They don't have to abide by any laws whatsoever. How long do the rest of have to put up with this c...? I passed by there today and it looks like one big circus . They need to be removed permanently and it can be done I believe, If people would stop defending them.

what can this be costing the city to do this over and over and over

I'm pretty sure thou.....sands. What happened to the citations the city was supposed to hand out according to an article I read a few years ago about cleaning up MLK. Obviously it's not being done, or no one wants to do it, or city leaders are asleep. This is total nonsense.

East Bay Express, January 2014.....
Article about cleaning up the homeless on MLk corridor due to numerous complaints by the neighborhood. A. McElree of operation dignity said, until there's more housing and resources, where are poor people to live? Ms. Shelton said, you break homelessness with housing. She also said they added enforcement, not arrests, but enforcements, to this area. And so on.. 29th and 30th street were cleaned up and the homeless have not returned, so what's the deal with other areas? Housing is not the answer. .

I saw that too 7/23/15.

When it was reported they moved on to caltrans property I filed a Caltrans MSR and suggested that every one do the same. We have have between 20 to 30 living in the upper Fruitvale at MacArthur. I have know part of this group for 20 years. They have been given housing they are on welfare and they are still on the streets by there own choice. I have helped clean out there campsites many times. Not one was neat and tidy they were all environmental nightmares.

We used to have one on 29th and MLK that was so nasty. All the garbage, illegal dumping, drug use, fires under the overpass, urinating, defecating was too much. They have been gone from this street for a couple of years now, not sure of the reason, but one of them went 51/50 and a week or two later opd booted them out and when they tried to come back they were booted out again. Took three years but numerous complaints helped. Still see a few around but they walk by and don't stop. I was told they were offered housing and help, but all denied the help.

The City of Oakland Public Works Department has referred this issue to CALTRANS TRAFFIC,. Please contact that department to follow-up (see "Other Helpful Links" at http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm#Links).

Here are some important City of Oakland contact points:
* Abandoned Autos: 510-777-8622 (abandoned vehicles on public street after 3 days)
* Animal Control: 510-535-5602 (live animals) or 510-535-4888 (dead animals)
* Code Enforcement: 510-238-3381 (blighted private properties, deteriorated buildings, inoperable vehicles on private property)
* Drug Hotline: 510-238-3784 (tips) or 510-777-3211 (in progress)
* Parking Citations: 800-500-6484 (parking citation assistance center, pay or appeal a citation) or 510-238-3099 (enforcement)
* Prostitution Hotline: 510-238-2373 (tips) or 510-777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.

The homeless have been in this area far too long. I don't care who cleans this mess up just do it permanently. We don't want them on MLK at all. They are playing games moving back and forth, So how many times is CAL TRANS and PUBLIC WORKS going to waste time and money before they are permanently removed?

This is the 2nd time report, Fwy West to Sacramento, the back building of Home Depot/Emerville, on Hollis Street also at least have 10 homeless tents there.

Angel, did you report that encampment?

Are you addressing Angel or to me Jim, the one who reported it?

Angel said there's an encampment by home depot on Hollis, but didn't say if they reported it or not.

I not sure you understand the game these people are playing. Since I had reported this, they already moved twice and are back to the same spot. Each time they are forced to move, they just move across the street, back and forth and so forth. How can a "force move" allow them to move twenty feet away? If this is the case, why bother.

Public works gets it and needs to stop this mess. They need to refer this to operation dignity. This encampment is in a bad place and needs to be removed permanently. They give them a 72 hour notice to move. That is an eviction, and should be treated as such, they can't come back or anywhere near it. I wrote to the mayor, but no response. It's an unsafe situation and a health issue to all who live in the area.

Again they moved back to the other side of the fence into Cal Tran property. Since Oakland lack the political will to stop this back and forth game, With regret, I don't think I'm going to report it. It's lesser of the two evils in that they are off the City Sidewalk and are more or less obscure. It is self evident that our neighborhood is a designate area to allow encampments to foster through loosely interpretation of the City's Ordinances. I would argue and put my head on the chopping block that if just one tent were to be erected in our Mayor's neighbor, it will be "permanently" gone in less than 3 days.

Jim, do not give up. Keep reporting them.

Jim is right, our neighborhood has been "unofficiallly designated" as the place for homeless and their piles of belongings/trash. This manages to let the city off the hook about doing anything real for them and keeps our sidewalks, parks and streets in a permanent state of squalor, while also keeping things clean in the "better" neighborhoods

I love the the word unofficially. This doe's not absolve our elected officials, PWD or the police from doing there jobs. Do these people have rights yes but not to break the law. They are breaking multiple laws. The tax payers have rights also. Another Caltrans MSR in the works.

Close this issue because they moved just to the other side of the fence? Yes, this picture does show clearly that they are gone. However can someone tell me what's wrong with this picture even when they moved???

What a freakin mess. So where are they now? How bout they move to city hall for awhile.

1). Today 8/27/15 Thur. I saw 2 people try to go back to: From 52nd St. w/Telegraph St. -> To the Fwy. Entrance 80 towards San Francisco and Hayward direction, that spot I reported before, I saw 2 people there around 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 2). I saw yesterday 8/26/15 Wed. on the Fwy. 580 toward Hayward direction, after Grand Ave & Lake-shore Ave. you will see the sign "Piedmont" on your right side, before the next Exit., there is a tree overgrowing stick out on the Fwy. side, need cut the stick out branch.

This issue has been fixed about a month ago.