$8 million cutback imminent - By Asia Camagong, Contra Costa Accent Advocate

“It’s really hard to try to estimate a college budget when you don’t really know what your final numbers are until the state does its final numbers,” said Kindred Murillo, vice chancellor of districtwide administrative services. The number of unpredictable cuts threatens the accessibility of education and opportunity for students, faculty and staff, Murillo said. “We can’t provide all the services we’ve been providing,” she said. “It’s just not possible.” For 2009-10, CCC shrank its college expenditures by $1.4 million and experienced a total average reduction of 40 percent to categorical programs. Many students were quick to feel the effects of the cutbacks made in the year, noticing a smaller class schedule, increased tuition fees and fewer student services.