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which are used to keep ASO funded during emergencies.

Gonzalez emphasized there is a real possibility ASO will have to use the reserve funds if its revenue remains low.

“ASO and all ASO-funded programs would cease to exist within 5 years,” Gonzalez said.

ASO Funded Programs that will be affected include Athletics, the Career Center, commencement, counseling,

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First Year Experience, Forensics, Student Support Services, the Transfer Center and the The Union newspaper. Forensics coach Britany Hubble said if the program didn’t receive funding from ASO, students would miss out on attending tournaments that could help them earn scholarship opportunities.

“We would have to be a smaller team, not travel as much and no longer compete as much,” Hubble said.

Journalism and English professor Kate McLaughlin said if this five-year projection were to happen, the district “should do what it should be doing now” and pay the cost of its journalism program.

One of the requirements the ASO is working on is promoting the benefits pass, especially to their funded programs and clubs.

With a clear mission in mind ASO President-elect Jose Merino expressed the organization’s determination to address the current situation.

“Our job is to straighten the ship,” Merino said. “We are working on establishing some requirements that will help us reach our goal.”

Despite the situation some good news has happened to help ASO with the deficit.

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Basic Needs Coordinator Sharonda Barksdale said services such as Metro U-Pass, free clothes through the Warrior Closet, toiletries, free food from the Warrior Pantry and housing assistance became available to all students in July 2022.

“We have seen an increase in the number of students utilizing our services, averaging about 125 to 150 students per day,” Barksdale said.

Basic Needs services help since an increase of students see themselves wrapped around the housing crisis due to rent increases and a rise in competition for housing. As housing becomes more limited, many see themselves worrying about their housing security due to high expenses.

According to El Camino’s 2021 “Student Campus Climate Survey Report,” 21% of El Camino students work more than 30 hours a week, 10% more than students who work 20 to 29 hours per week. Overall, 31% of these students who rent felt the impact of rent increases in California, according to the survey.

“The ultimate dream of all community colleges is to provide some type of housing to students,” Barksdale said.

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Administrative Services, Robert) Suppelsa, has offered that his department is going to cover the cost of Athletics,” ASO Director of Finance Uzair Pasta said. “So that’s $130,000 dollars that’s gonna go back to our operational budget.”

According to Pasta, the deficit is incrementally smaller than it was before.

“It may sound all spooky, but the thing is ASO is gonna be pretty good, hopefully if we get the salaries off,” Pasta said.

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