Campus Security & Parking
Campus Security
It is the mission of the College and Public Safety department to provide a safe and secure environment for the campus community 24/7/365 days a year. Campus Public Safety is staffed by non-sworn, dedicated, trained, and professional Campus Safety Officers who are here to assist you. Golden West College gathers campus crime statistics and publishes them in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (ASR). This information is provided to give prospective and current students information to help them make decisions about their potential or continued enrollment in a postsecondary institution. The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report can be accessed here: https://www.cccd.edu/departments/administrative-services/riskservices/cleryreport.html.
Golden West College maintains a Public Safety Department with non-sworn officers working on campus 24/7/365. Any person may report any criminal action or emergency at any time – day or night – by calling 9-1-1 for emergency local law enforcement response or by calling Public Safety on our emergency phone line at (714) 895 - 8999 or the GWC Public Safety general phone line (714) 895-8924. Campus emergency “blue phones”, located on both the interior of campus and in campus parking lots, may also be used to contact the Public Safety Department. (see map on Public Safety website https://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/Links/pdf/public-safety/BLUE-PHONE-MAP.pdf) The Public Safety Department is located on the southwest corner of campus next to the Nursing building (Goldenwest St./ Edinger Ave.). Office hours are 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.
Additional information regarding the Golden West College Public Safety Department and their services can be obtained by visiting: https://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/public-safety/index.html
Parking and Traffic Rules and Regulations
By authority of California Vehicle Code Section 21113, the following parking and traffic rules and regulations have been adopted to facilitate parking, safe vehicular movement, and provide for the safety of all persons using the community college campus. These parking and traffic rules and regulations will be in effect 24 hours a day.
Abandoned Vehicles
Section 501 No person shall abandon or leave standing any vehicle or motorized cycle on the campus in excess of 96 hours. All such vehicles will be stored under authority of Section 22658(a) of the California Vehicle Code.
Section 502 Any person who abandons a vehicle or motorized cycle on campus or violates campus regulations that require towing of such vehicle will be responsible for payment of all towing and storage charges.
Enforcement
Authorization is granted by authority of California Vehicle Code Section 21113 to the college Public Safety Department to issue parking citations within the confines of the campus. Citations will be issued for violation of the Parking Regulations as outlined below. Automatic penalties will be assessed on all fines not paid prior to the specified due date.
All authorized permit parking areas are subject to enforcement 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
PARKING REGULATIONS AND RECOMMENDED BAIL
| Section | Violation | Bail |
|---|---|---|
| 208 | No person shall sleep in or remain overnight in any vehicle on campus. No vehicle shall be parked overnight on campus (midnight to 6:00 a.m.) without permission from Public Safety Department. | $35.00 |
| 401 | No parking is allowed in any area that does not have a clearly marked stall, except designated dirt lots. | $35.00 |
| 402 | Vehicles parking within a stall shall not overlap the lines that designate the stall. | $35.00 |
| 403 | No persons shall park or leave standing a vehicle on any walkway, landscaped area, driveway, road or field without prior approval of the Public Safety Department. | $35.00 |
| 404 | No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle not a motorcycle nor moped in an area designated for motorcycles only. | $35.00 |
| 405 | No vehicle shall be parked backwards in diagonal parking stalls. | $35.00 |
| 406 | No person shall park or leave standing a motor vehicle blocking traffic lanes on any campus roadway or parking lot. | $40.00 |
| 407 | When signs or marking (such as red curbs) prohibiting and/or limiting parking are erected or placed upon any street, road, or area, no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon such street, road, or area in violation of any such sign or marking. | $40.00 |
| 409 | No person shall park in any area marked in blue and identified as “Handicapped Parking” unless a handicapped placard/license plate issued by DMV is displayed inside the vehicle. | $250.00 |
| 410 | No person shall park in an area posted or marked “Staff Parking” unless a valid staff parking permit is properly displayed. | $35.00 |
| 411 | No person shall park any vehicle in any fashion so as to create a traffic hazard. | $40.00 |
| 412 | No person shall park on campus in a designated permit area without a current, valid parking permit properly displayed either on the left rear bumper or suspended from the rear view mirror, on the dashboard or inside lower left windshield. Motorcycles/mopeds shall have the permit affixed to the left front fork. | $35.00 |
| Stolen/Forged/altered/mutilated permit | $40.00 | |
| 413 | Vehicles parking in metered stalls must pay for use of the stall as indicated on the meter. Display of a campus parking permit does not preclude payment of meter fees. | $35.00 |