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

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. Its headquarters are in

Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is ...

. Over the past seventy-seven years LACCD has served as educator to more than three million students. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages: over half of all LACCD students are older than 25 years of age, and more than a quarter are 35 or older. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations. 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 nine colleges within the district offer educational opportunities to students in Los Angeles. It serves students located in the

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, Beverly Hills,

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, Las Virgenes, Los Angeles, Montebello, Palos Verdes and San Gabriel school districts. The district covers the Los Angeles city limits,

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, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills,

, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills,

, Monterey Park, San Gabriel,

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(southern portion), Montebello, Commerce, Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy, Bell Gardens, South Gate, Gardena,

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, Lomita,

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, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, and numerous unincorporated communities, including

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, Florence-Firestone, Athens, and Walnut Park. The LACCD consists of nine colleges and covers an area of more than .

Colleges

Board of trustees

The Los Angeles Community College District is governed by an elected Board of Trustees first established in 1969.https://www.lacitycollege.edu/About-LACC/Why-LACC/History-of-LACC The board generally meets twice a month.

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* {{authority control Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges