Aug 20, 2025 Board Meeting

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BOARD PRESIDENT. MARIANA PACHECO PRESIDENT. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

[1.01 Roll Call]

TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE.

DOCTOR. SHIN LIU. YEAH. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE MARIANA RIOS WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

TRUSTEE. DOCTOR. SANDRA. SALAZAR. STUDENT. TRUSTEE.

GUSTAVO SANCHEZ. PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO.

PRESIDENT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WOULD ANY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIKE TO REORGANIZE THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

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MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS ON SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. ALL MEMBERS OF BOARD, MAKE SURE THAT MICROPHONE LIGHT IS ON.

IT'S FALCON BLUE, SO YOU'RE GOOD. THERE YOU GO.

I HOPE YOU GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE DISPLAY, OUT IN FRONT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.

THOSE ARE PROJECTS ALL MADE BY STUDENTS, AND I CHANGED OUT THE COSTUMES FROM STUDENT PROJECTS, FROM THE COSTUME CLASS TO COSTUMES MADE BY STUDENTS FOR OUR SHOWS HERE.

SORRY. I'M NERVOUS. MY STUDENTS CONSTRUCTED A LOT OF COSTUMES FOR EVERY PLAY THE DEPARTMENT PRODUCED FOR MY FIRST 22 YEARS HERE.

IT DIDN'T. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF WE HAD THE COSTUME ALREADY IN STOCK.

THE PRIORITY WAS THAT STUDENTS LEARN TO BUILD THE COSTUMES AND SEE THEIR WORK ON STAGE.

WHEN THEY SEE THEIR WORK ON STAGE ON THE ACTOR, THEY GET ALL PROUD OF THEMSELVES, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COSTUMES. THE THEATER TECHNICAL THEATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAID THAT THEY WANT THE STUDENTS TO LEARN AS MUCH CONSTRUCTION AS POSSIBLE FOR FOR THEM TO BE HIRED AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF PEOPLE FROM THE PROFESSIONALS, FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

SADLY, OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, HARDLY ANY OF THE COSTUMES HAVE BEEN MADE FOR OUR SHOWS, LET ALONE BY OUR STUDENTS.

INSTEAD, THE STUDENTS ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION CLASSES THAT SUPPORTS THE SHOWS, END UP BEING USED TO SORT BUTTONS AND CLEAR OUT THE CARGO CONTAINERS AND CLEAR OUT THE AREA BACKSTAGE.

SO ROLL UP SCRAP FABRIC AND CLEANING THE FACILITIES.

AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS.

WE HAD A TOP NOTCH TRAINING PROGRAM. I HAVE A PACKET FOR EACH PERSON.

MY STUDENTS WON PRIZES AT THE COSTUME CONTEST AT THE RENAISSANCE FAIR FOR 19 YEARS STRAIGHT.

AND I WON THE EARLY IN MY CAREER, 11 YEARS INTO MY CAREER, I WON THE KENNEDY CENTER'S FACULTY DESIGN FELLOWSHIP BECAUSE THE JUDGES FROM OUR REGIONAL AREA WHO CAME TO JUDGE OUR SHOWS REALLY LIKED THE COSTUMES AND WERE IMPRESSED THAT A LOT OF THEM WERE MADE BY STUDENTS.

I REALLY CARED DEEPLY THAT THE STUDENTS LEARN SKILLS THAT WILL GET THEM GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.

I WAS NOT A THEATER MAJOR INITIALLY. WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE.

I LEARNED TO SEW BECAUSE I WAS TWO. MY PARENTS WERE TOO POOR TO BUY CLOTHES THAT WERE IN THE STORE, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO LOOK LIKE THE OTHER GIRL.

SO I STARTED LEARNING TO SEW, AND I'VE SPENT MY CAREER TEACHING THE STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL SEWING TECHNIQUES.

AND THE FORMER FACULTY, THEATER FACULTY, AND ALL THE PREVIOUS DEANS OF FINE ARTS REALLY SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION, SCENERY, COSTUME, PROPS AND AND GETTING THE STUDENTS AS INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE IN THE SHOWS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF CLIPS. OUR DEPARTMENT CHAIR, GEORGIA, WELL, SHE WAS CHAIR FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND SHE WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN

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THAT'S WHY IN 2022, I STARTED THE FALCON'S NEST ALTERATION TAILORING PROGRAM SO THAT ANY OF YOU.

ANYBODY WHO DONATES BUSINESS ATTIRE TO FALCON'S NEST.

MY STUDENTS ARE PAID TO ALTER THE COSTUMES TO FIT THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. OKAY. I, I THINK AFTER WORKING SO HARD, OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO LOOK LIKE PROFESSIONALS WHEN THEY GO FOR THOSE JOB INTERVIEWS AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES OF WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED HERE, AND HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE WHEN THEY DO THE INTERVIEWS AND HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO WEAR WHEN THEY CAN.

WHEN THEY GO TO THOSE START JOBS, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE FOR FREE.

SIX ITEMS FROM CLOTHING FROM FALCON'S NEST AND FALCON'S NEST PAYS MY STUDENTS TO BUILD TO TO ALTER THEM.

AND I, I AM TEACHING THEM THE TAILORING SKILLS WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT.

AND THE STUDENTS THAT FINISHED THE ADVANCED COSTUME CLASS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING COSTUMES FOR THE SHOW AND WORKING FOR FALCON'S NEST.

AND SADLY, EVEN EVEN JUST LAST YEAR, AFTER 12 YEARS OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, NO NEW COSTUMES WERE MADE FOR ANY OF THE SHOWS.

THAT MEANT NO STUDENTS GOT TO MAKE ANYTHING FOR THEIR SHOWS AND SEE THEIR WORK ON STAGE.

ANOTHER THING ABOUT SEEING THEIR WORK ON STAGE, THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES OF THOSE COSTUMES ON THE ACTORS UNDER STAGE LIGHTS AND AND PUT THEM IN A PORTFOLIO TO SHOW PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.

SO THAT'S I CONSIDER THAT MY LIFE'S WORK, THAT COSTUME PROGRAM, PLUS ALL OUR MAKEUP AND HAIR.

WE'RE THE ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE AREA, OR COLLEGE FOR THAT MATTER, THAT HAS ENTERTAINMENT, HAIR PROGRAM THAT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO PREP HAIR BEFORE GOING UNDERNEATH THE WIG, AND STYLING WIGS OF HUMAN AND SYNTHETIC HAIR AND VENTILATING FACIAL HAIR. SO THANK YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SEE THE.

I HAVE LINKS FOR TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE SHOWS THAT WE'VE PRODUCED HERE, WITH A LOT OF COSTUMES MADE BY STUDENTS AND SCENERY AND PROPS.

I CAN BRING THE LINKS UP ON THE COMPUTER IF YOU WANT, OR I CAN, BUT IT WAS A REAL PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO BEATRICE ALVAREZ.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I CAME FROM ESL STUDENT.

SORRY. MY PRONUNCIATION IS NOT VERY WELL. MY NAME IS BEATRICE ALVAREZ.

I AM A STUDENT AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND I HAVE BEEN A STUDENT EMPLOYEE IN THE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT SINCE 2022.

I FIRST BECAME INVOLVED IN THE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT MY CONCERT WORK.

AFTER COMPLETING BOTH THE BEGINNING AND THE ADVANCED COUNCILMAN CLASSES, MY PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED ME FOR MY SKILL IN SWING AND SWING AND OFFERED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY TO JOIN AS A STUDENT EMPLOYEE.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TO ASSIST IN THE COSTUME DESIGNER WITH PREPARED COSTUMES AND DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCES.

I DIRTY CLOTHES AND DONATE THROUGH THE FALCON'S NEST FOR A STUDENT IN NEEDED AND SUPERVISING STUDENTS AS THEY COMPLETED THEIR REQUIRED TECHNICAL HOURS DURING PRODUCTIONS. THIS WORK HAS BEEN DEEPLY MEANINGFUL TO ME, BOTH AS A STUDENT GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND SOMEONE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO SHARE SOME CONCERNS.

RECENTLY, MY WORK HOURS HAS BECOME NEARLY NON-EXISTENT, NOT BECAUSE THERES A LACK OF WORK, BUT DUE TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND CLARITY REGARDING ASSIGNMENTS.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I ARRIVED FOR MY SCHEDULED SHIFT, ONLY TO BE TOLD ME MY HEALTH WAS NOT NEEDED OR WAS GIVEN A

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I NOTICED THE OUTSIDE HIRES WERE THROWING WHILE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO WORK AVAILABLE FOR ME.

