Call the media!

Nasty. Oakland what are you doing? That underpass keeps getting worse, that's my walk to BART

About a month ago, Ch2 news did a story on how the city agencies (OPD and OPW) were "cooperating with the homeless" or was that vice versa? in keeping their areas clean. I don't see this at all - I walk all over the city and pass many "regulars" and encampments. I see no indication that OPD or OPW is doing anything to pick up their trash - and why should they have to - #1 the street people can dump their own trash; #2 We pay for trash pickup so why should theirs be picked up for free; #3 None of this is happening anyway at least in Oakland. The only OPD/OPW action is when an encampment is cleaned up and homeless are forced to move - and this is always TEMPORARY. These encampments are a complete unsanitary mess - health hazards all of them. There are two people sleeping right on the sidewalk at a very obvious spot on Lake Merritt and one of them has been there on and off, mostly on, for at least a year. There are at least two more sleeping on the lakeshore near the white sculpture and bandshell area - complete with a ton of trash and a shopping cart dumped in the lake. And that's only mentioning two locations - there are many more. C'mon city - let's make a move to re-direct these unfortunate folks away from "the jewel of Oakland".

Perhaps a rotating encampment
Under an underpass in an under developed are
With portopotties, Porto showers and dumpsters. It's got to be cheaper than turning so many people from moving here, buying here, opening business and doing business.

Anything would've better

It's called libbyland...

It was on the news today that Oakland does not know how to handle the illegal dumping issue. I guess their solution is to ignore the problem and just pick up and/or provide dumpsters for free.

The City's solution for some time now is that if the public wants the dumping to stop they need step up and file civil complaints against the illegal dumpers. I have done this twice before the law corps were in place. As a citizen you become open to being sued by the bad guys. Life in a reactive city.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 09/08/2016, service request #680335.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thanks for fixing this issue!