<p>My daughter is a freshman living on campus. She does not have her car this year and although it would be nice to have occasionally she really does not need it. I knew parking permits were tough to get especially as freshman so I just assumed she wouldn’t bring her car freshman year but would want to after that. Well, we both did very thorough research and found that regardless of year it is almost impossible to get a parking permit at UCLA. You must prove you have an off campus job that you must drive to (prove by showing pay chehk stubs, etc) or you have a family mamber that depends on you for transportation to chemo sessions or some other emergency. I know there are exceptions and some people will find a way to beat the system. But my daughter and her current dorm roommate decided to rent an off campus apt. for next year so that they both could be sure of having parking spaces. They will each pay $60 a month in addition to rent in order to have a space and their apt. is only one block further from campus than her current dorm.</p>
<p>So get a scooter/motorcycle or take your chances with a permit application but you chances with that are low. Sorry to be so negative but we were very surprised to find out that she would probably never be able to get a parking permit. I had hoped she could live on campus for another year.</p>