AM I RAISING THIS ISSUE NOT TO COMPLAIN, BUT TO ASK FOR FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND BETTER COMMUNICATION? FOR A STUDENT EMPLOYEE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE EAGER TO LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE.

I WANT TO CONTINUE GROWING IN THIS ROLE, SUPPORTING THE THEATER DEPARTMENT AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS STUDENT PRODUCTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING. THANK YOU.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL ERIKA ESTRADA.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS ERIK ESTRADA. I AM A FORMER CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENT AND STUDENT EMPLOYEE IN THE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT.

WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE PROGRAM IN 2014, IT WAS THRIVING.

CLASSES WERE FULL, EXTRA SECTIONS WERE OFFERED, AND STUDENTS WERE EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED NOT ONLY AS ACTORS, BUT ALSO AS IN BACKSTAGE ROLES SUCH AS MAKEUP, LIGHTING, AND SET DESIGN.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO PERSONAL ISSUES, I HAD TO LEAVE IN 2018.

WHEN I RETURNED IN IN 2021 AND LATER WAS HIRED AS A STUDENT EMPLOYEE.

I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT WAS DOWN.

FEWER CLASSES WERE OFFERED AND PRODUCTION STRUGGLED FOR SUPPORT.

AS A STUDENT WORKER, I WITNESSED SEVERAL CLOSE SEVERAL ISSUES.

CLOSE UP. SORRY I'M NERVOUS AND COSTUMING ASSIGNMENTS WERE OFTEN HANDED TO US AT THE LAST MINUTE.

EVEN THOUGH THE DESIGNER BRAD HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION MONTHS IN ADVANCE.

IN ADDITION, COMMUNICATION OF THE FACULTY, WHICH IS DAVE, RICHARD, BRANT AND BRAD WITH SUSAN, WAS INCONSISTENT. LEAVING SUSAN TO RESPOND UNDER UNFAIR PRESSURE.

DESPITE COMPLETING ALL REQUIRED COSTUMING COURSES AND GAINING PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, MY WORK HOURS WERE REDUCED IN FAVOR OF OUTSIDE HIRES WITH LESS EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT ONLY. THIS IS NOT ONLY LIMITED MY GROWTH, BUT ALSO SENT THE MESSAGE THAT STUDENT COMMITMENT AND TALENT WAS UNDERVALUED. I ALSO HEARD CONCERNS DIRECTLY FROM STUDENTS.

MANY WERE FRUSTRATED WITH REPEATED PRODUCTIONS CAUSING ISSUES AND LACK OF COURSE INSTRUCTION.

WHEN I ENCOURAGED THEM TO BRING CONCERNS TO THE DEAN, COUNSELORS AND HR, MOST RESPONDED WITH, I WON'T BE HERE MUCH LONGER ANYWAY. WHAT'S THE POINT? THE SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS WAS DISHEARTENING. ULTIMATELY, THE STAFF DYNAMIC, THE LACK OF COLLABORATION AND REDUCTION OF WORK HOURS LED ME TO STEP AWAY FROM CERRITOS AS BOTH A STUDENT, AS AN EMPLOYEE.

I SHARE THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE PROGRAM CAN BE RESTORED TO WHAT IT WAS ONCE WAS A SPACE OF OPPORTUNITY, RESPECT, AND PRIDE FOR STUDENTS. SO I ASK, WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED IN RECENT YEARS? ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED, HOW PROFESSORS ARE PERFORMING, AND WHETHER STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.05 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE CONSTITUENTS.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

I GUESS FACULTY SENATE IS NOT HERE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DOCTOR WILLIAM MITTEN DORF, AM I CLOSE? SORT OF PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT.

IT'S LONG, IT'S SCARY, BUT IT'S OKAY. HE'S CERRITOS COLLEGE, FACULTY FEDERATION PRESIDENT.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. GOOD TO MEET YOU. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES, LET ME START BY WELCOMING YOU ALL TO THE FALL SEMESTER.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS.

WE'VE BEEN WARMLY GREETING STUDENTS WITH SMILING FACES AND QUESTION MARK HATS, SHEPHERDING THE LOST ONES TO THEIR CLASSROOMS AND FEEDING THEM PRESIDENTIAL TACOS.

FACULTY, BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE, HAVE BEEN EQUALLY BUSY WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS BY READYING OUR CLASSES AND WORKSPACES TO BE INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. OVER THE SUMMER, WE WORKED HARD PREPARING TO LAUNCH NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES,

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IT'S GOING TO BE THE ACRONYM OF THE YEAR. CC AND THE DISTRICT HAVE ALSO BEEN HARD AT WORK IN REOPENING NEGOTIATIONS.

WE'VE REACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS ON SEVERAL ARTICLES, INCLUDING EVALUATION, PART TIME REHIRE AND ASSIGNMENT, AND PART TIME AVAILABILITY AND EVALUATION FORMS. UNFORTUNATELY, NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STALLED ON THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARTICLE.

THE DISTRICT IS ADAMANT THAT MENTION OF DEIA BE WOVEN INTO THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARTICLE, WHILE.

CCF STRONGLY SUPPORTS DEIA PRACTICES AND EDUCATION.

INCLUDING THIS LANGUAGE IN THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARTICLE IS UNNECESSARY AND OVERREACHING.

OUR CONCERN IS THAT EQUITY IS A TERM WIDE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.

REMOVING LATE PENALTIES ON ASSIGNMENTS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EQUITABLE PRACTICE.

IF THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSED LANGUAGE WERE ADDED, A MANAGER MIGHT FEEL OBLIGATED TO DISCIPLINE FACULTY WHO CHOSE NOT TO REMOVE LATE PENALTIES, EVEN IF THEY EMPLOY OTHER EQUITABLE PRACTICES.

THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT INFRINGEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

OUR POSITION REFLECTS NOT ONLY CCF'S STANCE, BUT ALSO CONCERNED CONCERNS RAISED BY THE FACULTY SENATE.

MOREOVER, MOST DISTRICTS DO NOT INCLUDE EQUITY LANGUAGE IN THEIR ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARTICLES.

THE DISTRICT ARGUES THAT THIS DEFINITION IS LEGALLY REQUIRED UNDER TITLE FOUR, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT REQUIREMENT IS ALREADY SATISFIED BY THE EQUITY LANGUAGE IN THE APP. THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARTICLE IS SIMPLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOLANDA LOPEZ, I THINK SHE SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY EITHER. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.01 INSTITUTIONAL

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

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HONOR MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, SUCCESS CENTER, SPECIALIST STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER, AS OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2025.

DOCTOR FIERRO.

ALL RIGHT. MICHELLE? YES. WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ THIS EVENING.

AS THE CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH JUNE 2025, MICHELLE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE BY DEVELOPING NEW PROCEDURES, GUIDELINES, AND STREAMLINING PROCESSES. SHE HELPED TRANSFORM THE SUCCESS CENTER INTO A MORE EFFICIENT AND STUDENT CENTERED SPACE.

ONE OF HER STANDOUT CONTRIBUTIONS WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STEP BY STEP ORIENTATION GUIDE THAT CLARIFIED THE ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCE FOR FIRST TIME STUDENTS.

MICHELLE PRESENCE IS FELT ACROSS CAMPUS FROM WELCOME DAY AND FALCON FEST TO SENIORS PREVIEW DAY.

HER WARM DEMEANOR HELPS HER FOSTER A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE CAMPUS CULTURE.

MICHELLE. YOUR WORK NOT ONLY REFLECTS THE VALUES OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT ACTIVELY SHAPES THE ENVIRONMENT INTO ONE THAT IS MORE COMPASSIONATE AND STUDENT FOCUSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHELLE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND THE BEST PART OF THIS IS FOR THE ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME STUDENTS.

THAT CLEARLY MAKES A GINORMOUS DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. PLEASE. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO WIN THIS AWARD AFTER WORKING HERE FOR 25 YEARS.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. I'M ONLY A SMALL PART OF A BIGGER MACHINE IN THE SUCCESS CENTER.

SO I WILL ACCEPT THE AWARD ON MY PART. BUT MY TEAM IS REALLY THE HERO IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THAT INCLUDES MY DEAN, SHAUNA BASKETTE, MY TEAMMATE YVETTE JUAREZ, AND MY TEAMMATE CAITLIN SCOTT.

BUT THERE AREN'T WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW HONORED I AM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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HOW ABOUT YOU TWO GET OVER HERE? THAT IS SWEET ONE. OKAY, READY? ONE. TWO. THREE.

