Peralta Community College District
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The Peralta Community College District is the community college district serving northern Alameda County, California. The district operates four community colleges: Berkeley City College, Laney College and Merritt College in Oakland, and College of Alameda.
Berkeley City College was previously Vista Community College, until 2006, when it began to operate from a permanent site.
Feather River College was operated by the Peralta CCD from 1968 to 1988, when Plumas County was de-annexed from the district.[1]
The district is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees elected by the public within the district boundaries. Two student members sit on the board, but do not have voting rights. The current (2006) chancellor of the district is Elihu Harris.