The Coast Community College District (CCCD) is a community college district in Orange County, California that offers associate degrees and adult education certificates. It includes three colleges: Coastline Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. It is headquartered in Costa Mesa.
History The Coast Community College District was created in 1947 following a special election to establish the district and Orange Coast College. The district became a multi-campus operation following the construction of Golden West College in 1966, following being renamed from the Orange Coast Junior College District.
In 2002, the voters approved Measure C, which was a $365 million bond for improvements at the three campuses. Measure M was a 2012 bond measure that was submitted to the voters in the district. Requesting $698 million for various facilities improvements, the measure was approved by voters.
In 2022, the District forgave $4.5 million of student debt following federal assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campuses Coast Community College District has three campuses:
Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa Golden West College in Huntington Beach Coastline Community College with three mini campuses in Westminster, Garden Grove, and Newport Beach
Governance CCCD is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees, each elected to a four-year term. Following a 2017 threat of lawsuit by attorney Kevin Shenkman, the district transitioned from from-district elections, where each trustee would represent and live in a district but still be voted at-large, to by-district elections where only the residents of each trustee area would vote for their trustee. The current members of the Board of Trustees are: TrusteeAreaNameYear LastElected1Jim Moreno20222Phu Nguyen20243Lorraine Prinsky20244Mary Hornbuckle20245Elizabeth Dorn Parker2022StudentDarla Nunez2024–2025
References
External links Official website