CHEESE! ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. CHEESE. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

OH, I FORGOT THIS. OH. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM

[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Cerritos College Students Earn More Money Faster]

THE PRESENTATION WILL REVIEW THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE GOLDEN RETURN REPORT, SHOW HOW CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENTS RECOUP THEIR EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT FASTER THAN PEERS AND GROWING. PREVIEW OF UPCOMING WORK TO HELP STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TIME AND EARNING POTENTIAL OF THEIR CHOSEN PROGRAM. DOCTOR FIERRO THANK YOU TRUSTEE PACHECO.

AND I FEEL THE. I MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME SORT OF PROP TO TO THIS PRESENTATION WITH ONE OF THOSE GINORMOUS FINGERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE STADIUM WITH THE NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE IT TRULY DOES MERIT TO, TO DO THAT.

THIS WAS VERY UNEXPECTED RECOGNITION THE CERRITOS COLLEGE RECEIVED FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF OUR OR PROGRAMS IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, AND THAT IS VALUE IN OUR PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY ON WHAT OUR STUDENTS LEARN, BUT ON HOW THEY APPROACH SOCIAL AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

SO JUST TO GET TO THE PUNCHLINE RIGHT AWAY, CERRITOS COLLEGE IS THE NUMBER ONE COLLEGE AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE LA AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY REGION.

ONLY IN LA AREA WE HAVE OVER 87 INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE EVALUATED, AND CERRITOS COLLEGE CAME ON TOP ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE METRICS.

THIS IS A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE COLLEGE FUTURE FUTURE FOUNDATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HCA GROUP TO LARGE ORGANIZATION COLLEGE FUTURE FOUNDATIONS, ONE OF THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH.

AND THE CURRENT CEO HAPPENED TO BE THE FORMER CHANCELLOR OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA ELOY OAKLEY.

SO SO IT WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WAS PUT BEHIND THIS STUDY.

AND THE REASONING OF PUTTING THIS STUDY TOGETHER IS TO HELP STUDENTS DETERMINE IF THEIR PROGRAM OF STUDY AND THEIR COLLEGES THAT THEY ARE SELECTED ARE LIKELY TO GIVE THEM A RETURN ON INVESTMENT UPON GRADUATION.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN ENTIRE GROUP OF FACULTY, STAFF CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS VICE PRESIDENTS AND BOARD THAT ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE INVESTMENT OF THE COLLEGE.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THE CASE IN EVERY SINGLE INSTITUTION.

MANY INSTITUTIONS HAVE NEGATIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AND SOME HAVE DECADES BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN GET RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

SO THIS IS NOT A SMALL RECOGNITION. IT IS VERY FITTING TO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IN MY CASE, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW I WENT TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WAS A PATH TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND I'M SURE THAT RESONATES WITH MANY OF YOU, THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY WITHOUT ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. SO I FIND THAT AS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT WE NOT ONLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY,

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AND WE ARE DOING JUST THAT ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT.

THIS REPORT ALSO SHOWS THAT WE ARE NUMBER TEN IN CALIFORNIA.

ONLY BEING OUT COMPETED BY A HANDFUL OF COLLEGES IN THE BAY AREA, BUT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE BAY AREA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN WHICH WE RANK US NUMBER ONE OR.

DATA SHOWS THE IN AVERAGE, OUR STUDENTS TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO RECOVER THEIR INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION VERSUS 2.6 YEARS IN OUR REGION COMPARED TO TO OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS.

WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT OUR STUDENTS EARN MORE AND FASTER AND THEY GET JOBS QUITE QUICKLY.

I WAS JUST GIVEN THE NEWS THAT OUR NURSING DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN ACHIEVED 100% PASSING RATE IN THE LICENSING EXAM, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING NEARLY IMMEDIATELY AND FROM THAT POINT ON.

AND FROM THAT POINT ON, OBVIOUSLY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WILL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY.

TWO, WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO MAINTAIN THE COST OF EDUCATION AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, COMMITTED TO INCREASE OUR FUNDRAISING GOALS, AND PROVIDE US HIGHEST NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS TO HELP THEM DEAL WITH THE COST OF EDUCATION, WHICH ALSO HELPS OUR METRICS. IN THIS REGARD, SOCIAL UPWARD MOBILITY AS WE KNOW, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY, YOU EARN MORE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO MORE SERVICES, COMMUNITIES IMPROVE.

AND PART OF OUR GOALS ARE ONE OF THE TOP GOALS THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE, IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY REACH UPWARD. SOCIAL MOBILITY AND MATRICULATION TO MONETIZATION IS A CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR YEARS NOW.

THAT IS, WHEN DOES IT TAKE? HOW LONG? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A STUDENT TO CASH OUT OF THAT INVESTMENT? AND I KNOW THIS OR THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WILL USE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT I FEEL THE CASHING OUT ON INVESTMENT HAS A COUPLE OF FIRMS. THE FIRST ONE, WHAT WE LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT IS ALWAYS POWERFUL AND A LOT OF VALUE.

AND AS SOON AS WE LEARN IT AND START APPLYING IT, WE ARE SEEING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS HOW WE CAN MONETIZE THAT DEGREE IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PROCESS, OUR NEXT STEP IS TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS TO SHOW THEM THE VALUE OF THE DEGREE AND WHEN AND AT WHICH POINT OF THEIR EDUCATION THEY WILL REACH THE HIGHEST POINT OF MONETIZATION BASED ON DEGREE.

SO TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO EASIER TERMS, THEY COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE AND I'M GOING TO PICK ON WILL FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WANT TO DO THEY WANT A MAJORED IN PHILOSOPHY, GREAT MAJOR, A FAN OF PHILOSOPHY.

BUT THE MONETIZATION OF THE DEGREE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN AT THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT STUDENTS SHOULD NO MAJORED IN PHILOSOPHY.

IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD SHOW THEM FROM THE ASSOCIATE TO THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE TO THE MASTER'S DEGREE, DEPENDING OF THE FIELD THEY GO, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE TIME THEY WILL TAKE TO GET THERE, THE INVESTMENT THAT IT TAKES AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

FUN FACT PHILOSOPHY MAJORS, AS THEY GRADUATE WITH A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND PAIR THAT WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE, WHETHER IT'S IN FIELD OR IN A DIFFERENT FIELD, TEND TO EARN MORE OR JUST AS MUCH AS THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE FROM UNDERGRAD TO GRAD WITH THE SAME DEGREE. SO IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT A DEGREE STANDALONE HAS OR DOES NOT HAVE VALUE, BECAUSE ALL DEGREES HAVE VALUE IS HOW WE CAN SHOW OUR STUDENTS WHERE THAT VALUE IS, WHEN HOW TO GET THERE, AND PROVIDE A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR THEM TO SEE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

SO ROI BY THE NUMBERS, IT COSTS US ABOUT $1,300 TO COME TO SCHOOL AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

YOU GET EASILY $9,000 A YEAR EXTRA IN AVERAGE WHEN YOU GET THAT ASSOCIATE DEGREE.

IF YOU GET THAT BACCALAUREATE DEGREE, 30,000.

AND THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THAT POINT ON, TOPPING OUT TO OVER $4.5 MILLION.

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SO IT DOES PAY TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND WE ARE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE FOR THE FROM FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE ENTIRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD CELEBRATE AS A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE TOGETHER IS HOW WE ARE STRONGER AND TOGETHER IS HOW WE'RE CHANGING THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM HERE? ACTUALLY YOU CAN. I DON'T WELL ANY QUESTIONS? NO. JUST MAKING SURE YOU DIDN'T RUN AWAY. OH, IS.

SO THAT WAS THE QUESTION FOR HIM NOT TO RUN AWAY.

I WILL NOT RUN AWAY. I WILL WAIT, PRESIDENT. DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT HIM TO RUN AWAY? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. I MEAN, I WANT TO DIG IN AND SEE ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WE BEAT JUST TO KIND OF, LIKE, GLOAT, BUT I HONESTLY, I THINK SLIDE THREE, IS IT 3 OR 4? SHOULD THAT ONE SHOULD BE LIKE, WE SHOULD CONSIDER A VERSION OF THIS AS, JUST AS A FLIER, LIKE A STANDALONE COMMUNICATION TOOL. THAT'S THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

YEAH. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. I FEEL THIS IS A GOOD MESSAGE TO SEND TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO BEFORE THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND, AND IF WE HAVE THIS EDGE TODAY, I FEEL WE SHOULD BE USING IT TO TO RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS AND TO CONTINUE TO SHARPEN OUR PROGRAMS AND ALIGN THEM WITH THE WORKFORCE. ON A RELATED NOTE, BEFORE I KNOW, DEFER TO THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.

LIKE AS CONGRESS I DO THINK LIKE, THIS IS REALLY COOL, RIGHT? AND I AND I SEE THIS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COME OUT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T STUDY TO THE TEST, RIGHT? THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE DOING ANYWAY. SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF RANKING COME OUT.

AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE KIND OF WAKE UP AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, YEAH, RIGHT. LIKE WHEN WE CHANGE THE STUDENT FUNDING FORMULA AT THE STATE AND WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, ACTUALLY THIS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MOTIVATED DOING THE RIGHT THING ALL ALONG. SO I THINK THAT KUDOS TO THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE WORKING ON THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS LEADING UP THE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO COME BACK TO IS NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS, BUT WAY THINKING OF WAYS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE MORE CURRICULUM AROUND PRACTICAL PERSONAL FINANCE.

IT JUST SORT OF RAISES THE POINT OF LIKE, WELL, YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CAPACITY IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS TO HOWEVER MANY YEARS, DEPENDING ON YOUR DEGREE. BUT HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT REALLY EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT REALLY INTERNALIZED AND MAXIMIZED IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE, BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES AROUND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE STUDY COSMETOLOGY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING AND YOU'RE EARNING A BETTER DEGREE.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU WANT TO OPEN UP YOUR OWN SALON, LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT IS THAT'S A GREAT POINT YOU'RE MAKING WITH COSMETOLOGY.

AND I WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME KUDOS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS FOR CONVOCATION.

AND IN THE PROGRAMS OF LOW VALUE OF LOW RETURN ON INVESTMENT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD LISTED COSMETOLOGY AND SOME BRANCHES OF COSMETOLOGY, WHICH OF COURSE OUR FACULTY DID NOT LIKE, AND FOR GOOD REASON.

OUR COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS OUTTURN ALMOST EVERY PROGRAM IN THAT CATEGORY.

SO WILL THE AVERAGE. MAY BE THAT SOME COSMETOLOGY PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE PROVIDING A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

IT IS NOT TRUE IN OUR AREA, PARTICULARLY IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT COMBINATION OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS IN WHICH THEY CAN APPLY INTO A BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INVESTMENTS AND AND EXPANDING THE THE BREADTH OF THEIR PRACTICE AND THAT SHOWS IN THEIR OWN ECONOMIC REPORTS.

[00:35:02]

I THINK WHAT HE WAS HITTING ON WAS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PERMEATE TO THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AWARE OF WHAT WE DO.

I MEAN, WE WE SEE ALL THESE GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND WE HAVE OUR PRESS RELEASES THAT GO OUT AND THEY'RE IN NEWSPAPERS.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO SEE, EVEN IN ADDITION TO FLIERS, IS INFOGRAPHICS THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY, AS BOARD MEMBERS, CAN SHARE WITH OUR CONSTITUENCIES.

AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LA MIRADA INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK OR NORWALK INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK OTHER CITIES HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN JUST SAY, HEY, LOOK, I'M THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS AREA. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WONDERFUL THE COLLEGE IT IS.

IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR PROGRAMS OR MAKING MONEY FASTER, WHO DOESN'T COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE AND RETOOL YOURSELF WITH A NEW DEGREE? AND JUST EVEN SOMETIMES IN SOME CASES, A SINGLE SEMESTER? YEAH. SO I THINK IF WE COULD GET PUBLIC AFFAIRS OR WHOEVER MAY BE RESPONSIBLE.

DATA. CHELSEA IS ALREADY TAKING NOTES. THERE SHE IS.

THERE SHE IS. GET HER INFOGRAPHICS. INFOGRAPHICS? YES. SO JUST LIKE ONE LITTLE INFOGRAPHIC TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HERE, PLACE IT IN THE DIFFERENT FACEBOOK, TWITTER, X, TIKTOK, WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE MAY ALL BE ON.

THANK YOU. WILL DO THAT. ANY ANY OTHER MEMBERS? NO. YES. TRUSTEE RIOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT PACHECO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO TRUSTEE LEWIS. I THINK WE WERE KIND OF VIBING THE SAME WAY IN THAT BEYOND THAT, MAKING LIKE A VIDEO OR SOMETHING.

I KNOW ALL OF OUR CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN TVS AND WE CAN PUT A COMMERCIAL, NOT A NOT A COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD PAY IT, BUT LIKE A BLIMP ABOUT CERRITOS COLLEGE OUR STUDENTS, WHAT THEY'RE MAKING, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST DEGREES THAT WE OFFER HERE.

AND AS WAS MENTIONED RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE THE ONLY COLLEGE AROUND HERE DOING HAIR DESIGN.

YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ONLY UNIQUE TO US.

AND, YEAH, JUST TOTALLY BLOW THIS UP. I MEAN, WE'RE NUMBER ONE, HELPING OUR STUDENTS GAIN MONETARY BENEFIT.

I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PEP RALLIES OR WHATEVER PROM, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, I'M TOTALLY PROMOTING IT.

THAT'S WELL, NOT THAT'S LIKE ANOTHER THING, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN GET IT.

THANK YOU. CHESTER GARIN GREEN. YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I WAS DOING THE TOUR TODAY, I CAME ACROSS AN INFOGRAPHIC FOR THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, JOB SALARIES.

AND IT KIND OF GAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT MINIMUM WAGE IS CURRENTLY AND WHAT THE JOBS IN OUR HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ARE MAKING.

AND THEY WERE ALL WELL ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND TO KIND OF SPOTLIGHT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ALL AROUND CAMPUS, SIMILARLY TO HOW THEY DID IT FOR THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS WILL DO.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS I GOT THE NOTIFICATION, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I SENT OUT TO OF COURSE, THE ASSEMBLY MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE GOT RECOGNIZED AND ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD SPEAKING TO SOMEONE, I SAID, WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

AND FOR THIS. SO FOR ME VERBAL BECAUSE IT'S TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD GET TO TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN DOWNEY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE KNEW HOW WE WERE DOING.

SO I, I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY. I THINK ALL OF YOU DO THE SAME THING.

SO PART OF IT IS WE DO THAT. PLUS LIKE TRUSTEE LEWIS SAYS, FOR US TO ALSO POST IT AND BE PROUD IN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OF ALL OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE MORE COMING UP THAT I'LL BE SO PROUD OF AS SOON AS I CAN ANNOUNCE IT.

THEN I'M I'M OFF AND RUNNING. BUT ANYWAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR FIERRO.

THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.

THIS IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE HARD WORK.

HAS A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WE ASKED DOCTOR FIERRO TO GO BACK UP.

NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE CONSENT ITEMS. THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ALL TOGETHER.

[3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

[4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]

[5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]

[6. Consent Items - Office of Student Services]

[00:40:07]

YES. CAN I GET A MOTION? YES, I SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE TO THE EYES.

I'M SORRY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[7.01 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution No. 25-08020B in Recognition of National Nonprofit Day]

SO THIS RESOLUTION IS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE RESOLUTIONS EVERY MONTH.

AND GIVEN THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WITHOUT THE WORK OF OUR FOUNDATION WHICH IS CRITICAL AT THE CORE OF THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE, THAT WE ARE ALSO NOT RECOGNIZING THE TOTALITY OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO THIS RECOGNITION OF OUR OF OUR FOUNDATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, WHICH IS NATIONAL NONPROFIT MONTH, IS TO HONOR THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES AND CONTINUES TO DO THROUGH ITS MISSION, THROUGH ITS BOARD AND ALL THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO AS A AS A PART OF THE FOUNDATION.

CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. OKAY.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.02. THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF UPDATED MANAGEMENT.

[7.02 Consideration of Approval of Updated Management Job Description for Associate Dean, Health and Wellness]

IS IT MERCEDES? OKAY. YEAH. JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.

THIS PROCESS BEGAN DURING COVID. DURING COVID, WE DID REORG ON ON THE SUPERVISION OF SOME AREAS OF CAMPUS.

AND DOCTOR GUTIERREZ WAS GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS, AND DOCTOR BRAMMER STARTED LOOKING AT THE FUNCTIONS.

WE DISCOVERED AFTER THE REORG WHENEVER UPDATED THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO REFLECT THE, ACTUAL DUTIES OF THE CURRENT DEAN OF ASSOCIATE DEAN OF HEALTH STUDENTS HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

SO THEY SAT DOWN INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATE DEAN UPDATED THE FUNCTIONS TO ENSURE THE WHAT IT WAS IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION WAS INDEED WHAT SHE WAS DOING BASED ON THE REORGANIZATION.

SO SHE CAN. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR PIERRO. SO THIS IS JUST REALLY TO UPDATE THE JOB DESCRIPTION TO REFLECT THE WORK THAT THE CURRENT ASSOCIATE DEAN IS DOING.

