Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles City College

Former name	Los Angeles Junior College (1929–1938)
Type	Public community college
Established	1929
Parent institution	Los Angeles Community College District
President	Amanuel Gebru
Students	17,250 (Fall 2019)[1]
Location	East Hollywood , California , United States 34°05′13.29″N 118°17′34.44″W / 34.0870250°N 118.2929000°W / 34.0870250; -118.2929000
Campus	Urban
Colors	Red and blue[2]
Nickname	Cubs
Website	lacitycollege.edu

Los Angeles City College (LACC) is a public community college in East Hollywood, California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard on the former campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1947 to 1955, the college shared its campus with California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), then known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (LASCAAS), before the university moved to its present campus of 175 acres (71 ha) in the northeastern section of the City of Los Angeles, 5 miles (8 km) east of the Civic Center.^[3]