This comprehensive, five-phased Needs Assessment Project brought together the collective input from the community, community leaders, current and former students, and the San Diego Community College District staff (faculty, administration, and support personnel). The purpose of the project was to develop valuable, objective input for the Board of Trustees and the District to assist them in developing programs, services, and facilities which meet the needs of the community it serves. The District is perceived by a consensus of the respondents as doing the best job in the areas of providing tuition-free education, convenient locations and times, pleasant environments for learning, general education, transfer programs to four-year institutions, vocational education, and educational opportunities for ethnic minorities. Faculty received the highest evaluation and administrators the lowest. Vocational education was recommended for expansion, specifically job placement services, career counseling, public transportation, and retraining adults for new careers. Former and current students rated their preparation for transfer to a four-year institution and for getting jobs extremely high. The majority of current students plan to transfer to a four-year institution. Preference for a semester system and positive attitudes toward tax-supported public higher education were agreed upon in the survey.(RC)