WE ARE JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE DUTIES REFLECT WHAT THE CORE FUNCTIONS ARE.

WE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO UPDATE THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR DEIA WRITTEN INTO OUR EEO PLAN, AND THERE IS NO CHANGE TO SALARY.

SO IT REALLY JUST WAS KIND OF CLOSING THE LOOP TO THAT REORG THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND ENSURING THAT IT WAS AN UP TO DATE JOB DESCRIPTION.

THANK YOU. NO POLICY CHANGE. JUST A FORMALITY.

JUST A FORMALITY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.

IN TERMS OF VETERAN SERVICES WERE REMOVED, HOW IS THAT BEING SERVICED? IN ANOTHER MANNER. SO THAT FUNCTION IS ACTUALLY BEING SERVED THROUGH THE DEAN OF STUDENT EQUITY.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THE REORG. SO WHEN THOSE DUTIES WERE REMOVED FROM THIS PARTICULAR JOB TITLE AND THEY CREATED THE POSITION OF OUR STUDENT EQUITY, WHICH IS DOCTOR LOUIS AMADOR THOSE DUTIES FALL UNDER THAT DESCRIPTION.

AND THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED US TO GO BACK AND GIVE IT A LOOK, BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, WELL, OKAY, SHE WORKS IN HEALTH SERVICES AND WELLNESS. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE ALIGNED ACCORDINGLY.

AND I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT LAST STATEMENT, BECAUSE THE BIG CHANGE THAT WE DID IS AROUND THAT MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT, BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S EXPLODED SINCE THIS POSITION HAD STARTED.

AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HIRED TWO THERAPISTS THAT ARE BOTH FULL TIME.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN TWO SEPARATE INTERN PROCESSES THAT ARE NOW A DOZEN STRONG.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY HOW WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE EVER GROWING MENTAL HEALTH NEED.

AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THIS JOB HAS SHIFTED AROUND.

[00:45:04]

AND I DID GO TO A VETERAN'S WORKSHOP. AND I KNOW THAT, AS YOU'RE SAYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH IS CRITICAL NOT JUST OF OUR STUDENTS, RIGHT. WHO WE CARE ABOUT A LOT. AND THE BOARD TAKES MANY ACTIONS TO DO SO.

BUT ALSO OF THE TRUSTEES, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE ADMINISTRATORS YOURSELVES AND PARENTS, EVEN AND I KNOW WE DO A LOT HERE IN OUR COLLEGE.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION JUST IN REGARDS TO THAT? AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE VETERANS THE POINT WAS MADE THAT SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, IN BOARDS OR DECISION MAKERS. AND SOMETIMES THE NEEDS OF THE VETERANS ARE FALLING THROUGH.

MAYBE JUST A PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO VETERANS, BUT ALSO TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIREFIGHTERS YOU KNOW, AMBULANCE INDIVIDUALS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT I CAN SAY THAT, BUT TWO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM OUR COLLEGE OR SOMEONE OUTSIDE BECAUSE I KNOW AT THAT CONFERENCE, AMAZING.

AND THE WORKSHOPS WERE, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATE ACTION ORIENTED AMAZING.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I WALKED AWAY WITH.

AND I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW OR HAVE TOOLS AS TO HOW TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

YES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH DOCTOR MANELLA AND GET A PRESENTATION ON THE EXPANSION OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I THINK IS, I THINK HIS.

DO THEY DO THAT? THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB EXPANDING THE AMOUNT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS. SO I WON'T I WON'T GIVE IT AWAY BECAUSE I'M SURE SHE'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO COME WITH HER TEAM AND DO THAT.

SO WE'LL WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT. BUT BUT I THINK ALL OF YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING.

AND MOST OF ALL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT THE LOW COST AT WHICH IT'S DOING BASED ON A VERY CREATIVE MODEL THAT EXPAND COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES.

SO, SO I WILL I WILL LEAVE IT THERE, BUT SHE'LL BE VERY EXCITED TO DO THAT.

ON THE SIDE OF THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER I THINK WE CAN WE CAN HAVE DOCTOR AMADOR AND AND KATIE COME WITH A COUPLE OF OUR STUDENT VETERAN LEADERS.

WE HAVE ALL DONE A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEM RATHER THAN EXPECTING THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH US.

SO SO WE TRY TO BE PART OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR, FOR FOR OTHER STUDENT VETERANS TO, TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THINGS.

AND MANY OF US HAVE DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO US AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO, TO HAVE LOUIS AND KATIE AND A FEW OF OUR STUDENT VETERANS THINKING ABOUT, FOR INSTANCE, ESPERANZA TO COME AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORK AND, AND AND, AND ROLES THAT THEY ALL TAKE NOT ONLY IN THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, BUT OUTSIDE OF IT. SO GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'LL BE A FUN COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS AND AND WE'LL WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME VERY AMAZING AND CREATIVE WORK THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THOSE AREAS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SEEING. NONE. ITEM PASSES. ITEM 7.03.

[7.03 Consideration of Approval of the District’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Annual Certification Form, Fiscal Year 2024-2025]

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. ANNUAL CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION FORM.

SO, AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE DISTRICT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2024, 2025.

AND THE REPORT DOCTOR GUTIERREZ WILL WILL, WILL WILL HELP US WITH THE PRESENTATION. JUST TO FRAME IT BEFORE DOCTOR GUTIERREZ BEGIN THIS IS A REQUIRED.

[00:50:09]

IT IS PART OF THE LAW ON TITLE FIVE.

AND WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO DO SO, BUT THEN BASICALLY MEANS NO FUNDING.

SO I'LL BE BRIEF. THIS IS A, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE FIVE THAT OCCURRED A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS OF AN ANNUAL CHANCELLOR'S REPORT, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE USED TO DO AS PAST PRACTICE ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH WAS TELL ME HOW YOU SPENT YOUR MONEY.

NOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAILED. WE ARE REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO REPORT OUR LONGITUDINAL DATA, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, AS AN ATTACHMENT ALONG WITH HOW WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR MONEY.

IN TERMS OF THE ALLOCATION THAT WE GET THROUGH THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, WHICH IS MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO HR TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE DO UNDER THE EEO PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN MAY OF 2024. IT IS SPECIFICALLY UTILIZED UNDER COMPONENT 13, WHICH WAS ALSO AN ADDED ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED IN MAY OF 2024.

AND IT IS THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND PLANNING AND UPDATES THAT WE USE TOWARDS MEETING OUR TARGETED GOALS UNDER OUR THREE YEAR PLAN.

AND SO WE HAVE DONE THE BREAKDOWN. OUR EXPENDITURES ARE CARRYOVER FUNDS THAT WE UTILIZE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS ON CAMPUS, ALONG WITH A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE DO WITHIN HR.

AND SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES US TO DO IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY THE WORKFORCE AND STUDENT SUCCESS.

THIS REPORT IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT OUR CALIFORNIA INITIATIVES REQUIRE US TO DO.

QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY HAS THIS HAS THE HAS THE REPORT BEEN SUBMITTED? NO, NO, WE CANNOT SUBMIT IT WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.

AND I WAS IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND REFER TO PAGE 21 ON YOUR REPORT.

IT SAYS EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, RIGHT? WE RECEIVED IN 2024 NINE COMPLAINTS AND ZERO INFORMAL CHARGES.

AND YET, WHEN WE SAY COMPLAINTS RESOLVED, THERE WERE FIVE COMPLAINTS, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THERE WERE NINE RECEIVED.

BUT SINCE THERE WERE NO INFORMAL CHARGES, THERE WAS ONE RESOLVED.

THAT, TO ME, WAS CONFUSING. SO THE INFORMAL CHARGES ARE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE USE THROUGH INFORMAL RESOLUTION AS PART OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE COMPLAINTS, SOME OF THEM DO GET RESOLVED THROUGH THE INFORMAL PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL WITHDRAW THEIR COMPLAINTS.

AND SOME ARE STILL JUST IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL EITHER AMEND THE COMPLAINT OR DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE. AND SO SOME OF THAT SOMETIMES GETS IMPACTED IN THE REPORTING INFORMATION AND STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.

SO FROM THE NINE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, ONE BECAME INFORMAL.

THAT CAN HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN OUR TITLE NINE DIRECTOR RECEIVES THE COMPLAINT, THERE IS AN INTAKE PROCESS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS USUALLY SHE WILL SIT DOWN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINANT.

ONCE THE COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED, WE WILL DO THE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE OR WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER A MECHANISM TO RESOLVE THIS? SOMETIMES THEY WANT THE COMPLAINT ON FILE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING ESCALATES.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANT THIS ADDRESSED IN THE MOST INFORMAL WAY POSSIBLE.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL WALK IN AND THEN THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE CHANGED MY MIND. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S USUALLY A CHANGE FROM THE FORMAL COMPLAINT TO A CHANGE TO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INFORMAL.

