City College Board President Alan Wong Clinches Reelection

November 6, 2024 (San Francisco) – Yesterday, S.F. City College Board President Alan Wong clinched his reelection to the City College Board after garnering over 80,000 votes from San Franciscans in early election results. His winning coalition of voters included Asian, working class, union, and immigrant voters. 

“I feel great about the campaign that we ran! I wanted to make sure I worked my hardest so when the results came out I would have no regrets whatever the result. And after seeing the election results, I feel that my hard work paid off,” said Wong. “I woke up early in the mornings to campaign at bus and train stops and went to farmers markets and other big city events to talk to as many voters as I could.”

Wong currently serves as President of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees and Co-Chair of the Free City College Oversight Committee. He was born and raised in San Francisco, and his entire family attended City College of San Francisco. As a youth, he served on the San Francisco Unified School District Student Advisory Council and as Student Delegate to the San Francisco Board of Education. In 2019, he was the principal legislative staffer responsible for drafting and passing the legislation bringing San Franciscans the current Free City College program. As policy director at Children’s Council of San Francisco, Wong advocates for childcare and to ensure every child can reach their full potential. With a comprehensive education policy background spanning childcare, K-12, and higher education, his aim is to support the success of young San Franciscans from birth to adulthood.

“My priorities for the next term include growing the current $20 million reserve fund to maintain fiscal stability and protecting the Free City College program from cuts proposed by the City of San Francisco,” said Wong. “I want to ensure that City College continues to provide quality accessible education for our next generation of students because it is San Francisco’s premier pipeline to four-year universities and good jobs.”

As a City College Board member, Wong has fought to strengthen the voice of the Asian American community. He fought to save City College’s Cantonese program to ensure that City College could teach the next generation of Cantonese speakers capable of serving the large immigrant Chinese community and providing language access to safety, social, and healthcare services. Wong worked with California Assemblymember Phil Ting to pass California Assembly Bill 264, which allowed community colleges to make Lunar New Year a paid school holiday. Wong also passed a college policy requiring the college to have mandatory budget updates at Board meetings and the creation of multi-year budget plans to strengthen fiscal oversight and sustainability at the college.