Coast Community College District


The Coast Community College District 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.
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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:

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:
Trustee
Area		NameYear Last
Elected
1Jim Moreno2022
2Phu Nguyen2024
3Lorraine Prinsky2024
4Mary Hornbuckle2024
5Elizabeth Dorn Parker2022
StudentDarla Nunez2024–2025