This photo needs to go to the Tribune or the Mayor's office. As the Acknowledgement by DPW . . . how is this a DPW job & what would they do about this person? The acknowledgement is just a robo response to make you feel something may change

Hey Watcher, please post this picture on the Dogtown or Clawson and friends group page. You are right, people who come from Marin or many other places and do nit see the daily reality of West Oakland and try to judge the residents as gentrifiers, racist, yuppies, blah blah need to see this. Why our kids need to be expose to this? A lot of people believe, mistakenly, that W.O. was always like this. Well, not true, and even if it was we are here to break bad habits. This needs to end and pkease, DPW DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW!

Your NCPC is 07x. This your local crime prevention council the city contact for them is Annie Sloan 510-238-2340. This and OPD and social services issue. These 5150s have more rights than you think. The mental heath system is one of the most broken.

City of Oakland Public Works Department referred this issue to OPD, PWA CONTACT service request # 563071.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.