGAIN.

SO? SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

YOU JUST SAY, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF.

OH, AND IF ANYBODY. VERY GOOD.

AND IF ANYBODY OBJECTS, THEN YOU DO A ROLL CALL.

OR AT LEAST ALL THOSE.

YEAH. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FOR THIS ITEM? NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO. SO. HEARING NONE.

HEARING NONE. AND THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, SO I NEED TO WRITE IT DOWN.

THANK YOU. OH, GOOD JOB.

GOOD JOB. YEAH, ALL OF US.

YEAH. MAY EMAIL ALL OF US.

OKAY. AND WE NEED TO HAVE A CHEAT CHEAT SHEET EVERY TIME.

ALL RIGHT. I AGREE.

[5.02 Approval of the Military Equipment Policy by the Cerritos College Police Department and Adoption of Resolution No. 23-0412C establishing the Cerritos College Police Department’s Military Equipment Policy pursuant to California Government Code sections 7070-7072]

I SAW DR.

VICE PRESIDENT ALREADY BE THERE TO EXPLAIN IT FOR US.

THIS IS QUITE COMPLICATED.

I'LL MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT THIS RESOLUTION ENTAILS.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE WITH US TODAY CHIEF DON MUELLER, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ON SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF IT.

SO FIRST, THERE WAS A NEW TITLE FIVE PROVISION THAT WAS MADE UNDER THE CAMPUS CLIMATE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

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IT REQUIRES ORGANIZATIONS THAT PURCHASE OR ARE WISHING TO CONTINUE THE USE OF WHAT IS DEFINED AS A MILITARY EQUIPMENT BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO CERRITOS COLLEGE DOES HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS DEFINED AS MILITARY EQUIPMENT UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7070. I'LL LET CHIEF MUELLER KIND OF GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE WHAT THAT EQUIPMENT ENTAILS.

AND SO IN ADDITION, PART OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE NEW REQUIREMENTS REQUIRES US TO ESTABLISH A POLICY THAT DEFINES WHAT MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS, WHICH IS PART OF IS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND HAS BEEN POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS. ALSO PART OF THAT ALSO REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE AN INVENTORY WHICH IS ALSO EMBEDDED IN THE POLICY AS WELL OF WHAT THAT MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS AND ALSO REQUIRES US TO ANNUALLY PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF THAT INVENTORY LIST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO CHIEF MUELLER, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE TYPES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN USING SINCE 2011 AND AND SOME OF THE TRAINING ASPECTS THAT GO ON THAT.

SO ALL YOURS? SURE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CALL MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS NOT EVEN USED BY THE US MILITARY.

IT'S WHAT EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT USES, BUT IT FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY TITLES.

THEY LIST A ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF LIKE 40 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE MILITARY EQUIPMENT.

38 OF THOSE ITEMS WE DO NOT HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE ARMORED VEHICLES.

WE DO NOT HAVE EXPLOSIVE RAMS THAT BLOW UP DOORS.

ALL THESE TYPICAL MILITARY.

THE ONLY TWO ITEMS THAT WE DO HAVE, THE SAME AS EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE PATROL RIFLES WHICH THEY DEFINE AS MILITARY EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE THREATS THAT WE DEAL WITH TODAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERY ACTIVE SHOOTER THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM KENTUCKY JUST TWO DAYS AGO TO THE LAST TEN YEARS ARE CARRYING MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLES.

WITHOUT THAT ABILITY, WE COULDN'T STOP THEM.

IF THEY COME ON OUR CAMPUS.

SO TO PROTECT OUR STAFF AND OUR FACULTY AND OUR STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE RIFLES.

WE ALSO HAVE A NON-LETHAL PROJECTILE.

IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A 40 MILLIMETER.

IT'S MADE OUT OF HARD PLASTIC AND IT SHOOTS GIANT SPONGES AND RUBBER MALLETS THAT ARE LIKE THIS LARGE.

IT'S A NON-LETHAL WEAPON THAT WE WOULD USE IF SOMEBODY WERE TO BE A STAND OFF WITH A KNIFE HOLDING SOMEBODY ACROSS THE ROOM OR TO COME IN HERE WITH A KNIFE.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO USE A FIREARM ON SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.

WE WANT TO USE SOME KIND OF AN ITEM THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD BE CAPACITATE THEM, BUT NOT BE LETHAL IN ANY WAY.

THAT IS ONE OF THE FEW NON LETHAL WEAPONS WE HAVE.

IT STILL HURTS.

IT'S GOING TO LEAVE WELTS.

AND IF YOU HIT, POSSIBLY IT COULD BREAK A RIB, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RESORT TO RELY ON OUR NINE MILLIMETERS OR FIREARMS IN ORDER TO STOP SOMEBODY WITH SOME OTHER TYPE OF WEAPON.

WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE ON CAMPUS THAT ARE IN OUR SERGEANTS VEHICLES THAT ARE DEPLOYABLE.

IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT REALLY TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE HAD OUR RIFLES SINCE 2011 AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO DEPLOY THEM.

NOT ONCE.

THEY ARE ONLY HERE IN THE EVENT OF THE UNTHINKABLE THAT WE HAD A MASS VIOLENT EVENT ON THIS CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN TRY AND STOP THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND MINIMIZE THE CASUALTIES.

SHORT OF THAT, NOBODY SHOULD EVER EVEN SEE THOSE THOSE ITEMS. AND THEY DON'T. OUR OFFICERS DO NOT WALK AROUND WITH THEM.

YOU'LL NEVER SEE THEM ON THE CAMPUS.

AND NOBODY HAS IN THE LAST 12 YEARS.

THEY ARE LOCKED IN PATROL VEHICLES SECURE OUT OF SIGHT, ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF THE UNTHINKABLE SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY ON THE CAMPUS.

HOPEFULLY THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

AND WE OUR OFFICERS ARE PREPARED, TRAINED.

THEY QUALIFY WITH THOSE ITEMS WITH THEIR SIDE HANDLES EVERY 30, 90 DAYS, EVERY THREE MONTHS WITH THE RIFLES EVERY SIX MONTHS.

THEY HAVE TO QUALIFY A COURSE.

THEY'RE CONTINUALLY ARE REFRESHED, TRAINED, KNOW HOW TO USE THEM.

BUT OUR GOAL IS THEY NEVER HAVE TO.

THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS THAT WE PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE ON THIS CAMPUS FOR OUR FACULTY AND STAFF, AND IT STAYS THAT WAY.

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THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ITEMS WE HAVE.

BUT BY THE NEW STATE LAW, WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

WE NEED TO BE UP FRONT OPEN.

NOTHING HIDDEN ABOUT WHAT WE DO HAVE.

WE DON'T HAVE ARMORED VEHICLES.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT THERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM.

WE ONLY HAVE THE ABSOLUTE ITEMS WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO PROTECT OUR CAMPUS, AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

SO WE JUST WANT TO BE UP FRONT WITH THAT.

WITH THE NEW STATE LAW, WE NEED TO BRING THAT TO YOU SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT.

SO YOU REAPPROVE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD THEM FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, WE NOW NEED TO HAVE IT BACK ON RECORD THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT.

AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH EVERY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND EVERY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EVERYBODY IS HAVING TO DO THIS.

THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS HAVING TO DO IT.

THE CITY OF ANAHEIM IS HAVING TO DO IT.

EVERYBODY IS NOW NEEDS TO BE UP FRONT WITH WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

SO, YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. ANY OF THOSE OTHER 38 ITEMS THAT YOU MAY WANT OR OTHERWISE THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL? YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO COME TO YOU ASKING FOR A TANK.

NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A TANK ON CERRITOS COLLEGE.

IN ALL HONESTY, I DON'T HONESTLY BELIEVE SO.

IF WE HAD SOMETHING THAT MAJOR OF THAT NATURE, WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THE L.A.

COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ASKING THEM TO COME IN.

IT WOULD BE BEYOND THE ABILITIES OF OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE THE FIRST IMMEDIATE RESPONDERS ON THIS CAMPUS.

BECAUSE WE'RE HERE, WE'RE WITHIN 100 YARDS.

WE CAN REACH A PROBLEM QUICKER, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR LA COUNTY SHERIFF TO COME IN WITH AN ACTUAL SWAT TEAM AND THEN THEY CAN BRING IN VEHICLES THAT THEY MAY BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES FOR US ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT AND I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.

THIS IS AN INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION.

WE DON'T WANT THIS.

I DON'T MOST OF YOU KNOW ME.

WE SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE FAMILY.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO REMAIN.

WE JUST WANT TO BE THE OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO OUR STUDENTS TO PROTECT THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT, TO GIVE THEM SAFE SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN FOCUS AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO STUDY AND SUCCEED.

WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE AN OUTSIDE MILITARY.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION THEY NEED AND THEY DESERVE, BUT ALSO STILL CREATE THAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF US THAT THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM.

AND IF IT GETS THAT BAD, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT.

WE CAN GET IT QUICKLY IF WE REALLY NEEDED IT.

L.A COUNTY SHERIFF CAN RESPOND QUICKLY.

AS YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE ALL THOSE RESOURCES, BUT I DON'T SEE US COMING BACK TO YOU, TO THE BOARD, ASKING IF WE HAD A RIFLE THAT WAS BROKEN.

WE HAD TO REPLACE IT.

MAYBE REPLACEMENTS. BUT I DON'T SEE US ASKING FOR ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THAT MASSIVE LIST.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ROCKET LAUNCHERS OR BALLISTIC.

AND NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

YEAH, THE OTHER 38 ITEMS MIGHT COME FROM THE SHERIFF.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. SURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

AND WE NOW KNOW THE FACULTY AND STAFF STUDENTS ARE WELL PROTECTED.

