Parking Permits

Semester Faculty/Staff permits

All semester permits when purchased, become personal property of each owner. The University is not responsible for lost or stolen permits. There are no refunds on permits.

 New process starting July 28, 2025

If you are a current employee and have purchased a semester permit before:  

• You can order your parking permit online. 
• Sign in with your NetID and password.
• Update your home address and vehicle information.
• You will be able to pay via credit/debit card or e-check.
• The permit will be mailed to your home address. While you wait for the permit, print out the temporary (14 day) parking permit and display it when parking on campus. If the permit does not arrive in the mail before the temporary permit expires, call 800-700-4417 to report it and get a new extended temporary permit.

• Stop by the Payroll/HR office on the 2nd floor of the SA Building for your pink card verifying your bargaining unit.
• Take that card and your valid photo ID,  to the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140.
• Once you are set up in the system by the Parking staff, you will be able to order your permit.

All semester permits when purchased, become personal property of each owner. The University is not responsible for lost or stolen permits. There are no refunds on permits.

Faculty/Staff 2-Year permits

New process starting June 2025 (see email)

If you are currently enrolled in Payroll Deduction:  

• Starting June 16th, come to the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140 with your valid photo ID to pick up your new 2-Year permit.
• (If your department picks up your permit for you, please check with your direct supervisor to get your permit.)

• Register your vehicle to your parking permit online. 
• Sign in with your NetID and password.
• Update your home address and vehicle information.

• Faculty/Staff  2-year parking permits on the 9 month deduction schedule (NOT teaching this summer) will be available on August 4, 2025

If you want to enroll in Payroll Deduction:  

• Starting June 30th, stop by the Payroll/HR office on the 2nd floor of the SA Building for your pink card verifying your bargaining unit.
• Take that card and your valid photo ID, to the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140.
• Fill out the start enrollment form and pick up your permit.

• Register your vehicle to your parking permit online. 
• Sign in with your NetID and password.
• Update your home address and vehicle information.

If you want to buy a 2-Year permit in full:  

• Starting June 30th, stop by the Payroll/HR office on the 2nd floor of the SA Building for your pink card verifying your bargaining unit.
• Take that card and  your valid photo ID, to the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140.
• Once you are set up in the system by the Parking staff, you will be able to pay and pick up your permit.

• Register your vehicle to your parking permit online. 
• Sign in with your NetID and password.
• Update your home address and vehicle information.

Please note if you separate from the University, you will need to turn in your Payroll Deducted 2-Year Permit to the Parking Office SF-140 on your last day worked. If you do not, you will continue to be charged and a refund will not be provided.

(2-Year Permits paid in full or Semester Permits do not need to be turned in as they are the personal property of each owner.)

Faculty/Staff Motorcycle Parking Permits

• If you purchase a semester/2-year vehicle parking permit you can add on the motorcycle permit at no additional cost. After your purchase, stop by our office (or email parking@csueastbay.edu) to register your motorcycle with us.  We will need the motorcycle license plate # and  your information.

Motorcycles must be parked in a motorcycle parking space, not in a vehicle parking space. Parking lots with motorcycle parking are: A, B, C, G, H, J, K, L & M. There are also motorcycle parking spaces on West Loop Road by Meiklejohn Hall and across the street from the University Union. Please see this map for motorcycle parking on campus.

FERP Employee Parking Permits

Faculty who FERP (FACULTY EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM) may purchase a Semester Permit through the Parking Office.  There are no refunds on permits.

• Starting July 28th, stop by the Payroll/HR office on the 2nd floor of the SA Building for your pink card verifying your bargaining unit.
• Take that card and your valid photo ID,  to the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140.
• Once you are set up in the system by the Parking staff, you will be able to order your permit.

Emeritus Parking Permits

If you are interested in a temporary parking permit, contact AcademicAffairs@csueastbay.edu.

This permit is not meant to be used in place of a regular parking permit during any periods of teaching,  such as in FERP, nor is it transferable to any other person. (For FERP see below.)

Policy on Emeritus Faculty

Visitor Daily/Hourly Parking Permits

• Students, faculty/staff, and visitors may purchase a daily or hourly permits at a dispenser for $2.00/hour or $10.00/day. The dispensers are located in parking lots A, G, K, N and at the kiosk on the right side at the top of Harder Rd. View map for dispenser locations. 

• All dispensers take credit cards, coins, and bills (exact change only.) Please note the dispensers are not contactless, if you use a credit/debit card it needs to be a physical card (no Apple Pay/Google Pay option).

• Daily permits are valid in General (Student) Lots at all times. After 5:00 PM Mondays-Thursdays, these permits are also valid in Faculty/Staff lots.

Semester General/Student Parking Permits

All semester permits when purchased become personal property of each owner. The University is not responsible for lost or stolen permits. There are no refunds on permits.

• Purchase your parking permit online. (Use the Community Member log in)

• These parking permits are valid in General (student) lots. When entering a lot, read the red and black signs stating what type of parking lot it is. Be sure the sign reads General (student) lot. Doing this will save you the frustration of receiving a citation.

• A student parking permit is only valid in Faculty/Staff lots after 5:00 PM (Monday - Thursday). Students will be cited accordingly if parked in a Faculty/Staff lots before 5:00 PM. View locations of General Lots.

• A permit is not required after 5:00 PM on Fridays, all day on the weekends and any holiday that the University is closed on. (See Holiday Schedule calendar here.) 

• For more information on Student Parking Permit fees, click here.

Other CSU Parking Permits

For visitors to our campus (conferences/meetings,etc.), we validate any other CSU permits for one day, as long as they fall under the required dates, for our semester system at California State University, East Bay.  

• If the CSU permit is Virtual (no physical permit) please contact us at parking@csueastbay.edu before coming to campus as we will need additional information.

Contractor and Visitor Permits

If you are a contractor or visitor who will be parking on our campus for any length of time, please make sure the department or office you are working with secures a parking pass for you.

• Each department on campus is aware of the procedures needed to make sure you have a parking permit.
• Please be sure the day before you are scheduled to be on campus that you have called your designated department office and made plans for obtaining the permit for the day(s) you will be on campus.

Departmental Purchase of Contractor and Visitor Permits

Please fill out one of the two forms below if your department is purchasing a permit on behalf of a contractor or visitor who will be parking on our campus. 

• Departmental purchase of permits for visitors, guests & consultants (Physical permits- Daily Scratcher, Monthly, Semester)
  • Download this log to keep track of daily scratcher permits distributed in your department. 

• Departmental purchase of Sponsored Guest ePermits (ePermits- Hourly, Daily)

Starting June 2025, physical permits will be picked up at the Parking Office located in the Student & Faculty Support Services Building, SF-140, with your valid photo ID.