Students of the Peralta Colleges will be joined by Assembly Member Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland) as well as Peralta and AC Transit officials to celebrate the passage of AB 1980, the Peralta Transportation Accessibility Act July 24 at Laney College. The bill was signed into law by governor Schwarzenegger last week.
AB 1980 will allow students in the Peralta Colleges to vote on a fee to discount bus passes, either for the entire student body or for students who take a specified number of units.
"This partnership between Peralta and AC Transit is not only essential to the accessibility of the Peralta Colleges to our community, but to the sustainability of our environment."
Former Student Trustee Reginald James
The launch of the EasyPass for Peralta will also discussed. This one-year pilot program, funded by Peralta, will allow full-time students to receive a significant discount on bus passes. Opposed to the $70 students currently pay for 31-day ride passes-or the $80 per month proposed by AC Transit earlier this spring due to rising fuel costs-full-time students with 12 units or more will only have to pay $50 each semester, saving students over $500 every year.
"This partnership between Peralta and AC Transit is not only essential to the accessibility of the Peralta Colleges to our community, but to the sustainability of our environment," said former Peralta Student Trustee Reginald James. "More students will be able to ride the bus to school; a win-win for Peralta and AC Transit."
AB 1980 will allow students in the Peralta Colleges to vote on a fee to subsidize bus passes for the entire student body or for students who take a specified number of units.
A vote is expected to occur in spring of 2009.
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If you go:WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: Thursday, July 24 at 9:00 A.M.
WHERE: Laney College in front of Welcome Center (near flagpole at 9th & Fallon Street), Oakland, CA
WHO: Speakers include Assembly Member Sandre Swanson, Peralta Chancellor Elihu Harris, former Student Trustees Marlene C. Hurd and Reginald James, Peralta Vice-President Nicky Gonzalez Yuen and Trustee Abel Guillen, AC Transit Board President Chris Peeples, Laney President Frank Chong and other student speakers.
WHY: to celebrate passage of AB 1980 Peralta College Transportation Accessibility Act and EasyPass for Peralta program.
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