Intended to provide background information and preliminary options for the California Community Colleges' Commission on Innovation, this document explores issues related to the construction of facilities whose use and cost are shared by various entities. Following introductory materials detailing the Commission's charge, the paper proposes that the CCC's Board of Governors rethink the strategy of accommodating growth through new facilities and stand-alone centers, and give high priority to planning joint-use facilities. Background information on joint-use facilities is provided, highlighting the following seven types of facilities: baccalaureate institution programs on existing community college campuses, community college programs on existing baccalaureate campuses, two or more community colleges in jointly-developed facilities, new intersegmental (community college/baccalaureate) facilities, community colleges sharing sites with a K-12 institution, community colleges sharing sites or facilities with business and industry, and community colleges sharing sites with government agencies. Examples are also provided of shared facilities, including plans in Colorado for a university, state college, and community college to share an educational complex; funding provided in Illinois to support regional academic centers; authorization by Florida legislation for construction of joint-use facilities; and California community colleges' history of offering credit courses at high schools, four-year campuses, leased community space, and business sites. Finally, policy options are presented for creating planning guidelines and grants, developing stricter approval criteria for building new facilities, encouraging cooperative planning, and seeking supporting legislation and funding. (Contains 20 references.) (KP)