Write-in Candidate
Write in Liam C
for student trustee.
Free AI for all and free daily meals.
Free AI for all and free daily meals.
Premium AI tools like ChatGPT Pro, Claude, and GitHub Copilot cost $20 to $200 per month. Students at universities with institutional licenses get them for free. Community college students don't.
That's not a technology gap. It's an equity gap. PCCD students are writing essays, debugging code, and studying for exams without the same tools their UC and Stanford peers use daily. The district can fix this.
As Student Trustee, I'll push the board to negotiate institutional AI subscriptions funded through existing technology fees so every student in the Peralta district gets access on day one.
Negotiate district-wide educational licenses with Anthropic, OpenAI, and GitHub at a fraction of retail cost. The same model UCs already use.
PCCD already collects technology fees. Redirect a portion toward AI tools instead of underused legacy software contracts.
Every enrolled student gets a login through their student email. No applications, no waitlists, no means testing.
Work with instructors to build AI into coursework. Not as a shortcut, but as a tool students need to know for the workforce.
Students paying out of pocket for AI tools are subsidizing their own education. Community college students shouldn't have to.
UC and CSU campuses expect AI fluency. Giving PCCD students access now means they transfer prepared, not behind.
PCCD students are choosing between lunch and a bus pass. That's not a personal failure. It's a policy gap.
I want the board to fund free daily meals at every campus Basic Needs center. Not a food pantry referral. Not a once-a-semester emergency box. A meal, every day, for anyone enrolled.
California already covers tuition. Covering lunch is not a radical idea.
I'm not on the printed ballot. That means your vote requires one extra step, but it's the step that makes it count.