WE ARE IN A SAFE PLACE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR GOAL.

THAT'S OUR JOB. THANKS.

THE NEXT ONE WILL BE.

OH, WAIT, WE NEED TO VOTE.

YEAH. OKAY. SO, MOTION.

GIVE ME. SECOND.

YEAH. THANK YOU. MOTION FROM YOU.

YEAH. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OKAY. IF. NO OBJECTION.

THE MOTION CARRIED AND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I EMAILED YOU.

YEAH, I EMAILED YOU. OH, I DIDN'T CHECK.

YOU EMAIL ME AT HCRC.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD JOB.

SO WE ARE GOING I WAS I WAS PRESIDENT ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

YEAH. YEAH. HOW COME YOU DIDN'T EMAIL THAT TO ME WHEN I.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

YOU DIDN'T ASK. IT'S TRUE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WHEN YOU GET TO BE PRESIDENT. YEAH, WE'LL EMAIL YOU.

WE'LL PASS ALL THE NOTES TO YOU.

YEAH. YOU'LL DO THE TRAINING? YEAH, YOU'LL DO THE TRAINING.

YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

[5.03 Reorganization of the Student Equity & Success Division]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT BUYING TANKS, SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING COOL TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING COOL.

WE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE NEXT UP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FOSTER YOUTH PROGRAM, AND WE RECEIVED $1.3 MILLION TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AND

[02:05:10]

AND NOW WE HAVE TO STRUCTURE AROUND IT.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE YOU AND A LITTLE BIT ON NEXT STEP.

SO WE HAVE A LINK PROGRAM WHICH ALSO DOES SOME FOSTER YOUTH, BUT NEXT UP PROVIDES SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESOURCES.

NEXT STEP CAN BUY BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.

IT CAN PROVIDE CHILD CARE.

IT PROVIDES COUNSELING.

IT CAN PROVIDE EMERGENCY HOUSING AND FOOD ASSISTANCE, HEALTH CARE, LIFE SKILLS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AND TUTORING. IT'S A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET IT.

THEY'VE APPLIED TO OTHER TIMES TO GET IT AND NOW FINALLY HAVE IT.

SO THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS HERE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

ONE OF THEM IS A PROGRAM ASSISTANT WHO'S GOING TO DO OUTREACH AND START WORKING WITH FOSTER YOUTH CENTERS AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PROGRAM AND START TO GET THEM TO COME THROUGH.

WE HAVE AN ADMIN CLERK WHO WILL HELP ADMINISTER ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND HELP US WITH THE VARIOUS REPORTING DOCUMENTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FINANCIAL PERSON WHO WILL HELP WITH THE BOOKS AND THE REPORTING COMPONENTS.

AND THEN BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING SO MUCH MORE WORK INTO THE PROGRAM, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP FOR THE PERSON OVERSEEING THE PROGRAM.

AND IN ADDITION TO ADDING NEXT STEP, BECAUSE THERE'S CHILD CARE ELEMENTS TO THIS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MOVE THE CALWORKS PROGRAM FROM ITS CURRENT SPACE BECAUSE WE ALREADY SWITCHED THE MANAGER OVER THAT AREA BECAUSE WE HAD A MANAGER OVER INTERNATIONAL AND CALWORKS, AND THOSE TWO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO WE LAST DECEMBER, YOU APPROVED SOMEONE TO BE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER INTERNATIONAL AND WE'VE ALREADY HIRED THAT PERSON.

SO PUTTING CALWORKS OVER WITH THIS OTHER COMPONENT WILL MEAN THAT THE CARE AND CALWORKS PROGRAM, WHICH ARE VERY WELL ALIGNED AND THIS PROGRAM WHICH ALSO HAS CHILD CARE ASSOCIATED, ARE ALL UNDER ONE HOME AND WILL ALL BE UNDER ONE DIRECTOR.

SO THERE YOU GO.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO. FIRST IS REGARDING THE FUNDING.

SO IT COMES WITH CATEGORICAL FUNDING AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUNDS.

IS THAT CATEGORICAL FUNDING OR AT LEAST PART OF IT THROUGH OUR CIP THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING? OR IS IT A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR CIP? IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH.

SO IF YOU READ THROUGH THE THE DESCRIPTIONS, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE THAT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE NEXT STEP FUNDING.

AND THEN THERE'S A SMALLER PERCENTAGE THAT COMES FROM OPS AND EVEN FROM SOME OTHER CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. BUT THERE IS NO DISTRICT FUNDING IN ANY OF THIS.

SO WE EITHER HAVE BRAND NEW FUNDING OR REALLOCATING FUNDING FROM OTHER EXISTING PROGRAMS TO DO IT THAT IS SUPERSEDING THOSE EXISTING PROGRAMS. YES. YES. OKAY, GREAT.

THAT'S FIRST QUESTION.

SECOND QUESTION.

AND I LIKE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SECOND QUESTION, I HOPE I LIKE THE ANSWER TO THIS, TOO, IS FALCONS NEST THAT WE JUST HAD HERE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AND OTHERWISE VISIBLE IN THE FALCONS NEST FOR FOSTER YOUTH PROGRAM OR OTHERWISE? HOW DOES THAT INTERACT WITH THAT EXISTING PROGRAM? YEAH, IT'S NOT A DIRECT INTERACTION AND I WAS GOING TO COMMENT TO TRUSTEE SALAZAR QUESTION EARLIER, BUT WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE'RE DOING OUR APPLICATION FOR SERVICES AS A WHOLE. SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW COMPILING ALL OF THE SERVICES.

SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY WANTED TO APPLY FOR OUR CHILD CARE PROGRAM AND THAT'S ALL THEY WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW.

THEY WOULD JUST APPLY FOR THAT ONE PROGRAM AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CARE PROGRAM OR FOR THE NEXT STEP PROGRAM OR FOR CALWORKS OR FOR THE THE FALCONS NEST PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE ALL INTO ONE APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO WHEN THEY START ANSWERING, IT WILL DIRECT THEM TO ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES FOR EOP OR FOR NEXT STEP, WHICHEVER ONE THEY'RE TRYING TO PICK, IT'S GOING TO BE A STANDARD APPLICATION AND WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THEM ABOUT ALL THESE SERVICES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE ALIGNED IN THE FUTURE THAN THEY ARE NOW.

SO THERE WILL BE KIND OF AN INDIRECT PROCESS BECAUSE OF ALL THIS WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE BACK END.

YEAH, BECAUSE AND THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

THERE'S STREAMLINING OF THAT.

I ALSO LIKE THAT ANSWER TOO.

SO THANK YOU. I'M TWO FOR TWO.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS PAMELA WAS MENTIONING, THAT SOME STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST COME IN, THEY HAVEN'T MADE THESE APPLICATIONS.

THEY GO TO THE FALCONS NEST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL TRY TO ONBOARD THAT.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY GET THE EOP APPLICATION WHEN THEY COME TO THE FALCONS NEST? THEY MAY TAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE DAIKON ROUTES AND BOK CHOY, WHICH LOOKED REALLY GOOD, BY THE WAY, FROM THE TOUR THAT I WENT ON YESTERDAY.

I DON'T KNOW. DR.

LOO DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL RECIPE FOR ANY OF THOSE INGREDIENTS? I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A LOT OF EMAIL ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. YEAH.

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YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, AND IN THE FUTURE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST IT'LL JUST BE ONE THING.

SO WE WANT ALL SERVICES TO GO THROUGH THIS STANDARD APP AND WE REALLY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO BECOME MUCH MORE AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE CAMPUS.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ASKING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DIRECTED TO FALCON'S NEST AND TO OUR HOUSING PROGRAM, AND THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE NEXT YEAR WHEN THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO FIND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I HAD A QUESTION AND THE THE PREVIOUS GROUP, THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAN IN TERMS OF LIKE THE HOUSING ISSUE.

WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT WITHIN ACCESSING THESE SERVICES? YEAH, A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE FOR NEXT STEP, THEY HAVE TO GET AN EDUCATION PLAN AND THEY HAVE AFTER THE AFTER THEY GET THE MONEY.

SO IT'S NOT BEFORE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WERE CAUGHT IN THE COUNSELING DOING THE ED PLAN.

IT'S MORE OF NOW THAT THEY'RE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO GO DO AN EGGPLANT.

RIGHT. OH, AND I THINK WE HAVEN'T DONE THE BEST IN THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE IN CALWORKS AND EOP AND NOW FOR NEXT STEP, THEY DON'T SHARE A LOT OF THOSE RESOURCES.

SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO A COUNSELING MEETING WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND ONE SERVICE CAN SATISFY MORE OPTIONS.

SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO HAPPEN AS WELL.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? WELL, IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT ALL SOME OF THEM HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE.

AND NOT EVERYBODY WOULD BE AWARE OF ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

SO PART OF IT'S GOING TO BE FINDING WHICH ONES CAN COUNT FOR ANOTHER.

AND IF THERE ARE SPECIALIZED COUNSELORS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE HATS THAT THEY CAN WEAR, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY IS IN GENERAL COUNSELING AND THEY'RE GOING FOR EOP AND THAT PERSON IS NOT AWARE OF THOSE MULTIPLE CONTACT POINTS AND THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO BE ANY COUNSELOR, THEN THEY THAT WOULDN'T COUNT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIX A LOT OF THOSE HOLES AND I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT.

BUT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THE APPLICATION WE'RE HOPING TO WORK ON THIS SUMMER AND LAUNCH IN THE FALL.

THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE DONE UNTIL MAYBE SPRING.

UM, SO TO POINT OUT THE APPLICATION, THE DR.