INFORMAL RESOLUTION CAN MEAN BRING THE TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER.

SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT? CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THIS PERSON AND TELL THEM TO STOP IT? IT WILL VARY IN DIFFERENT WAYS. OKAY, SO JUST AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS MAKE SENSE TO YOU BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

AND THEN I FOUND IT INTERESTING YOUR IDEA OF MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE TAGGED IN ANY MANNER AND YET YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW THEM.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER? I'M SORRY. COULD YOU GIVE ME A REFERENCE POINT?

[00:55:06]

AS YOU EXPLAIN THE WAY THE FUNDS WERE BEING ROLLED OVER, IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO DO IN THE FUTURE? IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR IN TERMS OF YOUR HIRING. SO IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE ME THE CONTEXT OF IT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ANONYMOUS APPLICATIONS. YES.

WHICH IS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARD THIS TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES IN HR TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN GET INTO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE TITLE FIVE REGULATIONS, IS TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES THAT AGAIN, REMOVE BARRIERS BUT STILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY.

SO IN OUR APPLICATION PORTAL WE HAVE THE ABILITY WHEN A PERSON APPLIES WE HAVE NAME, YOU KNOW, THEIR IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION THROUGH HR, WHICH SHOULD REALLY JUST BE A FUNCTION OF HR.

BY THE TIME THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVING THINGS TO A SELECTION COMMITTEE OR WORKING WITH OUR FACULTY EQUIVALENCY COMMITTEE. AND THE WORD JUST FELL OUT OF MY BRAIN CELLS.

BUT IT'S THE COMMITTEE THAT IF YOU ASK TO BE CONSIDERED TO MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, THEN THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT. WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND MERELY PROVIDING THE APPLICATION ITSELF, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE INTERNAL BIAS THAT INDIVIDUALS MAY BRING TO THE TABLE, SO THAT WE CAN TRULY HAVE A FAIR PROCESS.

SO THERE'S A WAY TO TAG IT IN THE APPLICATION PORTAL, SO THAT WHEN WE RELEASE THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEES, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO JUST SCREEN THE APPLICATION WITHOUT SAYING, OH, YOUR NAME IS MARIA AND YOU WENT TO STANFORD.

OH, I WENT TO STANFORD, I FAVOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE IN THE PROCESS.

YEAH, IT SEEMS WE'RE BEING FUTURISTIC, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING INTO AI AND THAT. JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL.

IT'S REMOVING ALL IDENTIFIABLE DATA AND JUST FOCUSING ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

YES. AND THE VENDOR HAS THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE.

AND WE'RE ALL MOVING ACROSS THE STATE. AND WE WERE GIVEN A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

WE PICKED THAT OPTION THROUGH OUR DOC, OUR DISTRICT EEO COMMITTEE, AND TRY TO WORK ON THAT.

AND WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF PILOTED IT WITH OUR FACULTY HIRING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE THAT WILL LOOK AT QUALIFICATIONS WHEN THERE IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EQUIVALENCIES HAVE BEEN MET. SO WE'VE TESTED IT WITH A VERY SMALL GROUP.

INTERESTING. WELL, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. YES. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH THIS APPROVED, THE DOCUMENT, THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENT. MERCEDES, WOULD YOU DOUBLE CHECK THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST COPY OF THE DOCUMENT? NOT IN CONTENT, I. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? SAID MOTION A SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM 9.01 CONFERENCE WITH. OH, I'M SORRY. MOVING ON.

I MOVED ON TO FAST. ITEM .801, REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

[8.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

HELLO, EVERYONE. HAPPY FIRST WEEK. LIKE I'VE BEEN TELLING MANY OTHER PEOPLE THIS WEEK.

SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CARING FALCONS PROJECT THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

LAST BOARD MEETING. SO BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD TO SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T REALLY GET STATISTICS, BUT WHAT? THE DIRECTOR, YVETTE DIAZ, IS TELLING US LEADERS IS THAT IT'S GOING VERY WELL AND THAT STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS RESOURCE WE HELPED CREATE WITH THEM.

AND NOW, YOU GUYS, WE'RE WORKING ON SUCH A HIGH LEVEL THAT YOU HAVE TO SIGN NDAS.

BUT GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO THIS PAST WEEKEND, FROM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, I ATTENDED THE CLC STUDENT TRUSTEE WORKSHOP. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I GOT TO COMMUNICATE AND CONNECT WITH A LOT OF OTHER STUDENT TRUSTEES.

[01:00:04]

I LEARNED THAT LACK HAS THE STUDENT TRUSTEE HAS TO REPRESENT NINE CAMPUSES, WHICH I FOUND LIKE, WOW. SO I GOT TO LEARN THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE, MULTI-DISTRICT OR, LIKE, SINGLE DISTRICT, LIKE US. AND THEN ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT PIERRO.

TRUSTEE GREEN AND ANDREA. ANDREA I GOT TO SIT ON A PANEL, AND WE GOT TO TALK TO THE STUDENT TRUSTEES.

AND THEY GOT INSIGHTS FROM, LIKE, THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE BOARD.

AND THEN SOME IMPORTANT DATES THAT ARE COMING UP. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH.

NEXT WEEK IS THE OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT IN FALCON SQUARE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING LILO AND STITCH, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND IS CLUB RUSH FROM 11 A.M.

TO 2 P.M.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SALAZAR.

NO REPORT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LOU. OH, OKAY. I ALSO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ALONG WITH TRUSTEE. REALS. SO THIS EVENT ACTUALLY PROVIDE A VALUABLE INSIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF EMERGING AI REGULATION. I DO LEARN IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NEW LEGISLATIVE TREND THAT COULD HELP OUR STUDENTS AND OUR INSTRUCTION. THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GREEN.

HI. YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK, FALCONS.

WISHING EVERYONE A WONDERFUL 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.

I WAS ABLE TO COME ON CAMPUS YESTERDAY AND SEE HOW LIVELY THINGS WERE.

THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO CATCH SO MANY OF OUR AMAZING ADMIN AND STAFF AND FACULTY WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S HOUR WITH SOME AMAZING, DELICIOUS TACOS.

WE HAD DOCTOR FIERRO AND FELIPE ON THE GRILL, AND MY HAT GOES OFF TO THEM BECAUSE IT WAS A HOT DAY AND IT WAS EVEN HOTTER BEHIND THE GRILL. I JUST WENT BEHIND THE GRILL FOR A PHOTO OP, BUT I FELT THE HEAT AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WHEW! WOW. BUT IT WAS JUST SO GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, BUT ALSO JUST TO FEEL THE AMAZING ENERGY THAT WAS GENERATED WITH NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF ALIKE.

I WAS ABLE TO ALSO TALK TO SOME STUDENTS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE GOALS THAT THEY HAVE SET FOR THIS SEMESTER.

AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALYSSA, NARGIS, AND EMILY AND MANDI BECAUSE THEY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS AND I AM JUST WISHING THEM THE BEST OF SUCCESS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

I WAS ABLE TO, OVER THE WEEKEND, ATTEND THE KELSEY STUDENT TRUSTEE CONFERENCE, AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO SIT ON A PANEL WITH TRUSTEE SANCHEZ, DOCTOR FIERRO, AND WE HAD OUR VERY OWN MODERATOR SLASH FACILITATOR.

I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY ANDREA, WHO ASKED QUESTIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM, BUT ULTIMATELY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENT LEADERS AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN EFFECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AS A BOARD.

AND SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WAS ABLE TO ALSO ATTEND THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WOMEN CAUCUS, AND THE TITLE FOR THE EVENT WAS LEADING WITH PURPOSE A FIRESIDE TRIBUTE TO WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS.

AND IT WAS AMAZING TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH SPECIAL HONOREES SUCH AS SHARON QUIRK-SILVA AND JANICE HAHN.

THE PANEL WAS ALSO FACILITATED BY THE NEW MAYOR OF LAKEWOOD, CASSANDRA CHASE, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER ON THAT APPOINTMENT.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT HIGHLIGHTING THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN IN I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY PUBLIC SERVICE OR I'LL JUST SAY THAT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AND BEING NUMBER ONE IN RETURN OF INVESTMENT, BEING IN K-12 ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT THE ATTACK ON EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY HIGHER EDUCATION, AND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY BEING PERSUADED TO NOT GO TO COLLEGE, TO NOT PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION, BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN MAKE QUICK MONEY.

