These people don't want shelters because there are rules to follow. That's the problem, what to do with those who don't want help? Still they can't be allowed to disrupt neighborhoods with all the stuff they do. Start handing out consequences.

These people are not being made to be accountable. Simply allowing them possess stolen property, littering, drug and alcohol use in public, loitering. defecating in public. The endless harassment from self medicating mentally ill and the you owe me a living because I am to lazy and stupid to deal with reality is out of control. This is a total fail by our government. Try reading the HUD 2014 annual homeless assessment report. The problem is now past the point of being an epidemic. Billion dollar black hole.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 05/18/2015, service request # 556855.