BRAMMER IS MENTIONING, IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE TO FILL AN APPLICATION, NOT ONLY THEY HAVE TO DISCOVER WHERE A PROGRAM IS, THEY HAVE TO FILL THE APPLICATION FOR EVERY PROGRAM AND FIND OUT IF THEY QUALIFY.

AND THOSE APPLICATIONS MORE OR LESS ASK IS HOW POOR YOU ARE AND HOW MUCH YOU NEED HELP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND NO ONE LIKES TO BE ASKED THAT, MUCH LESS ANSWER ANSWERED MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE COULD ALIGN TO CREATE A SINGLE ENTRY POINT IN WHICH THE STUDENTS FILL THE INFORMATION ONCE AND WE PLACE THEM INTO EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THEY QUALIFY FOR.

IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE PLACE THEM UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY NEED THE SERVICE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OUTREACH.

SO IT IS IT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SEEMS JUST TO CREATE THE SIMPLE APP.

BUT THE IDEA IS TO CREATE ONE POINT OF ENTRY FOR ALL OF OUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS, AND IT'S AN OPT IN PROCESS.

ONCE YOU'RE IN, WE'LL WE'LL ROLL YOU OVER UNTIL EITHER YOU DON'T SHOW UP ANYMORE OR YOU SAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE IN EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE THAT SINGLE STANDARD APPLICATION FOR ANY STUDENTS.

SO MULTIPLE ENTRY PLACES, BUT ONE ENTRY POINT, AN APPLICATION.

I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THAT AND I THINK HAVING THAT COMMON APP WILL BE IDEAL BECAUSE EVEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE, THERE'S JUST SO MANY TABS THAT, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT CAN CLICK, BUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CLICK THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS AND THEN BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IT ON THEIR OWN TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAM REALLY WORKS FOR THEM.

SO HAVING THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.

BUT ULTIMATELY, I JUST WANT TO SAY TONIGHT HAS BEEN JUST A GREAT NIGHT.

UM, KUDOS TO THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS HERE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING AT THIS POINT, IN MY OPINION.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND GET BETTER.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS DEFINITELY MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY TAP

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BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING UNDER STUDENT SERVICES, FROM THE HOUSING TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD PANTRY, YOU KNOW, TO THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST JUST TO JUMP IN HERE, UM, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, TRUSTEE GREEN, ABOUT AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE COURSEWORK RUN AND THE WAY THAT THIS, THE SERVICES RUN AS WELL FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE SORTING, I THINK, TRYING TO UTILIZE THIS STRATEGY OF KIND OF THE.

IS THAT THAT YOU'RE IN, RIGHT? SO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN OPT OUT AS YOU AS YOU SAID, BUT THAT ONCE YOU'RE IN IN SCHOOL HERE AT CERRITOS AND YOU FILL OUT WHATEVER MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE YOU KIND OF ALREADY CONNECTED TO ALL THE THINGS.

AND YOU YOU HAVE TO DECIDE TO LEAVE THAT PATH IN ORDER TO TO DIVERGE FROM IT.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN AND GOOD TO GO.

SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BE AROUND THEM FOREVER AND STILL NOT KNOW HALF THE STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S BRILLIANT.

I THINK MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT WE NAME THIS COORDINATED ENTRY OPPORTUNITY AS SOMETHING ON BRAND.

WHENEVER YOU COME UP WITH THE NAME SOMETHING REALLY FALCONE OR CERRITOS OR EVEN A TO LONDON.

YEAH, A TRADEMARK.

MY NAME ALONG. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ALSO NEED TO APPROVE THIS ONE.

SO LET ME USE MY CHEAT SHEET.

IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT. SO HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU FOR THE. GOOD JOB.

YEAH. LET'S GO TO THE REPORT AND LET'S HAVE THE STUDENT TRUSTEE LEDESMA FIRST.

[6.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

I ATTENDED THE DANCE RECITAL HERE IN OUR STATE OF THE ART PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

IT WAS THE FIRST PERFORMANCE THAT I'VE BEEN TO HOPEFULLY FIRST OF MANY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE, HONESTLY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE INVITED TO THESE DIFFERENT CAMPUS EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE INVITED TO THEM AND TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE WORK THAT MY PEERS ARE SO DEDICATED TO AND PASSIONATE ABOUT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

THANK YOU DANCE DEPARTMENT FOR INVITING ME.

UM, LAST FRIDAY I ALSO ATTENDED ANOTHER EVENT.

IT WAS A CONFERENCE AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, THE MEN OF COLOR CONFERENCE HOSTED BY MOCAN THE MEN OF COLOR ACTION NETWORK AND MOCAN IS A SUPPORT NETWORK AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL THAT ADVOCATES FOR, PROVIDES RESOURCES AND CREATES A COMMUNITY FOR DIVERSE MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THEY HOST THIS CONFERENCE AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

SO LAST THIS YEAR IT WAS PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, I BELIEVE THE YEAR BEFORE WAS COMPTON.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY NEAT IF SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, SOON CERRITOS COLLEGE CONSIDERS HOSTING AN EVENT LIKE THIS. I BELIEVE.