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AND SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE RIOS. THANK YOU. AS USUAL, I WAS EXPECTING IT TO GO THIS WAY.

NO, YOU SHOCKED ME. OKAY, SO I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO REPORT.

ONE IT WAS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO TRAVEL WITH DOCTOR LU.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I TRAVELED WITH ONE OF YOU. AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.

SHARING THE WORKSHOP, SEEING EACH OTHER, BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

AND SO IN REGARDS TO NALEO, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS THAT I NOTED FROM WHAT THE WORKSHOPS I ATTENDED.

AI OF COURSE, A BIG AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING IN THE PAST, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

AND IT WAS LIKE URGENT, LIKE WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD IN THAT REGARD.

AS I MENTIONED, REGARDS TO VETERANS, IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE VETERANS IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANY VETERANS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE IN DECISION MAKER POSITIONS.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THAT IS A HUGE NEED. OF COURSE I SUPPORT VETERANS, AND I'M SURE WE ALL DO TOO.

BUT OF COURSE IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW THE ISSUES.

AND IN REGARDS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WAS SUICIDE, RIGHT? WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS BIG IN THAT, IN THAT AREA OR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HELP US SO MUCH AND THAT WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR THEM. WHAT ELSE CAN I MENTION? JULIO VAQUEIRO WAS THERE.

HE'S A CHANNEL 52 REPORTER, SO THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HIM BECAUSE I DO SEE HIM IN THE NEWS SOMETIMES.

AND JUST OVERALL, AN EXCELLENT CONFERENCE THAT I WOULD INVITE ALL OF MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO ATTEND BECAUSE I DO ATTEND MANY WORKSHOPS, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THOSE WORKSHOPS WERE LIKE ACTION ORIENTED.

IMMEDIATE INFORMATION AND INFORMATION THAT WE COULD USE LIKE TODAY.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S THAT THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM THAT CONFERENCE.

THE OTHER EVENT I ATTENDED WAS WITH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ AT A LUNCHEON.

SHE, HE SHE HAD THE STATE OF THE NATION. AND LET ME QUICKLY CHECK WHERE IT WAS AT.

IT WAS AT THE INDUSTRY HILLS EXPO CENTER. HAS ANYBODY BEEN THERE? HUGE. AMAZING. I GOT LOST BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG.

BUT IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO VISIT AND TO BE AT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE ARE REPRESENTED.

I'M SURE IT WAS LIKE ABOUT A THOUSAND, RIGHT. OR SO.

MANY, MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO SHE JUST GAVE US A STATE OF THE NATION.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MINGLE, INTERACT.

AND OBVIOUSLY I HAD TO GO UP TO BOTH OF THEM.

I RAN INTO THE CONGRESSWOMAN INTRODUCED MYSELF AND THEN, OF COURSE JANICE HAHN.

AND SHE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT UP OUR OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH.

DOCTOR FIORE, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. AND SHE'S A FRIEND OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, AS SHE INDICATED. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO GO UP TO BOTH OF THEM AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A TRUSTEE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

TRUSTEE. LEWIS. OH. I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE BIRKEY.

I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW? NO, I AGAIN, I MEAN, WELCOME AND WELCOME BACK TO ALL THE STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

IT FEELS LIKE A REALLY GOOD YEAR. I WAS TALKING WITH DOCTOR FIERRO EARLIER ABOUT, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE. MAYBE IT'S JUST SO MANY YEARS OF COVID THAT IT'S WEIRD WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S STARTING TO FEEL BACK TO NORMAL.

I REMEMBER THIS, DOES THAT MAKE ME OLD? NO. AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

THE OTHER THING THAT WAS EXCITING ABOUT THE THE TOUR TODAY WAS JUST THE VERY TANGIBLE NATURE OF LOOKING BACK AT COVID.

THE FACT THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH CONVERSATION OF LIKE, WILL WE EVEN NEED CAMPUSES IN THE FUTURE? ALL DEGREES WILL BE ONLINE. AND THIS KIND OF SPECULATIVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FUTURE MAKING, FUTURE CASTING. AND NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK THROUGH A BUILDING LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS WHY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS SO VALUABLE.

THIS IS WHY CERRITOS COLLEGE IS SO VALUABLE, BECAUSE YOU REALLY THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE OF, LIKE, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CUT SOMEBODY'S HAIR AND ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE AND PUT THEM AT EASE.

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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS THAT REALLY ARE THAT HUMAN ELEMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN PERSON.

AND I, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I DON'T HAVE TO GET MY HAIR CUT BY SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST LOOKED AT A YOUTUBE VIDEO ONLINE.

SO MUCH NOT THAT THAT'S WHAT ALL ONLINE EDUCATION IS, BUT BUT LIKE, I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO LEARN IN PERSON, AND, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE GOT TO, TO OUR BUILDING.

THAT'S REALLY TESTAMENT TO THAT. ALSO I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY WHO DID THINGS BIG AND SMALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION HERE TODAY, WE AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE.

SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO LIKE OUR, THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE ALL A PART OF.

BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN PULLING IN THIS DIRECTION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO IT'S JUST IT IS STILL VERY FLATTERING TO BE NUMBER ONE AT ANYTHING, SO.

CHEERS. TRUSTEE LEWIS. WELL, WELCOME BACK, STUDENTS TO THE FIRST SEMESTER THAT WE WILL HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OFFERED ON CAMPUS, THE DENTAL HYGIENE.

SO IT'S A VERY BOLD, BRAVE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPONENTIALLY GROW THAT AS WELL WITH FUTURE PROGRAMS. I BELIEVE FIELD IRONWORKERS IS THE FIELD IRONWORK MANAGEMENT.

SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT IS GOING TO BE NEXT ON THE DOCKET IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND MANY MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, TODAY, THE HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING AND HOW MUCH IT LOOKS RECOGNIZABLE FROM HOW IT ALWAYS WAS TO WHEN YOU GO IN AND IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY BRAND NEW, DIFFERENT STATE OF THE ART.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A SPA DAY ONE OF THESE DAYS.

GOING OVER INTO THE DOING MY HAIR. NO HOLE, NO HOLE BLOWOUT OR ANYTHING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME OF THE NICE LITTLE SHAMPOOS AND WHATEVER THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE.

GOT A TREAT HERSELF ONE OF THESE DAYS, RIGHT? EVERY SO OFTEN ON AUGUST 9TH, WENT TO GARDEN HILL PARK AMPHITHEATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT 35 YEARS, THAT THAT AMPHITHEATER HAD BEEN USED FOR AN OFFICIAL CITY EVENT.

SO THEY DID, YOU KNOW, SOME MINOR RENOVATIONS FOR JUST MAKING IT, FRANKLY, SAFE IN ELECTRICAL AREAS TO JUST HAVE A WHOLE INFLATABLE PROJECTOR SCREEN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME SIT ON THE STEPS OF THAT AMPHITHEATER AND WATCH THE MINECRAFT MOVIE OVER THERE WITH YOUR FAMILY. SO I BROUGHT MY KID AND MY DAD AND EVERYONE ELSE TO TO WATCH THAT.

AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AMPHITHEATER THAT I HAD ALWAYS SEEN, BUT NOBODY HAD EVER USED IT FOR BASICALLY AS LONG AS I'D BEEN ALIVE.

SO IT'S NICE THAT WE GET TO ACTUALLY USE OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND REVITALIZE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO GOOD JOB FOR LA MIRADA TO TO DO THAT. AND GOOD JOB FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE LOOKING INTO THE BOLD, BRAVE STEP OF BRINGING ESPORTS LEAGUE TO OUR CAMPUS.

SO HAVING JUST SPECTATED THE POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ANAHEIM AND GONE TO THE THE ARENA CONVENTION CENTER WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION VALUE TO SEE HOW MUCH ESPORTS HAS GROWN AS A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT SIMILAR TO THAT, NOT QUITE THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE CERRITOS COLLEGE LEVEL, THAT CAN BRING IN MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE THAT SENSE OF CAMARADERIE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WHY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING'S NOT JUST ONLINE IS BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WHY WE ARE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY COLLEGES, NOT JUNIOR COLLEGES ANYMORE, IS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET THAT YOU OTHERWISE WOULDN'T SEE ON, YOU KNOW, A FORUM THAT YOU'RE JUST TYPING IN YOUR RESPONSES TO AND BEING REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO SOMEONE OR, YOU KNOW, WATCH A VIDEO OF A PROFESSOR. IT'S THAT RELATION WITH THE PROFESSOR IS THE RELATION WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS AND THE CONNECTIONS, BECAUSE CONNECTIONS REALLY BRING OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE THAT YOU OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL BACK IN, IN SESSION AND MAKING IT HAPPEN, AND LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE AND NEW CONNECTIONS THIS SEMESTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED THE OPENING OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

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SHE'S SOUND ASLEEP AND GETTING A BREAK, BUT I WANT TO GIVE HER A A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT BECAUSE SHE REALLY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH ALL THE EVENTS, THE PREP, THE TIME THAT SHE HAD PUT IN AND, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE AT THESE EVENTS. SO HOPEFULLY YOU HEAR THIS TOMORROW, WENDY.

