Assembly Bill 302, which would allow homeless students to sleep in their cars on campus parking lots, is gaining momentum. The East Los Angeles College Budget Committee discussed, on Monday, how it would fund AB 302.
The bill, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on September 18, is an act to amend sections of the Education Code to change part-time playground positions into Classified Service—employees that are not faculty or administrators, who go through the personnel commission to get hired.
By Dorany Pineda “We are students, we will fight! Education is our right!” was heard through the streets of downtown Los Angeles this weekend, where students and staff from East Los Angeles College marched and chanted alongside others in support of free community college. Activists, union members, youth and students rallied at Pershing Square Saturday morning, where they began their march to City Hall to urge Governor Jerry Brown to…