Board Vacancy

Vacancy Background and Selection Process

Following his election to the Oakland City Council, Kevin Jenkins vacated his seat on the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Board of Trustees effective January 10, 2023, creating a Board Vacancy for Trustee Area 2. At its regular meeting on January 24, 2023, the PCCD Board took action to fill this vacancy with a provisional appointment. The appointee will hold office until the next regular election date in November 2024. 

All eligible residents residing in Trustee Area 2 were welcome to apply for Trustee by February 9, 2023. According to California Education Code 72103: Any person, regardless of sex, who is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the community college district, a registered voter, and who is not disqualified by the Constitution or laws of the state from holding a civil office, is eligible to be elected or appointed a member of a governing board of a community college district without further qualifications.

Applications were due February 9, 2023 and were reviewed from February 10th-13th. Finalists were approved by the Board at their February 14, 2023 meeting. The Board held a special meeting on Friday, February 24, 2023 to interview the finalists, with Paulina Gonzalez-Brito selected at a special meeting on March 7, 2023.  The new trustee’s first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. 

Qualifications

• California Education Code 72103: Any person, regardless of sex, who is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the community college, a registered voter, and who is not disqualified by the Constitution or laws of the state from holding a civil office, is eligible to be elected or appointed a member of a governing board of a community college district without further qualifications.
• Applicants should not have been convicted of a crime that prohibits them from running. This is consistent with when a candidate files papers with the local election office.
  • Crimes that prohibit from holding office
• Applicants cannot be a current employee of the District.

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About the Board of Trustees

The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees is an independent, policy-making body charged by the California Education Code with responsibility for establishing academic standards, approving courses of instruction and educational programs, and determining and controlling the operating and capital budgets of the District.

The Peralta Community College District service territory includes the cities of Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont in northern Alameda County. The Board of Trustees consists of Seven elected members, each elected by the voters of specific areas within the county. Trustees are elected to staggered four-year terms. The Board also has two Student Trustees who are elected by representatives of students of the District’s four colleges. The student trustees are elected annually.

The Peralta Community College Board of Trustees is a seven-member elected board that meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 4 pm for closed session and 6 pm for public session. The public meetings are open to the public and are Broadcast Live on KGPC, 96.9FM, and are also televised on Peralta Colleges Television (PCTV), Cable Channel 27 in Alameda and Berkeley, and Cable Channel 28 in Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont, with a meeting repeat airing the following Wednesday at 11 pm. Meetings are also viewable live on Peralta’s YouTube channel.

Special meetings, emergency meetings, and retreats may be added to the above calendar and will be posted in accordance with Brown Act regulations.

All agendas are posted on the Board website under Agendas and on BoardDocs.
Please view Board meetings, agendas, minutes, and background materials here on our Granicus video link: visit BoardDocs.

For further meeting information, please contact the Assistant to the Chancellor/Board Clerk, Sasha Amiri-Nair, samiri@peralta.edu, 333 East 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94606.