Unacceptable. The rest of us would get ticketed. This is illegal and Oakland needs to step up and quit allowing these people to do as they please. Other people would get their cars towed for no plates, and where r these people getting these RV's?

isn't this right near an elementary school?

Think the kids park is near this. The homeless are taking over all the parks in Oakland, which in my opinion they don't have that right, but city leaders don't care.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for contacting the Department of Public Works regarding this matter. Unfortunately the City of Oakland does not abate homeless living in RV's. Please contact OPD non emergency at (510) 777-3333.

Thank you

Currently there are no laws or signage that prevent overnight parking or street living. OPD can only push them along and they will just move around the corner and set up camp again. This issue has been brought up in the NCPC meetings and OPD say these people aren't breaking laws (except for maybe illegal dumping, graffiti, or blocking sidewalk), but they are legally allowed to park and spend the night.

We all need to work on getting these laws changed, and have street restrictions placed so that OPD has something to work with. I will be contacting the city to see how we can begin to get this done...

Our household has paid many parking tickets for parking on sidewalk, street cleaning side of street etc on Magnolia street in plain sight of the huge homeless encampment and dumping grounds. We park on sidewalk overnight because the parking is very limited. The reason for the ticket is, get this, it blocks the sidewalk for pedestrians. Hmmmm

The laws need to be in order. One group of people should not be allowed to get away with this. All vehicles are supposed to be tagged and registered I thought. So u get a ticket for parking on the sidewalk, but Oakland has a sit, lie law, the homeless encampments take up every inch of the sidewalk and no citations, because oh my gosh their homeless and they are allowed to break the laws. I don't know what is going on this city, but its not looking good.

@Karla- That's a good point. I will bring this to the next NCPC mtg (First thursday in Feb). If there are no laws preventing them from staying in the RV overnight, then OPD should at least enforce the dumping, graffiti, and sidewalk blocking!

The homeless advocates are pushing really hard to prevent homelessness from becoming a crime. However, we need to balance that with the needs of the residents. We don't want RV living in our neighborhoods! We all need to be as loud as the homeless advocates are! This site is a perfect first step, but we need to work with the city & OPD as well as get involved with our neighborhood associations to get laws & behaviors changed.

I wonder if the homeless advocates have this to look at right outside their doors or are they living somewhere where they don't have to see it.
Our teenage daughter and Son can not even get to the bus stop every day for school because they have to walk past this encampment to get there. We have to send Them via Uber every day which is very expensive. My daughter and I have both been harassed when walking by so we have resorted to Uber to get them to school safely.

Homelessness isn't a crime, its what the homeless are doing that's the crime. Sleeping on a sidewalk is one thing, its the illegal dumping, blocking sidewalks, defecating all over, the drug use, stealing, the advocates supplying the homeless to feed their habits, the syringes being thrown all over , those are the crimes they commit. Allowing them to do as they please and allowing them to set up camps in parks, near schools, near residences is unacceptable. Advocates need to see it as a serious health issue to all. We have laws for a reason and one group of people should not be above the law. If advocates cared so much than find a place where they can camp out and supply them with bathrooms. Don't just give them a tent and syringes and tell them to camp in any neighborhood.

Advocates probably don't live near them, but I'm pretty sure they know what is going on. They supply the tents and syringes for these encampments I heard. Have u seen the mess on Grand at San Pablo or the encampment on 36th at MlK. Just plain nasty. Ur right Karla, some of them are intimidating because they have mental issues, which the government refuses to deal with. Kids should not have to be around this.

This is not over night parking some of these RVs have been there for years. 2015 google street view. Non of these RV's are legally registered, They have been there for than 72 hour, Illegal dumping, Where is there human waste going? Blocking the sidewalks all these and I will look the rest are violation of local and state muni codes. How can the City, County and State allow a double standard as far as laws are concerned. They hold the tax payers accountable while these people get a free ride. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

I see these camp sites and people on Wood Ave and Poplar St. All along the former industrial heart of Oakland. People who may have been employed or are unemployed because there are no more jobs here. The vacuum left has been filled by these whiners, people have no use for the former wage slaves and want them to go away. Many of the whiners are wage slaves themselves but see no connection between themselves and their future selves who are the discards along the road. While the new world is being birthed in the buildings of past uses, the blood and bones of the past accumulate on the street in front of them. If you are so smart to whine why don't you try to solve the real problem which includes you moving into this place.

Hey Robblabla, the fact that you and the folks in the campers have failed in your obligation to adapt to the demands of a changing economy is not the issue here. If you're looking for a whiner, perhaps you should investigate your mirror. The actual issue here is that they're no longer contained within their campers, but sprawled out all over the street. They've accumulated piles of junk and dump their feces on the sidewalk. This represents a health hazard, not just to themselves but to the surrounding community. Beyond which, their presence is somewhat menacing.

I have no interest in kicking anyone while they're down and I don't think anyone else who has commented on this does either. However, that doesn't mean that any of us should be obligated to sacrifice our quality of life to indulge disadvantaged people as they break the law all over the place. I think it's completely unreasonable to expect this of anyone.

Wow, the City of Oakland doesn't abate situations like this? Isn't there anyone in charge anymore?

They certainly go after fire / health hazards far less severe, in situations where they think they think the subject can pay a fine.

I believe they were told by the city not to bother the homeless because they are homeless. This is a health and safety issue. Call OPD because these vehicles have no tags and keep calling public works till they do something. Maybe the city needs to be sued for creating a health issue and creating an unsafe place to live. Homeless RV's and encampments need to be in one area just for health issues, what is so hard about it?

How come when I voice my concern about people living in piles of junk and doing drugs in the open etc. makes me unsympathetic to the homeless? Do I appear more sympathetic if I don't say anything at all? I am not trying to just get them out of my sight to become another neighborhoods problem. I want a solution! I want the city to see the impact and not continue to ignore the problem.

Karla, u are so right. The whiners are the ones who probably don't live near these encampments. This is a health and safety issue. Encampments have no business in residential areas, near schools, where kids live, in parks and they Are not above the laws, only in Oakland I guess. Don't see any advocates inviting them to live on their street. The city leaders need to walk in the street and see what the rest of us see. They are responsible for making solutions and they are too scared.

The police stopped by and talked with the various camper/litterers today. The increased police presence caused the two problem RVs to leave. Now there's just a huge pile of trash there, which is already been reported. Thanks OPD!

Thanks OPD and to those who kept reporting this issue.