AFTER ALL, WE ARE A PARTNER OR A SPONSOR OF MOCAN, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY NICE.

I HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT I DIDN'T GO ALONE.

I DID GO WITH SIX OTHER STUDENTS FROM RCC AS WELL AS DEAN OF STUDENT EQUITY AND SUCCESS, DR.

LEWIS AMADOR.

THEY DID SECURE A CHARTER BUS FOR US.

SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WHILE I WAS OUT THERE, I MEAN, THEY HAD DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS.

AND I THINK MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF OTHER STUDENTS, MEN OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY, WHO HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AS YOU.

I THINK ONE OF THE HARDSHIPS THAT WE GO THROUGH, SOMETIMES SOME SELF-LIMITING, SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS IS THAT IT'S HARD FOR US TO ASK AND TO REACH OUT FOR HELP SOMETIMES.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER MEN OF COLOR WAS REALLY GREAT.

FINDING A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND FULFILLMENT ALONGSIDE, YOU KNOW, YOUR BROTHERS IS IS GREAT.

[02:20:04]

AND SO I THINK IF THE COLLEGE WERE WERE TO CONSIDER SOME SORT OF A SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR MEN OF COLOR, I THINK THIS WAS THIS CAN BE AN OPTION WORTH EXPLORING IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE RETENTION RATES.

I KNOW THAT WE ENROLL, BUT WE DON'T FINISH.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT GRAY AREA, LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT PROVIDING A COMMUNITY AND A SPACE FOR MEN OF COLOR WHO GO THROUGH CERTAIN EXPERIENCES TO FIND COMMUNITY AND TO FIND PURPOSE IS REALLY GREAT.

SO I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND I KNOW THAT THE OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL, I HAD A GREAT TIME AS WELL.

AND AS WE'VE HEARD EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WE HAVE THE NEW HCRC PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND THE NEW STUDENT TRUSTEE THAT WERE ELECTED.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING IN RELATIVELY SOON.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT I GOT TO BOUNCE.

AND I'VE HAD QUITE A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE SITTING HERE IN THIS CHAIR, TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE ADMINISTRATORS HERE WITH THE BOARD, TALKING TO STUDENTS AND ADVOCATING FOR THEM BOTH HERE AT THE COLLEGE AND IN SACRAMENTO AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY NEAT EXPERIENCE AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT FOR THE I'LL SAVE SOME OF THAT FOR OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS THE YEAR COMES TO AN END THAT I APPRECIATE THIS.

AND THE COLLEGE'S WORK AND EVERYTHING.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

TRUSTEE. LEWIS. SO LAST WEEK I ATTENDED AS I TRY TO EVERY TIME THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, THE TASTE OF SERIES THROUGH OUR CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT.

AND LAST WEEK WAS THE TASTE OF HAWAII, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD DONE THAT FOR TWO THREE YEARS SINCE PRIOR TO COVID WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY DID THE TASTE OF HAWAII SPECIFICALLY, OR REALLY EVEN ANY TASTE DOES FOR THAT MATTER.

AND IT NEVER FAILS TO TO BE AN AMAZING NOT ONLY AN AMAZING DEAL JUST FINANCIALLY SPEAKING, BUT JUST THE FOOD IS INCREDIBLE, TOP NOTCH AND TRULY IS A HIDDEN GEM THAT MOST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT GET TO SEE.

AND I WISH THAT WE COULD INVITE MORE, BUT.

AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL HAVE A FALCON RESTAURANT THAT IS BIG.

AND I THINK VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ HAS BROUGHT UP A GREAT IDEA AT ONE OF OUR OUR LUNCHES THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO HOT SAUCES AND OTHER SUCH SMALL, MARKETABLE THINGS THAT WE COULD GET FROM OUR CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT AND PUT THAT BRAND OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPLORING.

AND I WILL BUY A LOT OF THEM, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS GARLIC, ANYTHING WITH GARLIC.

WE'LL MAKE THAT AND MAYBE IT WILL HAVE YOUR FACE ON A COUPLE OF THOSE HOT SAUCES THERE TOO, RIGHT.

AS THE CONNOISSEUR OF OUR OUR BOARD HERE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE TASTE OF HAWAII YESTERDAY I ATTENDED ALONG WITH TRUSTEE GREEN AND OTHERS HERE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE STEEL, WHO REPRESENTS WELL, SHE REPRESENTS OUR COLLEGE, BUT OUR COLLEGE IS SPLIT IN HALF BETWEEN THE CITY OF CERRITOS AND THE CITY OF NORWALK, WHICH EACH HAVE THEIR OWN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. SO WE'RE PRETTY UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE TWO STRONG WOMEN REPRESENTING US IN CONGRESS, AND WE GOT TO HAVE OUR NEWEST ONE, MICHELLE STEEL, COME ON BOARD AND TAKE A LOOK NOT ONLY AT OUR SHE WAS CAME FOR OUR VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER.

