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Very large homeless encampment has taken over the park, despite posted no overnight camping signs. I saw seven separate large encampments all over the park, including along the waterfront. Some have dogs tied to trees and junk and trash everywhere. One mother was trying to enjoy the park with her child very close by. This is a disgrace!
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Αναγνωρισμένο City of Oakland (Verified Official)
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sheeeesh! (Registered User)
Part of the solution is to actually start doing something... which OPD does not. I realize that there is a problem with people having a place to live... but there is also a problem that these homeless sites causes. They bring crime, vandalism and piles and piles of debris. We also seem to be picking up other cities homeless.
Come on OPD... do something.
cleanjingletown (Registered User)
GoodNature (Registered User)
shoister (Registered User)
Agree, time for other solutions alongside consistent enforcement of criminal codes. A long-term solution will probably include all of us with social / environmental justice groups filling the park with healthy activity and accessible health and workforce development services for (totally not new) transients living along the Oakland estuary. Am I nuts to think this is a no-brainer project for Noel Gallo's office?
What's the new charter? Beacon? I hear concerns for their safety, but I feel any nearby school community should occupy that park with their natural goodness, not avoid it. Normal use of public space is an important component of discouraging abnormal use. Strength in ordinary numbers.
JoeC (Registered User)
simplyblu (Registered User)
medm (Registered User)
anon (Registered User)
Oakland needs to take swift and decisive action on the drug camps. Oakland now has a reputation in the larger homeless community as a place to go where the cops barely mess with you. As nearby cities push the homeless out of their jurisdictions, they are moving here. Its just going to get worse unless something is done.
There are nice homeless people out there just trying to get by. They respect the community and they clean up the places that they live, but they can't do anything to stop the others who leave filth, deal drugs, and create a nuisance.
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GoodNature (Registered User)
Reopened streetcleaner (Registered User)
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JoeC (Registered User)
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