Public works, clean the homeless out of this area, the rest of us have rights also. There is a sit, lie law, illegal camping and blocking public space.

The City of Oakland Public Works Department has referred this issue to CODE ENFORCEMENT,. 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.

3 months have gone by and this issue still exists and is worse than ever.

How is the city not able to deal with this?

There is human poop, used condoms, needles and other health hazards everywhere out here. It's becoming a major safety issue. For the love of God, someone do something!

The camp is spreading down Wood St. towards 26th, there isn't enough room for my employees to park. They can't park on 26th due to the illegal dumping, so now they have to park on Campbell. We start at 5:00AM and my female employees don't feel safe walking in the dark on 26th St. The homeless encampment has now cut holes into the fencing and are setting up in the field owned by Burlington Northern Railroad. It's not visible from Wood St, because of their wall of crap. But if you look from the overpass on West Grand you can see the growing tent city onto the railroad property.

That's because city leaders have no solutions. They've let it get of hand and now r stuck. The mayor does not want to get the homeless advocates upset. But if she wants to keep her job she better get with it. Maybe a huge lawsuit against the city for not keeping it safe and contributing to illegal activity would be a start

I sent a formal request for a meeting about this encampment to Libby's office this morning.

Good for you. Hopefully she responds. She needs to quit with the excuses. She wants to build those tiny houses. That is not the answer. When that man built those little homes awhile ago, they burned them, left them on ever corner. There needs to be a real solution