In a bid to save City College of San Francisco from virtually certain closure after its accreditation was slated for termination, City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, or ACCJC, in August 2013 for unlawful business practices in its evaluation of the college. After winning the high-stakes preliminary injunction motion that successfully halted the termination process, Herrera’s suit ultimately proved that ACCJC engaged in “significant unlawful practices.” It also secured tough, enforceable injunctions to protect City College’s rights in the evaluation process.
“City College is part of the fabric of San Francisco. It provides hope, community and opportunity to anyone who needs it. I’m happy we were able to do our part to help keep the school open, and I’m thrilled this vital institution will now be able to serve its students and our city for generations to come.”
Community Colleges’ Board of Governors votes 14-0 to replace accreditation model, citing lawsuits over ACCJC’s ‘unfair treatment and punitive approach’
Embattled accrediting agency ‘has managed to achieve universal agreement about what accreditors shouldn’t do,’ says City Attorney who successfully sued ACCJC
Herrera praises Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow’s final injunction for protecting City College of San Francisco’s rights in reconsideration, restoration processes
Tough, enforceable proposed injunction to protect City College’s due process rights in reconsideration ‘directly accounts’ for accreditors’ unlawful conduct, judge holds
Herrera is ‘grateful for a decision that should help disabuse accreditors of the arrogant notion that their violations are somehow beyond the reach of California law’
With case set for trial on Oct. 27, Herrera is ‘grateful for a decision that confirms once again that accreditors’ violations are not beyond the reach of courts or the law’
Herrera is ‘grateful for a decision that should help disabuse accreditors of the arrogant notion that their violations are somehow beyond the reach of California law’
Herrera grateful to court ‘for acknowledging what accreditors callously won’t: that the educational aspirations of tens of thousands of City College students matter’
Saying ACCJC’s legal strategy aims ‘to run out the clock,’ City Attorney blames accreditors’ delay tactics, refusal to honor discovery for need for interim relief
City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed twin legal actions on August 22, 2013, to stop the unlawful threat to the accreditation and the very existence of City College of San Francisco.
Dual actions allege conflicts of interest, retaliation by ACCJC; unlawful delegation of public duties by State Board of Governors to unaccountable private agency
