Description
There are tents, junk, and an unruly dog all along this block of Manila. There are a couple abandoned cars here too. It's getting out of control, and you must do something about it!
also asked...
Q. Is this illegal dumping related to a homeless encampment?
A. Don't Know / No Answer
A. Don't Know / No Answer
Q. Are there mattresses?
A. YES
A. YES
Q. Are there appliances?
A. Don't Know / No Answer
A. Don't Know / No Answer
Q. Are there tires?
A. YES
A. YES
Q. Are there additional materials?
A. bikes in various stages of disrepair
A. bikes in various stages of disrepair
Q. Are the dumped materials in the middle of the roadway BLOCKING through traffic in a traffic lane?
A. NO
A. NO
Q. Are the dumped materials located on public or private property?
A. Public
A. Public
Q. Did you see the person when they were dumping the materials?
A. Yes
A. Yes
Q. Would you be willing to talk to the City Attorney's Office to help hold the dumper(s) accountable?
A. Yes
A. Yes
Q. ***PLEASE CHECK*** the LOCATION of your request, so we send the crew to the correct place. For mobile users, sometimes the GPS location is incorrect. *ALSO* To avoid delays, provide a detailed description of the issue. *PHOTOS* are helpful.
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9 Comments
concerned-citizen (Registered User)
Acknowledged City of Oakland (Verified Official)
Musia (Registered User)
and the city is putting Berkeley's homeless into an Oakland hotel !!!
Don't expect much help, go see what they allow at Mandela and 15th
City of Oakland (Verified Official)
Melanie Goelz (Registered User)
Hello, this active encampment is now on both sides of Manila. The west side of Manila has a parked RV that is spilling into the sidewalk. The owner of the RV has at least 2 dogs that wander the street and sidewalks unleashed. The east side of the Manila now has 12 separate tents, and a continuing expansion of debris, garbage and materials that now make the sidewalk impassable. With the dogs and trash, the only option is to walk down the middle of the street.
Unfortunately, I have witnessed several violent altercations in the last 2 weeks among people living in tents on this block. Police have been called and these incidents reported.
On March 15, a 3 alarm fire was started in the building at 320 38th street. The fire was started by people living inside of the building illegally. Thankfully no one was injured in this fire.
I can see fires from the tents on Manila. This is concerning, given the recent fire in the neighborhood and the growing amount of debris that could fuel another larger fire.
An increase in crime, including petty theft, trespass, illegal dumping, and car break ins have occurred since shelter in place was declared in March. The increase of crime also coincides with the expansion of the Manila encampment.
We understand that shelter in place has restricted the services that Oakland can provide. We will continue to try our best to keep our neighborhood in working order, however we need attention and support to address this growing and urgent issue.
Khorshid Rahmaninejad (Registered User)
Musia (Registered User)
john (Registered User)
"What will it take to happen for the city to do something?!" Answer = A LAWSUIT
The residents of the Tenderloin are doing just that.
A San Francisco law school, business owners and local residents are suing the city to force it to clean up the Tenderloin neighborhood — alleging an almost 300 percent spike in homeless shanty towns, drug dealing and feces-covered sidewalks have made conditions “insufferable.”
The lawsuit, filed in federal court May 4 by a group of plaintiffs led by the University of California Hastings College of the Law, seeks a court order to stop the city from using Tenderloin neighborhood as a “containment zone” for homeless encampments.
“Open-air drug sales and other criminal activity, plus crowds of drug users and sidewalk-blocking tents, pervade and threaten the health and lives of all of the Tenderloin’s residents,” the lawsuit reads. “What has long been suffered in the Tenderloin has become insufferable.”
john (Registered User)
1999 West Oakland Neighbors (WON), a community group teamed up with Golden Gate University law school's environmental law clinic to sue the Port of Oakland as well as several federal agencies.
The Environmental Law and Justice Clinic (ELJC) at GGULaw trains GGU law students to be effective and ethical lawyers and to improve environmental conditions for communities of color and low-income people. Tel 415-442-6630 or 800-GGU-4YOU. www.law.ggu.edu