NO, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THE BOARD MEETING.

YOU SHOULD BE SLEEPING. OR AT LEAST RESTING. WELCOME, EVERYONE.

FIRST WEEK HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. THANK YOU TO FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS MADE THE LIFE OF OUR STUDENTS EASY THESE FIRST FEW DAYS. IT IS SUPER NICE TO WALK AROUND CAMPUS AND SEE VERY LITERALLY ALL HANDS ON DECK OR PEOPLE WALKING AROUND TAKING THE STUDENTS HERE. TAKING THE STUDENTS THERE.

STUDENTS EXCITED TO BE HERE AND LOOKING FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS. WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH TRUSTEE BIRKEY. IT FEELS LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

THERE WAS A COMPLAINT THAT I USED TO HATE YEARS AGO WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT PARKING.

TODAY I WAS THINKING, JESUS, THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE PARKING ISSUES BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE STUDENTS ARE BACK.

AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.

THE PRIME PARKING IS TAKEN, BUT THERE IS PARKING ON C10 AND THE BRAND NEW LOT BEHIND THE BOOKSTORE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING THERE. BUT IS IS GREAT, REALLY, TO HAVE STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS AND FEELING THE CAMPUS ALIVE.

THANKS FOR EVERYONE TO CHEER UP TO THE CLASS.

COUPLE CARNE ASADA TACO DAYS. WE HELD ONE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, YES.

AND I THINK WE SERVE LIKE 350 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE 300 MEALS.

AND IT WAS FUN. PEOPLE HAD A GOOD TIME. THEY ATE ICE CREAM AND PLAY GAMES AND SO ON.

SO IT WAS GOOD A COUPLE HOURS THAT WE ALL SPENT TOGETHER AND WE DID ONE YESTERDAY.

FOR THE STUDENTS, INITIALLY I VERY FEW PEOPLE SAID NO TO TACOS VERY FEW PEOPLE.

AND INITIALLY THEY WERE SAYING, NO, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.

I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SURE THEY'RE FREE? WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? NO, NOTHING. JUST GET IN LINE. I NEED A TACOS.

THEY'RE FREE. NO CATCH. REALLY? YES. AND THEN THE LINE STARTED GROWING.

SO IT WAS SUPER FUN TO SEE THEM THERE. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORT.

THEY I DON'T KNOW, THEY WERE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 20 OF US WORKING THE DIFFERENT STATIONS.

SO. SO IT WAS VERY NICE. SO SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED.

THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD TO ALLOWING US TO DO CRAZY THINGS ON CAMPUS BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, CREATING A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. AND I WISH WE HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE YEAR.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO.

I PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL EVENTS. I PARTICIPATED IN THE GANGS OUT OF DOWNEY BACKPACK GIVEAWAY.

WE GAVE AWAY OVER 500 BACKPACKS. IT WAS. I FELT EXHAUSTED AFTER.

BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THINGS IN THE BACKPACK.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE DOWNEY CONSERVATION CONSERVANCY 15TH ANNIVERSARY.

THAT WAS A CELEBRATION. THIS IS A CONSERVANCY.

CONSERVANCY TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND MAKE THEM HISTORICAL.

SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T GO AWAY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STILL THE THE MCDONALD'S THAT WE HAVE THERE.

IT'S THE OLDEST MCDONALD'S STILL RUNNING IN OUR CITY.

THEY SAID THEY'RE BRINGING BACK THE OLDEST TACO BELL THAT GOT STARTED IN DOWNEY.

I'LL SEE IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS, AND IT WAS GREAT TO RECONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE.

I ALSO WENT TO THE DOWNEY PRIDE EVENT. THAT WAS.

AND DOCTOR FARRELL, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. AT THE AT THE EVENT AGAIN, JUST TO SHOWCASE WHO WE ARE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR IT WAS PACKED. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COLLEGE GOT RECOGNIZED AND THAT THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE. SO THEY.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. SALAZAR. SHE WAS THERE ALSO.

SO IT WAS GREAT TO, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND TO HAVE US THERE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT COMMUNITY.

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AGAIN THAT'S BECAUSE OF OUR VETERANS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS THERE RECOGNIZING OUR OUR VETERANS.

WE HAD THE WALL THERE IN DOWNEY AND FOR THREE DAYS.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR FOR ME TO GO TO SO THAT THAT WAY THEY KNEW THAT AGAIN, WE WERE THERE, WE WERE PRESENT. AND YES, WE DO SUPPORT VETERANS IN OUR COLLEGE.

I ALSO WENT TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALVAREZ, CALIFORNIA, MEXICO BINATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FORUM.

AND WHAT HE DID IS HE BROUGHT UNIVERSITIES FROM MEXICO TO COME, AND SO THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WE CAN TALK AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS OF POTENTIALLY DOING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS AND THEM COMING HERE.

SO AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR FARRELL, FOR ACCEPTING TO BE ON A PANEL.

HE GOT PUT ON A PANEL. YEAH. SO THAT WAS GREAT.

BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIS EXPERIENCE OF WHAT WE DO STUDY ABROAD HERE IN OUR CAMPUS.

SO THAT WAS GOOD FOR OTHERS TO HEAR. AND I BELIEVE WE WILL.

IT LOOKS LIKE SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING SOME SORT OF COLLABORATION WHERE WE SIGN SOMETHING THAT SO THAT WE CAN EXCHANGE AND HAVE THEM STUDY.

SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW. THERE WAS LIKE THREE.

AND I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THREE MORE UNIVERSITIES, BY THE WAY.

SAYING THEY HEARD ABOUT IT. AND SO THEY SAID, OH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS, TOO. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.

I ALSO WENT TO I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY. ROCKET FEVER AGAIN IN DOWNEY.

THAT'S A HUGE EVENT FOR OUR CITY. AND AGAIN, IT IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SHUTTLE THERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME.

AND WE WERE THE ONES IN DOWNEY WHERE THE SHUTTLE WAS.

ALL THE SHUTTLES WERE BUILT. IT IT WAS ALL THE CAPSULES.

THE ONE THAT WENT TO THE MOON ALSO WAS BUILT THERE.

AND WE HAVE A FULL REPLICA OF, OF ONE OF THE ONE THAT WENT TO THE MOON THERE IN DOWNEY.

SO WE THAT IT'S AN EVENT. AND AGAIN, IT HAS TO DO WITH STEM AND GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN STEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS PREPARED FOR THAT.

SO OF COURSE YOU KNOW, I PUT A PLUG IN WHEREVER I CAN FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE BECAUSE I ALWAYS TELL THEM, NO, WE'RE BETTER THAN ANYONE, SO I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I ALSO WENT TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER PSILAKIS OPEN HOUSE.

IT WAS A HUGE EVENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE FROM LAKEWOOD WAS THERE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FROM FROM OUR REPRESENTING AREAS OF THE CITIES.

DIFFERENT CITIES WERE THERE AT HIS OPEN HOUSE.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AGAIN.

THAT'S WHERE I TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT. WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

I MADE SURE THAT EVERYBODY FOUND OUT AND THEIR THAT WHERE WE WERE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COLLEGE AND WHAT WE DO. SO AND SO WE MET WITH JANICE HAHN. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR COLLEGE, AND SHE LOVES THE FACT THAT WE PROVIDE EDUCATION TO AT THE LOS PADRINOS FACILITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT SHE INVITED MYSELF AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET IF SHE ALLOWS ANYBODY ELSE TO GO BUT TO TO GO TO LOS PADRINOS AND GO THROUGH THERE SO THAT THAT WAY WE CAN SEE BESIDES MYSELF, IT'LL BE AND I BELIEVE SHE'S INVITING ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ANOTHER CITY.

AND OF COURSE ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO WILL ALSO BE GOING.

SO SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE SHE SHE SHOWS US EXACTLY THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND OUR ROLE

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AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, HE SHE DID GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO IT WAS SLIGHTLY A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

ONLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE STARTING THE NEW SEMESTER, AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE FACULTY AND WELCOME ALL THE STUDENTS FOR RETURNING BACK TO THE COLLEGE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THIS COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO CLOSED SESSION. SO WE DON'T READ OUT.

[9. Closed Session]

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.