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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, 2013 ACCENTADVOCATE.COM

THE STUDENT VOICE OF CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, SAN PABLO, CALIF.

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Law allows student fee to increase

AB 1358 mandates funding for college lobbyist organization By Brian Boyle NEWS EDITOR

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PTREPAREDNESS hursday marked the 24-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. The Advocate examines the effects of the 6.9 magnitude temblor that rocked the Bay Area in 1989 and investigates Contra Costa College’s preparedness for a similar disaster on the Hayward Fault that some say is overdue. That fault line, considered by experts to be the most dangerous in the nation, runs directly through the 58-year-old campus. Student, staff and faculty safety is in the hands of clear communication and active preparations that could save lives in the wake of a catastrophe.

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The California Legislature passed, and on Oct. 10 Gov. Jerry Brown signed, Assembly Bill 1358, which gives individual student governments the ability to increase their college’s student representation fee. The old law allowed for student governments to hold elections that require two-thirds of students participating to vote in favor of a $1 student representation before “We want fee, it could be people to implementbe able to ed.U n d e r vote for AB 1358, govtheir repre- student ernments sentatives. can now hold elecStudents tions for a $2 student will not represenhave con- tation fee. trol where The new law only money requires goes, and am a jsimple ority that just is (one more 50 not demo- than percent) to cratic.” pass. The extra dollar will then be Curt Hagman, California assembly- donated to man the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. The SSCCC is an organization whose goal is to represent community college students’ interests at the state level. They have, in the past, opposed student fee increases. SSCCC President Rich Copenhagen said, “The SSCCC opposes enrollment and other service-related fee increases that provide for services which we believe should be subsidized by the state.” Copenhagen justified the SSCCC’s sponsorship of AB 1358 by saying the board of the SSCCC does not believe student representation is something the state should subsidize.

Copenhagen said the SSCCC approached Assemblyman Paul Fong (D-Cupertino), who sponsored the bill in the Legislature. Fong said, “With a sustainable funding source, community college students will have a greater presence in advocacy, similar to their counterparts at the UC and CSU levels.” T h e California Community College Board of Governors has recognized the SSCCC as the body that Condori represents c o m m u n i t y ASU college stu- President dents state- Condori wide, Fong does not said. Echoing support the F o n g ’ s additional c o m m e n t s , $1 student Copenhagen represensaid that the tation fee SSCCC is cur- allowed by rently named AB 1358. in Title 5 as the organization that represents the students of the California Community College system. An uncalled The bill for fee passed the AB 1358 Legislature increases the by a vote of $1 student 48-29, with representation one mem- fee to $2 at ber of the colleges that A s s e m b l y adopt the new absent for the law. vote. The bill was not without its critics. Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills), who voted against the AB 1358, said he opposed it mainly due to the lower percentage of votes needed to pass the fee. “It’s trying to unionize our students,” Hagman said. “There’s a big wave to bring (elections for) fee increases down to a simple majority. The

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Forum details city’s eminent domain plan By Jeff Baker STAFF WRITER

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The mayor of Richmond addressed students and local citizens in the Eminent Domain Forum on Oct. 16 in LA-100, explaining how the city would like to use “eminent domain” to prevent further foreclosures in Richmond. Steven Gluckstern of the Mortgage Resolution Partners firm joined Mayor Gayle McLaughlin in the co-address. “Eminent domain and its processes are just the tail end of the dog. The real story is how to fix the situation middle class families are in,” Gluckstern said.

He said mortgages in America make up a $10 trillion business. In the last six years of the country’s mortgage crisis, more than 10 million families have been badly affected. As much as 40 percent of American household wealth has been lost, according to similar reports. The proportional loss is even greater for Latinos and African-Americans who were “targeted with bad loans,” Gluckstern said. Richmond, a “majority minority” city where Latinos, African Americans, Asians and other minorities comprise over 75 percent of the population, has just over 106,000 residents. Gluckstern’s figure on houseQ SEE FORUM: Page 3

In detail — Mortgage Resolution Partners firm consultant Steven Gluckstern explains eminent domain to students and local residents in LA-100 on Oct. 16. GEORGE MORIN / THE ADVOCATE

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