Community colleges: students: public transportation: Los Angeles Community College District.

Assembly Member Solache's transit access initiative pairs free LA Metro passes for Los Angeles Community College District students with a new ambassador program that employs students to enhance transit system safety and rider assistance. The legislation creates the LA Metro Los Angeles Community College GoPass program, providing transit passes to enrolled students who opt in during registration, valid for their academic term.

The companion Student Ambassador Program enables academically qualified students to assist with security, passenger information, and facility maintenance on LA Metro rail and bus lines serving community college campuses. LA Metro will select and train ambassadors in transit operations, conflict resolution, and public engagement, with the community college district providing compensation at $25 per hour. Each campus must designate a coordinator to promote student participation while LA Metro develops standardized program guidelines.

The bill allocates $2.5 million from the General Fund, with $1 million supporting the transit pass program and $1.5 million funding the ambassador initiative. The Los Angeles Community College District must submit annual reports detailing pass distribution, ridership rates, ambassador participation, safety metrics, and recommendations for program refinements. These appropriations apply toward minimum funding requirements for community college districts under the California Constitution.