Jonah, please contact the Mayors office. The homeless encampments need to be addressed. The more people who call or write the better chance of these issues being resolved.

Thank you for your request. According to our system, we already have an open service request of this kind at this location. Your request has been combined with service request #589074. If you would like to check the status of the request, please contact the Public Works Call Center at 510-615-5566 or pwacallcenter@oaklandnet.com. This issue can also be followed by watching http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1938253.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 01/25/2016, service request # 589074.

Someone needs to confirm