Posted on 04/14/2025 9:43:35 AM PDT by dennisw
SACRAMENTO, California — A progressive Democratic lawmaker is seeking a simple but jarring remedy of last resort for California’s college students navigating the state’s housing crisis: Let them sleep in their cars.
While roughly half a dozen state legislative proposals this year seek to fund student or faculty housing or loosen building regulations, the benefits would come far too late for current students struggling to stay afloat. With one in four California community college students experiencing homelessness in the past year, Democrats — who have a supermajority in the statehouse — face increasing pressure to deliver on affordability issues.
Assemblymember Corey Jackson, a Southern California Democrat who has a doctorate in social work, said lawmakers can build long-term solutions while offering an immediate stopgap for a “worst case scenario.” His proposal, which cleared its first committee last month, would require community colleges and the California State University system to plan for an overnight parking program for students.
Without a sanctioned, on-campus parking program, students are left with no other option but to sleep in their cars somewhere off-campus where they might not be welcome, according to Jackson.
Supporters make clear the measure is not intended to be a permanent solution to the affordability crisis, but with rent in California more than 30 percent higher than the national average, the situation is dire.
“This just deals with the harsh realities that we find ourselves in,” Jackson said during a recent hearing.
Both the CSU and community college systems are opposed to Jackson’s effort, citing a lack of funding and a mandate that doesn’t address long-term housing solutions. Jackson, in an interview, argued the colleges aren’t taking a “very moral position.” He said they’ve remained opposed even after he has offered to waive liability and delay implementation until funding is available.
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If cars are allowed then how about campers and camper vans? I can see the State U designating a campus parking lot for campers and automobile sleepers only.
Or, you could deport illegals until the housing crisis fixes itself?
Can the police tow an illegally parked car, if it’s a residence?
Do they get squatter’s rights to parking spaces?
This is a substantial upgrade over the democrat proposal to supply grocery carts back in the early 2000s or late 1990s.
If you have to live in your car, you shouldn’t be going to college at all. With the exception of a specific few majors, college degrees aren’t even worth the time and expense they require anymore. If you’re majoring in something that is not in a high-demand field, stop going to school and look for work. You’ll be glad you did.
Imagine that! Legislated collapse of civilization.
Gary Numan approves.
How can a state that is LOSING population have a housing problem?
2020 - declined 182,083 (first annual loss since 1850)
2021 - declined 117,552
2022 - declined 113,649
2023 - gained 67,000
2024 - Data are preliminary; net international migration at 134,000 and reduced outmigration (197,000 net loss to other states).
Cumulative loss from 2020-2024: 280,000–330,000.
If the loss was 300k people and the average number of people living per housing unit is 2.2, then that loss freed up 136,000 housing units.
If a half million illegals self-deport, then there are a QUARTER MILLION housing units freed up!
WHAT “housing crisis”???
Ah yes, I remember that song......
“Supermajorities”, essentially one-party rule, never govern well. The stacked system of awarding ranked voting, on top of the “jungle primaries”, and a heavy reliance on mail-in voting, subject to vast fraud on so many levels, completely scrambles any meaningful pattern of letting the voters decide, by either discounting or overvaluing the impact of each individual voter.
Nobody could count votes with any degree of reliability or even accountability.
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything” -Joseph Stalin
Bring back the drive-in theater but with educational films
And the boring educational films at that.
It’s CaliFUBAR so no surprise
In certain cities almost all the housing is owned by AIRBNB corporations. My brother lives on the Oregon coast. Everything within a few blocks of the beach is owned by the same group.
A friend in California has a buddy who manages an apartment complex near Sacramento. The owners of the property have stated that any employee (including said manager) questioning the legal status of any tenant will be immediately terminated. The complex is jammed with them, and they live well, new cars, big flatscreen TV’s, and fully subsidized rent.
YES. THIS .
We've had MILLIONS of foreign nationals coming into this country and we're all supposed to ignore that that has had an impact on housing for AMERICAN CITIZENS to find housing.
A reprobate ran stated where you can rent a car trunk for the night to sleep yeah that sounds normal huh Moe.
Hmmm, here in the san fernando valley there is almost 1 Million Illegal Aliens in Housing...
Universities have billions in endowments and they are suppose to be invested making even more billions yet where does the money go/ Not to inexpensive student housing.
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