LA Times reports California Community Colleges are expected to have higher graduation rates

The LA Times reports that there are grand plans for the California Community College system.  Graduation rates are targeted to go up, as well as Technical degree completion rates. Whether or not this is realistic given our Basic Skills population is subject to debate.  The article states: 

California community college officials are launching a new effort to ensure that about 250,000 additional students complete their two-year degrees or transfer by decreasing the amount of time they spend taking remedial courses.
To reach that goal, the state's two-year colleges would have to increase graduations or transfers nearly 15 percentage points. Currently, a little less than half of community college students get a degree or transfer.
The number of students who finish technical education programs would have to rise 16 percentage points to nearly 70%.