The PCC Police Department (PCCPD) receives daily and continuous reports from students and staff of transients on campus taunting students with objects, setting up camp in the library, showering in the locker rooms and sleeping in the elevators prompting responding officers to escort them off campus.
Is a $100 million homelessness initiative the answer?
With already over 44,000 homeless people living in the streets of Los Angeles and counting, Mayor Eric Garcetti declared the situation a “state of emergency” and recently proposed to spend $100 million as an effort to ease the problem.
Editorial: All students deserve social justice and a college that cares
Homelessness among college students has been on the rise for years. This semester two professors have taken it upon themselves to provide care for students who are homeless. In addition to their efforts, the college as a whole needs to do more to ensure that all students, regardless of living conditions, feel safe and cared for on campus.
The Homeless Count
Day in and day out, thousands of homeless men, women, and children, from a variety of backgrounds, drift through the streets of Los Angeles County, panhandling for money to buy their next meal and searching for somewhere safe to spend the night. Busy onlookers pass them on their way to and from work or school, yet few stop to offer them help, no matter how little that may be. To the rest of the world, these people are misunderstood and labeled with denigrating and undeserved …