The basic agenda of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges is developed annually to address the most salient issues confronting community colleges in a proactive manner. The 1989-90 agenda differs from previous editions in its focus on emerging trends and its organization of proposed initiatives under a new set of topical categories designed to make the agenda more consistent with college operations and policies. The new categories are: (1) academic affairs, which includes transfer education, vocational education, educational quality, and English as a Second Language and basic skills; (2) student services, which encompasses all components of the state's matriculation program; (3) human resources, which includes staffing, faculty diversity, and educational quality; (4) finance, which includes policy recommendations for the simplification of the proposed program-based funding system and the development of a long-range capital construction plan; and (5) administration, which includes proposals for ensuring effective planning and accountability, strengthening cooperation with local boards and the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, improving the image of the colleges, and clarifying the significant role of the Community College Foundation in the areas of public relations and fund raising. (AYC)