SHE CAME FOR OUR THE VILLAGE CENTER AS WAS JUST RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE ALL DAY TO SHOW EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT WAS A GOOD TIME THAT WE GOT TO SHOW A NEWER MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHAT WE DO AND GET AN ADVOCATE SO THAT WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THE HILL FOR OUR CAUSE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING STUDENTS AND SOME OF OUR MEMBERS TESTIFY FOR EITHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

I'VE REPRESENTS US, ALONG WITH LYNN SANCHEZ, TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE UNIQUE AND PIONEERING AND REALLY TRAILBLAZING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VILLAGE FOR SURE, WAS TRAILBLAZER IN CALIFORNIA.

SO A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

AND WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THIS TO A NATIONAL LEVEL AND PERHAPS MAYBE ONE DAY BE AN ASPEN PROGRAM ON THAT NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

[02:25:02]

SO STATE SENATOR TONI ATKINS, WHO I DON'T REMEMBER IF SHE'S STILL LEADER OR NOT, BUT SHE RECENTLY INTRODUCED SB 447, WHICH WOULD LIFT THAT TRAVEL BAN AND IS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING THROUGH THE STATE SENATE. AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT IN THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD LIFT THE TRAVEL BAN, BUT IT WOULD ALSO CREATE A THE BRIDGE GNAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT WE MAY HAVE HERE.

BUT IT'S A IT'S AN ACRONYM THAT BASICALLY SUPPORTS MEDIA CAMPAIGNS IN ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL AS SOME IN SOME OF THOSE QUOTE UNQUOTE, RED STATES TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE LGBTQ, PLUS AND OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR CERTAIN CAUSES THAT HAD BEEN THE INTENT OF THE TRAVEL BAN IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH HAS SHOWN TO BE INEFFECTIVE AND OTHERWISE NOT VERY USEFUL OR REALLY PERSUASIVE OF ANY OF THOSE STATES TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE SUPPORT THAT AND HELP IT GET THROUGH THE STATE SENATE AND THEN EVENTUALLY IN THE ASSEMBLY THAT YOU CAN I THINK YOU CAN HELP OUT THERE.

MAYBE THAT'D BE COOL.

JUST A LITTLE NUDGE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOSE.

PACHECO. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PRESENTERS.

NUMBER ONE, WE HAD GREAT PRESENTATIONS TODAY.

IT SHOWS THE COMMITMENT THAT THE COLLEGE HAS AND THE HARD WORK THAT ALL THE FACULTY PUT IN AND ADMINISTRATION PUT IN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COLLEGE SHINES.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL THEIR HARD EFFORTS AND ALL THEIR SUPPORT THAT THAT'S NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THE PRESENTATIONS WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

I DID GET TO GO TO THE CARNIVAL OF CHAMPIONS AT WARREN HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE KIDS DECIDE TO RACE, FALL AND DO THESE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE COMPETING AT DOWNEY UNIFIED.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE OUR FUTURE.

THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE REALLY INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND TRYING TO GET COMPETITION.

AND IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY MAKE THE LAST PUSH AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FALL.

BUT THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.

AND I ALSO GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN WENT TO THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR FOR ASSEMBLY FOR DISTRICT 64, WHICH WAS ALSO A GREAT EVENT, SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT WOMEN FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES OF THAT ASSEMBLY DISTRICT BEING HONORED FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR CITIES.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. DR. SALAZAR MY COMMENTS WERE JUST THAT IT WAS NICE TO SEE A FULL BOARDROOM FOR A CHANGE.

I THINK IT'D BEEN A LONG TIME THAT THAT HAPPENED.

WE WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IT WAS VERY POSITIVE.

I'VE PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS THE SPEAKERS AND ALL THE STUDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO TO SPEAK AND AND TO BE PRESENT AND TO SUPPORT.

SO THAT'S IT.

JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

I KNOW IT'S A IT'S A TEAM APPROACH AND I SEE EVERYONE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER AND REALLY TRYING TO PUT THESE STUDENTS FIRST AND HAVE THEM SUCCEED SO WE CAN SEE THAT FROM HERE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. JOSE.

BIRKEY. YEAH, SURE.

THANKS AGAIN. YEAH, FOR.

FOR TONIGHT. IT'S NICE WHEN YOU HAVE A FUN ONE, LIKE TONIGHT.

BUT YEAH, I DON'T.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT OTHER THAN THAT.

AND THAT I WILL BE OUT NEXT MEETING FOR MY TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

SO APOLOGIES, BUT I WILL BE IN SPAIN, SO SEE YOU GUYS SOON.

WOW. SORRY. NOT SORRY.

SORRY. NOT SORRY. YEAH.

IS THAT FOR ME? YEAH.

TRUSTEE GREEN. ALL RIGHT.

