City of Oakland Public Works Department referred this issue to CALTRANS TRAFFIC, service request # 546480.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 the public street after 3 days)

Animal Control (510) 535-5602 (live animals); (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); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Parking Citations (800) 500-6484 (parking citation assistance center, pay or appeal a citation); (510) 238-3099 (enforcement)

Prostitution Hotline: (510) 238-2373 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.

The unhoused need safe shelter. The encampment has grown to enormous and dangerous proportions. It takes up both sidewalk sides of MLK, there have been shootings, fires, violence and drug dealing and use which moves into the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The unhoused live in squalor and are attacked by rats at night. The unhoused do not wear masks so are a potential COVID hazard. Housed people in the neighborhood also live in fear for the health and safety of ourselves and our children.