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The San Diego Community College District is the second-largest community college district in California and the sixth largest in the nation, providing credit and noncredit instruction to students through its associate degree, certificate, and general programs. The SDCCD serves approximately 100,000 students annually through three, two-year colleges and seven Continuing Education campuses. The three colleges, San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College, offer associate degrees and certificates in occupational programs that prepare students for entry-level jobs, and arts and sciences programs that transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Continuing Education's Educational Cultural Complex (ECC) also offers classes leading to associate degrees and certificates. The SDCCD is governed by its five-member, locally elected Board of Trustees and three student members serving on a rotating basis. Shared governance activities involve faculty, students and staff in the development of solutions to key policy and budget issues. The five trustees are elected in even-numbered years to four-year terms by the voters of San Diego. The Chancellor, the District's chief executive officer, is responsible for carrying out the policies approved by the Board of Trustees.

The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is an award-winning public housing agency that has earned national recognition for its innovative programs that provide housing opportunities for individuals and families with low income and/or experiencing homelessness in the city of San Diego—the eighth-largest city in the nation, second largest in California. Established in 1979, SDHC's major major program functions include: Providing federal rental assistance for more than 16,000 households with low income annually; Leading collaborative efforts to address homelessness, including HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, SDHC’s landmark homelessness action plan, which has created more than 10,600 housing solutions since its launch in November 2014 for San Diegans experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness; and Creating and preserving affordable rental housing units through collaborations with developers, as the owner and/or operator of affordable rental housing units, and by administering City of San Diego land use programs, such as inclusionary housing. More than 22,000 affordable housing units created or preserved with SDHC's participation are in service today. “We’re About People.” Limited Public Forum Social Media Policy: The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) provides external social media as a public service. SDHC does not endorse and disclaims liability for any product, service, company, or organization advertising or commenting on external social media pages. The responsibility for external content or comments rests with the organizations or individuals providing them. SDHC reserves the right to remove any content that it determines is in violation of SDHC’s policies or any applicable law. If your account is restricted or blocked from commenting, you may contest this determination by contacting communications@sdhc.org. Social Media Policy: https://sdhc.org/limited-public-forum-social-media-policy/

THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CENTER The San Diego Regional Center is one of 21 Regional Centers for persons with developmental disabilities in the State of California. These centers were originally established to assist persons with mental retardation (intellectual disabilities) and their families in locating and developing services and programs within their communities. These original centers were established in 1965 under legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman. The Lanterman Act became effective in 1969 and established the statewide Regional Center network. The Legislation later expanded the populations served to include persons with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and other disabling conditions similar to intellectual disabilities. The San Diego Regional Center was the third Regional Center established in California. It serves people living within the geographic boundaries of San Diego and Imperial counties.