Food, Computers, and Housing – Berkeley City College

Berkeley Food Pantry

Berkeley City College Atrium
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94707

Berkeley City College’s food pantry will be open all Spring 2020! The food pantry is hosted by the Alameda County Food Bank. There will be a variety of organic produce offered each week on Mondays from 12pm – 3pm in the Atrium. Nonperishable foods are offered in the Wellness Center every Wednesday from 10am – 1pm.

Laptop Loans

Berkeley City College has laptops for students enrolled in credit or non-credit classes.
Laptops can be borrowed from the library - pick up and return dates for Fall 2024 forthcoming
High school students, middle school students and adult school students enrolled in dual enrollment classes are eligible for the FREE laptop.The laptop operates on the Google Chrome Operating System and is designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet.

To pick up a FREE laptop, please come to the Berkeley City College Library at 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA.
Monday – Wednesday 8:30am – 7:00pm,
Thursday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Friday 9:00am – 4:30pm

Housing Resources for Students

Berkeley Student Cooperative

The Berkeley Student Cooperative is a 501c3 nonprofit housing cooperative. The BSC provides affordable housing and board to students at UC Berkeley and other Bay Area colleges and universities.

Their mission is to provide a quality, low-cost, cooperative housing community to university students, thereby providing an educational opportunity for students who might not otherwise be able to afford a university education.

Presently the BSC has over 1300 student members living in or eating at our seventeen houses and three apartment cooperatives around the UC Berkeley campus. Each house is democratically run, and we all contribute our labor to help keep our housing costs affordable.

Founded in 1933, the BSC is the largest student housing cooperative in the United States.
Link to full site here

Berkeley Student Cooperative Virtual Tours
Recorded Webinar about BSC Housing Options
BSC Office Hours (offered through UCBerkeley’s EOPS and Basic Needs offices, but open to all Peralta students)