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East Los Angeles College is a Community College , of the Los Angeles Community College District , located in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, California . It compliments 14 communities comprising its primary service area. It was located in northeastern East Los Angeles (hence the name) before that part of unincoporated East Los Angeles was annexed by Monterey Park in the early 1970s. ELAC, as it is known, is in the heavily Mexican southern areas of Monterey Park (the areas north of the hills are heavily populated by Chinese Americans ). ELAC is a two year college, offering Associate Degree programs in over 25 fields as well as both academic transfer courses which prepare students for admission to the University Of California and California State University system and occupational programs which prepare students for careers in two years or less. Most of the students who transfer from East Los Angeles College to a four-year university move on to nearby California State University, Los Angeles , or to the University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Associated Students Organization Its an Organization that emphasizes social and cultural programs representative of the varied student body. Campus clubs have open membership to students who are members of the Associated Students Organization. A computer center in the Student Activities Center offering internet access to ASO members was recently opened and has quickly become a popular gathering place. The ASO is known at our college as the Associated Student Union, not Organization, hence the acronym: ASU. There are two year term limits for officers in the ASU, states Ray Young, past Political Affairs Commissioner of the ASU for two fiscal terms limit . See also External links Notable Alumni Antonio Villaraigosa |