Public postsecondary education: overnight student parking: pilot program.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the California State University as 2 of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requests the campuses of the California Community Colleges, and requires the campuses of the California State University, to give priority housing to current and former homeless youth, as specified. This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University to establish pilot programs to allow overnight parking by eligible students, as defined, and would require the chancellors, with the participation of student representatives, and, for the community college pilot program, with the additional participation of community college district leaders, to determine a plan of action for implementing the pilot program that includes, among other things, the issuance of an overnight parking permit. This bill would also require an eligible student who participates in the pilot program to be granted access to overnight parking until the student is provided access to a suitable alternative, including, among other things, a hotel voucher through a public agency or community organization. The bill would provide that a campus selected to participate in the pilot program is not civilly liable for a campus employee's good faith act or omission that fails to prevent an injury to a participating student that occurs in, or in close proximity to, and during the hours of operation of, overnight parking, as provided. This bill would require the Chancellor of the California State University to select 5 campuses to participate in the pilot program. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to select 20 campuses to participate in the pilot program, as provided. To the extent that the bill would impose new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require campuses that participate in the pilot program to report to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges or the Chancellor of the California State University, as applicable, on or before July 1, 2027, certain information, including, among other information, the socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds of participating students, and would additionally require, on or before January 31, 2028, the chancellors to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the pilot program, as provided. The bill would provide for implementation of the above-described provisions only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2029. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.