SO I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE SPRING DANCE RECITAL, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

I, I, I LOVE DANCING, YOU KNOW, IN ALL TYPES OF DANCE.

[02:30:06]

BUT WHEN I SAY THE DANCERS DID AN IMPECCABLE JOB, IT WAS JUST GREAT.

AND JUST TO SEE AND FEEL THE EMOTIONS WHILE THEY DANCE.

SO KUDOS TO THE DANCE PROGRAM AND ALL THE WORK, THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO PRESENTING TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

YESTERDAY, I DID HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING CONGRESSWOMAN STEELE.

I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF ENJOYING FINE CUISINE FROM OUR CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM.

SO THAT WAS AMAZING. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME DINING AT THE RESTAURANT, SO I TRULY ENJOYED THAT EXPERIENCE.

PART OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD YESTERDAY ALSO INCLUDED GOING TO THE VETERANS CENTER, AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE ACTIVELY USING THE CENTER AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WERE THERE.

I WAS ABLE TO MEET QUITE A FEW OF THE STUDENTS THERE AND THE STAFF THAT WORKS IN THE CENTER.

SO THAT WAS JUST AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO JUST ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE ON CAMPUS.

UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YESTERDAY I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND BRIEFLY THE MEMORIAL FOR TRUSTEE AND PRESIDENT KEN BROWN AND DR.

FARRELL SHARED SOME VERY KIND AND LOVING WORDS, AND SO DID MARISA.

AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT EVEN THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WHEN HE SPOKE DURING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM.

IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY HE WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

BUT HIS LEGACY AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE WILL TRULY, YOU KNOW, LIVE ON.

THANK YOU. DR.

PIERRO, DO YOU NEED A NOTE? YOU CAN EMAIL EVERYBODY.

WANT ME TO READ IT FOR YOU? YEAH, YOU CAN READ.

HE'S GOT HE'S GOT A PLAN.

OH, OKAY.

IS IT WORKING? IS NOT WORKING. OKAY, I CAN READ IT.

MY TRICK DIDN'T WORK.

SO I WANT TO THANK MANUEL AND THE ENTIRE MATH DEPARTMENT FOR AND THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK ON AB 705.

OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING, THE THROUGHPUT IS TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

AND AS WE SHARE MORE DATA ON COMPLETION, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE IMPACT OF THE WORK THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING HAVE ON OTHER STUDENTS, THEIR COMPLETIONS AND THEIR LONG TERM SUCCESS.

ALSO, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FALCON AND THE ENTIRE FACULTY SENATE FOR SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION ON STUDENT HOUSING.

WELL, IT SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK WHEN YOU RANK FIRST.

IT SEEMS THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL, EVERYTHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL EFFORT AND ADVOCACY.

SO WE WILL BE USING YOUR SUPPORT LETTER TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE CRITICAL FOR THAT.

AND WE WILL BE LETTING YOU ALL AND EVERYONE ON CAMPUS KNOW WHEN TO MAKE PHONE CALLS AND SO ON.

BUT I'M PLANNING TO BE THERE WITH TRUSTEE LEDESMA AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE HEARING ON THE SENATE SIDE.

AND JOSE LEDESMA IS GOING TO BE PART OF BOTH HEARINGS AT THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY INSIDE.

I AM NOT GOING TO BE AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE FOR GOOD REASONS, BUT I'LL BE WITH HIM AT THE SENATE SIDE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THERE IS AN ENTIRE SENATE.

AW, THANK YOU. I ATTEND THE CONFERENCE FOR THE ABC DISTRICT, THE STATE OF EDUCATION, ALONG WITH DR.

GUTIERREZ, AND WAS A NICE PRESENTATION.

I ALSO ACCOMPANIED GO WITH DR.

PIERRO, GO TO THE ABC BOARD TO DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CERRITOS COLLEGE PERFORMANCE, AND DR.

FIERRO DID A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND SO ALL I NEED TO DO SO I SAY I SUPPORT, I GO WITH HIM BECAUSE ONLY THING I NEED TO DO IS, OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? IF YOU HAVE QUESTION, ASK DR.

FIERRO. SO, BUT ANYWAY, HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND EVERYBODY WAS SO PROUD AND I'M SO PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, THE ACHIEVEMENT

[02:35:05]

THAT'S ALL MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CLOSED SESSION.

[7. Closed Session]

WE NEED TO HAVE READOUT.

WE WILL HAVE ONE READOUT.

OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE FINISHED THE OPEN SESSION.

THANK YOU. OH, YEAH.

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE RECLASSIFICATION OF EOP ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DR.

[8. Closing Items]

STEP EIGHT. $13 758 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 13TH, 2023.

FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRIES.

UH, I. FOR JAMES.

CODY. DOREEN ZURICH.

LEWIS. SHIN LIU MARIANA PACHECO SANDRA.

SALAZAR ABSENCE IS MARISA.

PEREZ NOW IS A CLOSED SECTION FINISH.

OKAY, LET'S GO.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.