Please contact Joe DeVries Assistant to the City Administrator. He is the interdepartmental coordinator for the homeless encampments, (510) 238-3083 JDevries@oaklandnet.com. As you may guess he is very busy.

Today is 2/23/15 and the encampment is still present and has been growing. (I am not sure what is going on in Oakland since Libby became mayor, did everyone go on vacation?)

Well, here are some photos to remind everyone that the camp has not gone away and has not been dealt with.

A photo of the other side as well.

I wanted to note that these are not the only incidents of the homeless situation getting out of control. The other day, Friday, at 1pm there was a bum sleeping on the sidewalk at 20th and Harrison (right in front of the Kaiser building.) Full out sleeping with cart and sleeping bag. This past Sunday over at 51st and Telegraph at 11:30am the same thing. Over on 13th and Webster there is a huge graffiti mural that must be 75' long and 7 feet high and wraps around two sides of the building. (it must have taken hours to do.)

Sorry, here is the photo of the other side of the camp.

I think the mayor of Oakland needs to drive around the city and come up with some kind of solution for the homeless. They just set up wherever they want, they do as they please and have no consequences .

Every one who has a problem with the homeless please read the HUD 2014 annual homeless assessmalifent report. Between the homeless and the mentally ill self medicatiers the Feds and the State of Calif have completely failed. Calif had 24% of all the homeless if not more with the frozen East Coast. The only solution I see is large scale internment camps at lease the homeless advocates and social services would have a location to deal with the ones that want help. Cleaning up the endless trail garbage and destruction they behind on the tax payers dime has to stop.

I agree. As large as oakland is the city needs to make certain places where they can set up camp. I just don't get why one group of people are allowed to destroy a city and not have consequences. Oakland needs to do something. How many times do they have to clean up the same mess over and over and what is the cost? All they are doing is moving the homeless from one street to the next. We all know they need help but u can't help those who don't want it but u can make rules and make them follow them or hand out a consequence.

Is this encampment still there