Carlos O. Cortez, Ph.D., who had been announced as the new chancellor for City College of San Francisco, was not approved by the board at its May 29 meeting.

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In an unexpected move, the San Francisco Community College District Board of Trustees opted not to choose the queer and nonbinary person it had announced would be its next chancellor. The board selected no one at its May 29 meeting, leaving it doubtful whether a new leader will be in place by July 1.

As the Bay Area Reporter reported May 27, the board announced to great fanfare in a news release that Carlos O. Cortez, Ph.D., the former chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, had been chosen, and that his nomination would be ratified at last Thursday’s meeting. Cortez’s tenure was to start July 1

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