About one in five of California's community college students have been homeless during the previous 12 months. A safe parking program could help them, writes the editorial board. (via latimesopinion)
Obviously, it’s hard to get through college if you have to worry about whether you will eat on any given day or where you will sleep at night. But that’s the situation that many students in California face. Surveys of the state’s community college students have found that about one in five have been homeless during the previous 12 months. That means they’re sleeping in a car, couch-surfing with friends, or living in an abandoned building or out on the street.
Surveys of California's community college students have found that about one in five have been homeless during the previous 12 months.This is a well-intentioned idea that could offer modest but much needed help to homeless students trying to improve their lives But the homeless-student parking bill raises a host of complicated questions that need to be answered before it goes forward.
The chancellor of the community college system has not yet taken a position on the bill. Officials say they are working with Berman’s office to refine the language and address concerns. One easy fix: Specify in the bill that this is for students in vehicles, not tents. Berman’s office should also reach out to the League of California Cities to make sure communities understand that the parking lots would be open to homeless students only, not to other homeless people.
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