This has got to stop. Who runs Oakland, The city leaders or the homeless? Right now its the homeless. They do as they please, set up camp wherever and it's time Oakland addresses the homeless issue. If city leaders don't want to deal with it, find someone who will. Stop allowing them to set up wherever they want. If nothing else, it's a health and safety issue.

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.

Caltran cleaned it up.. but the homeless came back 4 hours later. The encampment is slowly growing with the trash. The smell of urine is still strong around that area.

Oakland has no laws for the homeless. They do as they please because no one enforces the laws. Excuses need to end. They need a campsite with sanitary facilities. Thousands of $$$ spent cleaning them up and allowing them to come back to the same spot is insane . If Oakland is going to allow them to keep encampments at least put up toilets so the rest of us don't have to see their business or smell it. It's a health issue.

HERE is the response I got from CALtran:
One thing that you should know is that Caltrans works within the laws and policies of the Federal Government and that of the state of California. The homeless people have some fundamental rights too and they are to be given notice of eviction and this we have done and then clean-up the place. Your city police also have the obligation to make sure that homeless people are not to tresspass on state property so you should also contact them to prevent the homeless from violating the city and state rules. Caltrans does not have special police to prevent homeless from getting back to where Caltrans has evicted them. You will be notified that the problem has been resolved as soon as I hear back from the maintenance crew. Thank you.

I am sorry - why is there a notice of eviction? The site is state private property they are trespassing... If I broke into someone's house, are you going to give me a eviction notice?

I reported this to the Oakland Police - they said its CALtran property and they cannot do anything about it.

Of course I cannot comment on this to CalTran because the email sent is a noreply email.

People just passing the buck. The homeless are issued a 72 hour notice to vacate. In the real world when issued a eviction notice that means you can't come back, but guess that doesn't apply to the homeless. So why doesn't Cal Trans button up their property so the homeless can't get in there. Guess they like to clean up the mess.

Issue is not going away, homeless camp came back - along with a month worth of trash and anything they pickup. They are using the left side of the lot for trash and a bathroom.

I have reported this to both Caltran and the Oakland police... both are blaming each other. Caltrain says they cannot enforce trespassing because they are not the police and the police are saying they cannot do anything because it CalTran property.

Can't believe that cal trans says the homeless have fundamental rights, what about the rights of the rest of us. These encampments are dangerous and unhealthy to all. This cat and mouse game needs to stop. There needs to be one big campground with facilities they can use. This do nothing attitude is disrespectful to all who live here.

I do not see any change .. there is still trash. This will remain open till this has been addressed. 121 days and counting.

The rights of homeless are far more important than the rights of law abiding citizens, at least in the city of Oakland. Lets give it another 121 days.

Never resolved.. EVEN worse now... keep it open

I believe the homeless and the city are in this together, cal trans also. The city is scared to move because of the advocates, but they are creating a unsanitary mess to all concerned. Illegal is not a word anymore.

Never resolved.. EVEN worse now... keep it open

Since 8/2015...what is the problem? Hmmmm

211 days and still open

My guess is they are told to leave the encampments alone.

241 days open - there is so much saturation of urine and feces - your going to need to take off at least 3-5 feet soil to clean it up.

That's gross.. The homeless advocates should have to help.

331 days and city of Oakland has yet to solve the problem. I am guessing the moved some of homeless out of downtown, but they all moved under 24 or below 80 around jack london square. Because there is know about 15-20 people living under the freeway. Imagine, 15-20 with no respect to the environment piling up trash and human waste, less than 25 yards from your back door.

Homeless advocates don't care about people living around the homeless, its not there job. If a homeless person does not want help - the advocate cannot do anything about it. Same goes for CaL-tran - its there property, but they do not want to take responsibility for the homeless trespassing on there land.

Yep that's true cause they don't know how to deal with them either except to give them a tent and a few syringes to self medicate. If they want no housing than the city needs to find a place to camp not let them camp in neighborhoods where the rest of us pay to live, if this continues they are going to start camping in people's yards, next to your window, I've even seen them camp on someone's porch, after someone had purchased a home. Something has to be done. Excuses need to stop.

Caltran has did there part - they removed the homeless encampment from Caltran land under 980 - the encampment has moved to the sidewalk, instead of trash building up behind the fence.. now the garbage is out on the sidewalk and in the street. There is feces in the gutter, you can actually smell it during the afternoon if you walk by. I put in another last week, PWD told me that they do not clean up small portions of trash and told me I could volunteer my time and clean up it myself. I sent them a nasty letter.

Wow,

Well since City of Oakland did not do there part.. the homeless moved back in.. already there is a two foot deep pile of garbage and crap. This will remain open till the City actually gets off there @#$%.

HEY "CITY OF OAKLAND" the Raiders and A's are not the only residents that matter!

Keep open... nothing has been done, actually is getting worse. The encampment under 7th street underpass is getting bigger and trash is piling up.

eep open... nothing has been done, actually is getting worse. The encampment under 7th street underpass is getting bigger and trash is piling up.

eep open... nothing has been done, actually is getting worse. The encampment under 7th street underpass is getting bigger and trash is piling up.

Leave open.. you keep trying to close it, but the problem is still there 600 days!!!

Leave open.. you keep trying to close it, but the problem is still there 600 days!!!

720 days!!! 10 more days it will be in the books as 2 years!!!!!!!!! Almost two years of smelling feces, urine and rotten garbage... City of Officials... If I defecated on your lawn, would you have me cited and put in jail?????