What a filthy mess. Where's the health department? These people know exactly what they r doing and someone needs to put a stop to it. Come on Public works. A clean up now.

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To be more exact Violating Muni-Codes 9.08.160 Sitting or lying on streets.
A person shall not sit, lie or sleep in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk or other place open for pedestrian travel, except when necessitated by physical disability of such person.
9.08.170 Obstructing pedestrians. A person shall not loiter or stand in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk or any other public way open for pedestrian travel or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of pedestrians or as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the normal use of the use to the entrance to any house of worship, hall, theater, moving picture theater or place of public assemblage. I hope this makes thing a bit more clear. Remove ASAP.

That's the laws, but Oakland has a hard time enforcing them for whatever reason.