Illegal encampments, trash, and other hazards blocking the sidewalk and parking spots on Telegraph Ave under I-580

Again there are tents going up on the other side of street under pass. as well as a couch and broken down vehichles! I have several pictures of all the garbage you have not removed. Telegraph is a major historical street in Oakland. This is a business area , not some warehouse dock!

This has continued for quite some time. There is bedding ,tables chairs a mountain of bikes graffiti. My patients and staff dont feel as safe coming to this area for treatment. Walgreens has had a huge increase in theft. This is a business area , not some abandoned warehouse vacant lot. Tents are forming on both sides of the street. And the area smells of waste.

Piles of debris and several tents are now building up to block the east sidewalk under the I-580 overpass on Telegraph Ave. between 34th and 36th Sts. This is a major pedestrian route from BART to the Summit hospital complex and medical offices. It's bad enough that the west side has been virtually unpassable by pedestrians for a long time because of tents and piles of junk, but now the west side is also getting filled. At least one side of the street MUST be kept clear for people to walk along Telegraph Ave. from BART to nearby medical facilities.

The sidewalk on the side Taste of Denmark ,under the overpass , next to CHP is overrun with FAMILY SIZE TENTS! MATTRESSES AND CLOTHES HANGING ON FENCE! And there a tent on the opposite side of the street as well. The mountain of dumped items behind walgreens is nasty. Perharps putting tall large plants may stop the dumping.

This issue was reported to OAK 311 via phone (311, or 510-615-5566 from outside Oakland), email (OAK311@oaklandnet.com), or web (311.oaklandca.gov).