Dear Peralta Community,

As we head into the final months of the school year, I want to share an update on the District’s efforts to maintain high-quality, affordable education for East Bay students as we plan for the years ahead.

OAKLAND, CA — On September 2, 2025, the Peralta Community College District and Merritt College celebrated a major milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Horticulture Complex on the beautiful campus in the Oakland Hills. Funded by the generous support of northern Alameda County voters through Bond Measure G, the state-of-the-art facility will serve as a hub for education, sustainability, and innovation for generations to come.

Berkeley City College celebrated a milestone achievement in the construction of its new Berkeley City College West campus. One year after breaking ground on the project, the superstructure of the six-story, 60,000 square foot academic and administration building reached its highest point. To mark the occasion, Berkeley City College and Peralta Community College District leaders, students, faculty, and staff joined its construction partners Kitchell, XL Construction, and Ratcliff, and city leaders and community partners in signing a ceremonial beam.

Dear Peralta Community,

The Peralta Community College District is looking for volunteers to join our Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee. This is a very important committee, responsible for reviewing PCCD bond spending to make sure it complies with the bond language and reporting back to the public via an annual report. Citizens who previously served on this committee have gone on to become elected officials including Trustees and City Councilors.

Dear Peralta Community,

The Peralta Community College District is looking for volunteers to join our Bond Measures Oversight Committee. This is a very important committee, responsible for reviewing PCCD bond spending to make sure it complies with the bond language and reporting back to the public via an annual report. Citizens who previously served on this committee have gone on to become elected officials including Trustees and City Councilors.

The Bond Measures Oversight Committee (BMOC) will meet on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in-person at the Peralta Community College District boardroom at 333 East 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94606, and via Zoom. 

On November 1, 2022, Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Bond Program hosted its 6-Month Look-Ahead for 2022-2023 upcoming construction projects in the PCCD Measure G Bond Program.

OAKLAND, CA – During the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Charrette on November 10, 2022, Interim Chancellor Dr. Jannett N. Jackson announced the successful sale of approximately $151 million of General Obligation (GO) bonds. The sale included $120 million of GO new money bonds that will fund voter-approved infrastructure improvements at PCCD’s four colleges and $31 million of GO refunding bonds to refinance bonds issued in 2012.

On July 7, 2022, a meeting was held between the Peralta Community College District and the City of Berkeley Mayor's Office to discuss the Berkeley City College expansion project at 2118 Milvia Street. The PCCD Bond Program Team hosted the meeting as part of the Bond Program Outreach Community Partner Series, briefing the City of Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín and Vice Mayor Kate Harrison and other Mayor's Office staff including Dyana Delfín Polk, who serves as Vice President of the Peralta Board of Trustees. District leadership in attendance included Dr. Jannett Jackson (Interim Chancellor), Atheria Smith (Interim Vice Chancellor of General Services), Mark Johnson (Executive Director of Marketing, Communication & Public Relations), Dr. Angelíca Garcia (Berkeley City College President), and Sean Brooks (Berkeley City College Vice President of Administration).

Chancellor Jackson, along with several cabinet members and the BuildPeralta Bond team, recently met with the Downtown Berkeley Association to present their plans for expanding Berkeley City College with the construction of a new building. The project would add a new six-story building on a site at the corner of Milvia and Center Streets to expand the number of classrooms, add art studios, increase learning resource facilities, and expand student and faculty support areas for BCC.