Leading City College vote-getter a fresh face

The leading vote-getter in the race to fill four seats on the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees is a newcomer to the body, according to the latest set of results.

Ohlone College professor Heather McCarty had garnered 19.8% of the counted votes in figures released Wednesday afternoon, ensuring that at least one new trustee will join the board as the community college contends with declining enrollment and what educators characterize as the loss of voter-approved funds that support its free-tuition program.

Incumbents Aliya Chisti (18.3%), Board President Alan Wong (17.1%) and recently appointed trustee Luis Zamora (14.4%) rounded out the remaining spots with 18,200 ballots still outstanding Tuesday afternoon. Public-policy analyst Ruth Ferguson (13.9%) trailed Zamora for the fourth and final spot.

Business owner Leanna Louie, college professor and economist Ben Kaplan and former CCSF trustee Julio Ramos were sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.



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