SF City College money woes have long history - Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle

The story of what brought a vast college to its knees could fill a business course syllabus or, better, a novel. It's a tale of innovation and self-protection, against a backdrop of generosity. "The college had a very big heart and tried to do a lot for a lot of people," interim Chancellor Pamila Fisher told the state Board of Governors for the college system recently. But she acknowledged that that was her "elevator speech about how our wonderful college got into this mess." More to the point, she said, Dobelle "rewrote the way the college was going to be governed," and a subsequent chancellor, Philip Day, spent money to keep it going. http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/SF-City-College-money-woes-have-long-history-3968316.php