Housing Breaks

Updated Feb. 27, 2025

Spring Break Services + Front Desks

All residential buildings will remain open during the break. The Aliso desk in Poly Canyon Village is the only desk open during break: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. All other front desks close for Spring Break at 5 p.m., Friday, March 21 and reopen at 10 a.m., Sunday, March 30. 

If you are staying during the break and need a service when the front desk is closed, reach out to the RA on-call. Housing Admin. (Bldg. 31) is also available to assist you 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. 

For after-hours support, call the RA-on-call number located at the front door of each community. 

Prepping your Room

Before you depart, please review the Safety and Maintenance flyer for info on securing your room. The Safety and Maintenance flyer also includes information on preparing your room for Housing's safety and maintenance checks. 

Safety and maintenance checks typically start during finals week and into spring break. Check with your RA for when checks will start in your community. 

What to Expect During a Room Check

Health and safety checks are intended to cause the least amount of inconvenience to students, while proactively addressing safety concerns. Staff will announce their presence by knocking loudly prior to entering a room.

For Spring Break, staff will check the following items:

• Doors: Room numbers are intact and clearly visible 
• Electrical Outlets: Not overloaded with excessive cords. Surge protectors are permitted but must be plugged directly into the wall and not into one another. 
• Screens: Present, secure, and in good repair (no holes) 
• Windows: Closed and locked (locking pin in place if present)
• Food/Trash: No open food and all trash removed from room
• Heaters: Turned off and no visible leaking
• Fire Safety Concerns: Candles, tampered smoke detectors, items hanging from the ceiling, unapproved lighting, mopeds in room, flammable items, etc.
• Lights: All lights turned off
• Cerro Vista Apartments and Poly Canyon Village: (In addition to the checks above)
  • Kitchens & Bathroom: Verify that all water is turned off (no dripping faucets or running toilets)
  • Kitchen: Verify that ovens and stovetops are turned off

Staff will not open closets, refrigerators, or other private property areas 

If any changes are needed, staff will leave a "fix-it-ticket" that describes the change needed. Failure to fix issues may result in a referral to OSRR. Staff will follow up on fix-it tickets starting Tuesday, April. 1.

If any violations of University Housing policies are observed, they will be documented for appropriate follow-up.