City College Trustees Spend Nearly 3 Hours in Closed Session, Report No Action
Governing Board • San Francisco City CollegeOctober 16, 2026
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City College of San Francisco's Board of Trustees held a Friday night special meeting on Oct. 16, 2026, and spent almost all of it behind closed doors. Trustees voted to enter closed session on three unnamed items and returned at 8:23 p.m., more than 90 minutes after their estimated return, to report no reportable action.
- Closed session on three items ran from shortly after 5:30 p.m. to 8:23 p.m.
- No reportable action came out of the private deliberations.
- No public comment was offered before trustees went behind closed doors.
Three Items, Three Hours, No Public Outcome
The basics: In a closed session, a public board deliberates privately. It then returns to open session to announce any action that must be reported.
Why it matters: The board's only substantive business happened out of public view. The subjects of items 1, 2 and 3 were not announced in open session, so residents, students and staff learned nothing about what was discussed.
Where things stand: Before the vote, Board President Aliya Chisti called for public comment on closed session items. The clerk said there would be none on agenda items that evening. Board Vice President Luis Zamora moved to adjourn into closed session, and Trustee Vick Van Chung seconded.
The motion carried on a roll call. Recorded votes were For: 4 (Chisti, Chung, Martinez, McCarty), Against: 0. Trustees Susan Solomon and Ferguson were absent. Student Trustee Wong also answered aye.
The board estimated it would return at 6:45 p.m. Trustees instead reconvened at 8:23 p.m., about 98 minutes later than projected.
Decisions and stakeholder impacts: Chisti's report on return was brief.
"There were no reportable actions taken in closed session," said Board President Aliya Chisti.
No decisions were announced, so there are no immediate policy, budget or personnel changes for students, faculty, staff or taxpayers to evaluate. A closed session that runs this far past its estimate yet produces no reportable action leaves the public with no outcome to assess.
Trustee Chung then moved to adjourn, and Trustee Anita Martinez seconded. The motion carried on a roll call with recorded ayes from Chisti, Chung, Martinez and McCarty. The meeting ended at 8:24 p.m.
"Thank you so much for making this meeting happen on a Friday night," Chisti told staff before adjourning.
What's next: The board announced no follow-up date or action on the three items.
Minor Items
- Quorum confirmed: Chisti called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Trustees Ferguson and Solomon were absent.
- Land acknowledgment: A student trustee recognized the Ramaytush Ohlone: "We acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone."
- Decorum notice: Chisti said the meeting followed board decorum policy, which she cited as Policy 1.12.
Looking Ahead
Residents who want to know what came before trustees should watch upcoming board agendas for closed session listings. They can also ask trustees whether any of the three items will return for public action.