This affirmative action and staff diversity plan was developed to specify strategies and assign responsibility for increasing the number of qualified minorities, women, disabled, and members of other underrepresented groups who staff California's community colleges. Introductory comments explain the rationale behind the plan, indicating that within the next 20 years, California will become the first mainland state with a non-white majority, and that the legislature has mandated that the workforce of the community colleges should reflect the make-up of the adult population of the state. The plan defines specific objectives for six components: technical assistance, fiscal support, recruitment, coordination, accountability and evaluation, and planning. For each component area, the plan describes recommended strategies, which are consistent with projected resource requirements and legal frameworks, to achieve these objectives. Where appropriate to a given strategy, responsible roles of the Board of Governors, the Chancellor and his/her staff, the community college districts, and other stakeholders are identified. The last element of the plan is a multi-year timeline which incorporates in a schematic fashion a schedule for implementation related to identified responsibility. An overview of the legal basis for affirmative action, legislation on staff diversity, and affirmative action planning in selected other states is provided in the appendixes. (AJL)