Long Beach City College (LBCC) announced on Nov. 1 that homeless students are allowed to sleep in their cars at night on campus. To address student homelessness, LBCC launched on Oct. 25 a pilot Safe Parking Program to provide a secure location for eligible students to stay overnight. The program is “the only known program of its kind in the region at a community college,” according to LBCC’s statement. “Our goal for this program is that it will serve as a pathway to housing stability for our students,” said Uduak-Joe Ntuk, president of LBCC Board of Trustees. “These students would otherwise have to be worrying nightly about their vehicles being broken into, trying not to be seen or bothered, and not having the police called on them, all while keeping up with their coursework. It could be an exhausting situation that makes it more difficult to get ahead.” LBCC currently …