Los Angeles Community College District
community college district in Los Angeles, California, United States
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California, and some of its neighboring cities and certain unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Its headquarters are in Downtown Los Angeles. Over the course of its history, LACCD has served as educator to more than three million students. The Los Angeles Community College District is the largest community college district in the United States and is one of the largest in the world.
The LACCD consists of nine colleges and covers an area of more than 882 square miles (2,280 km2). They serve students in the Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Culver City, Garvey, Las Virgenes, Los Angeles, Montebello, Palos Verdes and San Gabriel school districts. The district covers the Los Angeles city limits, San Fernando, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, Burbank, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, Rosemead (southern portion), Montebello, Commerce, Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy, Bell Gardens, South Gate, Gardena, Carson, Lomita, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, and numerous unincorporated communities, including East Los Angeles, Florence-Firestone, Athens, and Walnut Park.
Colleges
Board of trustees
The Los Angeles Community College District is governed by an elected Board of Trustees first established in 1969.
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