Students cannot focus on their education if they are unable to afford a parking pass, are constantly worrying about receiving a citation, or find parking only in distant parking lots. This is an educational equity issue, and economic issue, a disability justice/mobility issue, and a race issue (e.g. charging for parking on stolen Indigenous land)

Up until the 1990s and early 2000s, parking at most colleges and universities across the United States was free. As recently as last year, Monterey Peninsula College and Cabrillo college  offered free parking to all of their students and suspended citations. Later, they moved to a warning first system before automatically issuing citations. Free parking and less economic harm toward students is possible!

Our parking passes fund the parking office and our parking citations fund a police company (Parking Management Bureau) which funds scholarships for students who want to become cops, thus perpetuating a cycle of racist state-sponsored surveillance, monetary extraction, and punishment.

We demand the following:

1. Free parking to all CSUMB students
2. That the university adopt a warning first system instead of automatically issuing citations.
3. That the university redesign their shuttle system to provide reliable transportation from various parking lots to campus buildings and that the university re-establish their relationship with MST (Monterey-Salinas Transportation). We want to simultaneously encourage environmentally sustainable solutions for parking and do not support building or constructing more parking spaces on native land.
4. That the university adopt a grace period for students during the move-in period and have not the opportunity to acquire a parking pass

Parking enforcement does not motivate students to want to enroll at CSUMB and hinders students’ ability to make the most of their educational experience.

A more equitable university is possible!