Students should be allowed to park in the surrounding residential areas surrounding the campus.

A lot of students don’t have the time to be searching for a parking spot on campus without it making them late for class, especially after they have just gotten off of work or after running errands.

Furthermore, the parking permits which allow students to park on campus are not cheap.

Single semester permits are available at the Cerritos College website for $30 dollars, plus a $3.25 shipping and handling fee, which is non-refundable.

Not everyone might be able to afford this.

Especially true of the first few weeks of a new semester, finding a parking spot on campus almost seems like an exercise in futility.

Students are likely to find themselves stuck in traffic, seemingly forever.

The outcome, more times than not, is stress, anxiety, and being late to class.

Many of the residential streets to the north and south sides of campus are also “permit only” parking.

Students have to be on the lookout for these signs to avoid being towed away.

People should be able to feel free to park on the surrounding residential streets, without the fear of being towed or ticketed.

There should not be restrictions when it comes to parking on nearby residential streets off-campus.

The streets surrounding the campus should not be “permit only” parking.

For whatever reason this ordinance is in place, it needs to be reconsidered.

It is much simpler and stress-free for students to park off-campus and make the quick five minute walk to class.

This option should be widely available for Cerritos College students.

Other than the residential streets, it is also known that people have taken another route by parking in business lots.

It is a violation to park in the lots off of Alondra Blvd., such as the Home Depot and CVS lots.

If you choose to ignore these warnings you run the risk of being fined and/or having your vehicle towed.

These parking lots, which are privately owned, do reserve certain rights.

Until the day comes that the surrounding streets are all made available for students parking needs, many people will still be forced to purchase semester permits and will continue struggling to find a parking spot.