So many of us want to support and encourage the mission of SBCC.
We wish it to be a thriving opportunity for locals, which includes academic students, vocational training folks, and the retired community taking classes that expand their skills.
Unfortunately the college administration and faculty seem enthralled with the idea that SBCC should be a "world class" institution attracting student tourists from not just all of California but all of the U.S. and from international places as well. To do this they propose, repeatedly, that locals put up the money to do so. Worse, these visiting enrollees are to be attracted to participate in athletic competition. Using Measure V money they built a stadium press box while apparently failing to address the specter of asbestos and earthquake vulnerability offered as the reason to enact V.